@wptuts Paul you have been one of my top RUclips Creators for a long while now! I'm sooooo looking forward to you doing more with Bricks instead of that other builder 🤮 Your tutorials just have that easy to learn flow!
Great tutorial - although I'm not clear as to why you would use Flexible Content for this at all? Why not just make 2 Group fields for example - one for the project details and one for the client feedback? What's the reasoning behind, or benefit of, using flexible content here? Is it just that the fields are 'hidden' in the add/edit post page until a flexible content row is added?
Flexible content allows the website editor to create not only 1x Project Overview and 1x Client Feedback (as "Group Field" would do), but as much as he wants (for example 5x Project Overview and then 3x Client Feedback, ALL in the same page). He can even reorder them (2x Project then 3x Feedback then 1x Project then 2x Feedback, etc.). When you think Flexible content, think "Super Repeater". Repeater can only create "one kind of component" (here, Project Overview OR Client Feedback). With Flexible content, you can create both types of elements in the same page, in AS MUCH OCCURENCE as you like (and you can reorder them).
Thanks for great tutorial! Everything works as you explained, a part from using a repeater inside a flexible content. For some reason, it seems that bricks doesn’t recognize the repeater fields when they are nested inside flexible content. Did you ran into this issue as well? Any solution?
I think you need a double loop.a loop in a loop. One loop to get the flexible content, and in there a loop for the repeater. But not 100% sure. Sometimes bricks just does not want to play nice
Hi Paul, I love your videos they are clear and informative. In fact, they have encouraged me to purchase ACF Pro, but unfortunately they don't accept Paypal, and keep declining my card (which I use on Paypal all the time with no issues.) I know Paypal can be a pain, but so can international transactions when you have never made them outside of Paypal before. Very keen to try, but unable to buy. Never had so much trouble purchasing a product in my life!
This tutorial was a huge prompt for me moving to Bricks from Elementor. I have so many use cases for flexible content and to be able to create it directly in the builder without any additional templates is a much better workflow. Thank you for this in depth tut!! @@WPTuts
@@WPTuts Update: I have just tried it out. Unfortunately it doesn't work - when I select Use query loop in the block, I can't select the flexible element itself, only the blocks it contains.So instead of "[Page] - Inhalt flexibelContent" it shows "[Page] - Inhalt flexibelContent heading" (heading is one of the contenttype). I can loop the content, but only on this single content type. Also, adding image galleries doesn't seem to work for a single content type either. But maybe I am doing something wrong?
@@thomasbauer4801 hmm, that’s a shame. I’ll have to have a play around with it and see what’s going on. It’s probably worth reaching out to the developer to see if it’s supported or will be in the near future. I know v2 is due for release soon. Maybe that’s updated the flexible content functions.
just a bit confused... can you only use the flexible content sections once on a page? what happens if you use them twice? or is that where the conditional logic with acf_get_row_layout is for?
Have you noticed that Bricks wraps the "loop" child elements in an html tag and class of whatever tag and class the looping parent element has?? I don' think this is great for SEO, have no idea why they do this, and it bloats the DOM for no apparent reason. I haver tried for hours to work around this. I would love your thoughts @WPTuts
Can you do absolutely everything you can do with Elementor in Bricks? Somoene please tell me! If so, I'm switching because Elementor's so full of bugs lately...
In many important ways, yes it is. To do what’s covered in this and the previous video about Repeater Regions would require extra plugins in Elementor Pro. Global styling and class based design is way more powerful in Bricks and dynamic data is way more powerful and flexible natively in Bricks. Plus, you have more control over WooCommerce and more than offered by Elementor.
@@WPTuts Interesting. I will definitely start using it then. What about Bricks compared to Oxygen? Who has the edge? I'm just trying to find a builder that I'll be able to rely on for years to come. Is perhaps Webflow the answer? idk.
@@BrantK147 I wouldn’t opt for Oxygen tbh. It’s a good tool but the framework it’s built in is older and is coming to the end of its life. Oxygen will still be supported, but I personally wouldn’t want that fact potentially limiting what I can do. Webflow is good but can get expensive quickly for larger sites. It really comes down to the types of sites you’ll be developing and how you want to handle supporting them into the future. Bricks is a good candidate, but you should also look into some of the block based tools like Cwicly, Greenshift, etc.
ACF flexible content is currently best way to make sites in bricks. Now we need to make our voices hears and hopefully they add native support for ACF blocks in bricks!
Streamlining the workflow would be a giant leap forward. Imagine ACF fields being automatically generated and mapped to a WP page based on the elements used in Bricks layout. 😮 Sections are rows, query loops are repeaters etc.
It seems like this style of page development is all-or-nothing. For example, if this were for a blog, then how would you combine the flexible content rows with the Gutenberg blocks? Can you mix and match back and forth between Gutenberg blocks and flexible content rows? So you'd have to pick one method and disable the other. But if it's not for Gutenberg content, then it's only for page content, but now you have the same question of mixing directly Bricks builder content with the flexible content. In your example, you have standard Bricks output in the upper part of the page and then only output flexible content in a certain spot. This is not very flexible if the user wants to insert their flexible row higher up on the page, or mix flexible content with other custom Bricks content on the page. So you kind of just have to pick one style or the other. Based on how Bricks itself works, if this is only for page content and not templated/blog style content, then we can accomplish users adding pre-made styled blocks in Bricks just by having saved templates they can insert. Yes there is a small learning curve if the end user wants to use the page builder and learn how to add/remove templates, but I've never had a client complain. In fact once I tell them a little about Bricks and encourage them to watch a beginner video or two, they quite enjoy using it. So unless a person has a demand that end users never enter Bricks mode, using flexible content seems like extra unnecessary steps. Especially over time maintaining it. What if you don't need a block any more, or have to change it, or the user asks for more types of blocks. It's a ton of custom fields and logic and templating to manage. But if they know how to use Bricks, they can just edit the mast template or adjust styles or simply delete blocks right out of Bricks as normal. To each their own, but flexible content seems like an old methodology to me. Why not skip all the ACF field creation, looping, logic, dynamic stuff, and stick to either Gutenberg posts or Bricks builder pages/templates? I don't see an actual need to inject using flexible content strategy unless, again, the dev demands nobody ever use Bricks. But why? Bricks (and others) are "page builders", that's their exact job, building pages. It's a learning curve but the curve isn't that hard when doing high level basic stuff.
@@WPTuts Thank you for replying to my comment. Yes, I have installed ACF Pro, Elementor Pro, and Jet Engine. If I don't use Bricks Builder and only use Elementor Pro and Jet Engine, can I still do the same things?
Adding the Dynamic Content for Elementor plugin lets you easily do everything shown here and much more. But yes it does mean adding a plugin to Elementor.
Carry on.. but not everyone has the inclination or need to learn coding when there are viable no-code tools available that make the process way easier.
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Awesome tutorial Paul. Precise to the point. Keep it up. 😍👍
Thank you, Paul. This is super helpful. Have a great day!
@wptuts Paul you have been one of my top RUclips Creators for a long while now! I'm sooooo looking forward to you doing more with Bricks instead of that other builder 🤮
Your tutorials just have that easy to learn flow!
Great tutorial - although I'm not clear as to why you would use Flexible Content for this at all? Why not just make 2 Group fields for example - one for the project details and one for the client feedback? What's the reasoning behind, or benefit of, using flexible content here? Is it just that the fields are 'hidden' in the add/edit post page until a flexible content row is added?
Flexible content allows the website editor to create not only 1x Project Overview and 1x Client Feedback (as "Group Field" would do), but as much as he wants (for example 5x Project Overview and then 3x Client Feedback, ALL in the same page). He can even reorder them (2x Project then 3x Feedback then 1x Project then 2x Feedback, etc.).
When you think Flexible content, think "Super Repeater". Repeater can only create "one kind of component" (here, Project Overview OR Client Feedback). With Flexible content, you can create both types of elements in the same page, in AS MUCH OCCURENCE as you like (and you can reorder them).
@@jybedesign Thank you, I was wondering the same think and your answer is crystal clear :p
Fantastic info as always...my mind is running in top gear thinking of scenarios where I could apply this.
So many ways to use this and Bricks makes it so easy.
@@WPTuts - Indeed…I’m making the switch from Elementor this week.
What are alternative for elementor to check the existence of flexible content field and then display? 8:42 How i can do that?
Thanks for great tutorial!
Everything works as you explained, a part from using a repeater inside a flexible content. For some reason, it seems that bricks doesn’t recognize the repeater fields when they are nested inside flexible content. Did you ran into this issue as well? Any solution?
I think you need a double loop.a loop in a loop. One loop to get the flexible content, and in there a loop for the repeater. But not 100% sure. Sometimes bricks just does not want to play nice
Hi Paul, I love your videos they are clear and informative. In fact, they have encouraged me to purchase ACF Pro, but unfortunately they don't accept Paypal, and keep declining my card (which I use on Paypal all the time with no issues.) I know Paypal can be a pain, but so can international transactions when you have never made them outside of Paypal before. Very keen to try, but unable to buy. Never had so much trouble purchasing a product in my life!
Flexible content is the way to go! What is the mouse/tablet you’re using in this video?
It’s the Apple Magic Trackpad.
Can you have more than one of the repeater block types on the same page?
I haven’t tested it, but I believe it should work.
Yes, you can. You can have as many as you want.
This tutorial was a huge prompt for me moving to Bricks from Elementor. I have so many use cases for flexible content and to be able to create it directly in the builder without any additional templates is a much better workflow. Thank you for this in depth tut!! @@WPTuts
Great!
Great Tutorial. thank you so much 🙏🏻. Does it works also with ACPT flexible Content field?
I believe so, yes. I’m still testing ACPT with Bricks. So far, everything seems to be working the same as ACF.
@@WPTuts Update: I have just tried it out. Unfortunately it doesn't work - when I select Use query loop in the block, I can't select the flexible element itself, only the blocks it contains.So instead of "[Page] - Inhalt flexibelContent" it shows "[Page] - Inhalt flexibelContent heading" (heading is one of the contenttype). I can loop the content, but only on this single content type. Also, adding image galleries doesn't seem to work for a single content type either. But maybe I am doing something wrong?
@@thomasbauer4801 hmm, that’s a shame. I’ll have to have a play around with it and see what’s going on.
It’s probably worth reaching out to the developer to see if it’s supported or will be in the near future.
I know v2 is due for release soon. Maybe that’s updated the flexible content functions.
just a bit confused... can you only use the flexible content sections once on a page? what happens if you use them twice? or is that where the conditional logic with acf_get_row_layout is for?
No, you can stack them as needed on a page.
@@WPTuts so if i understand correctly; i put multiples on the page on forehand? And hide if empty? My brain has having a 404😂
I will just test. Lol.
thank you for this - how does ACF handle map listings?
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A great feature of ACF Flexible Content is that it allows the end user to insert blocks in any order. Does Bricks support this functionality as well?
Yes. The Order is respected in the loop
Have you noticed that Bricks wraps the "loop" child elements in an html tag and class of whatever tag and class the looping parent element has?? I don' think this is great for SEO, have no idea why they do this, and it bloats the DOM for no apparent reason. I haver tried for hours to work around this. I would love your thoughts @WPTuts
Can you do absolutely everything you can do with Elementor in Bricks? Somoene please tell me!
If so, I'm switching because Elementor's so full of bugs lately...
Bricks is much more powerful than Elementor.
@@Gearyco is it though?
In many important ways, yes it is. To do what’s covered in this and the previous video about Repeater Regions would require extra plugins in Elementor Pro.
Global styling and class based design is way more powerful in Bricks and dynamic data is way more powerful and flexible natively in Bricks.
Plus, you have more control over WooCommerce and more than offered by Elementor.
@@WPTuts Interesting. I will definitely start using it then. What about Bricks compared to Oxygen? Who has the edge? I'm just trying to find a builder that I'll be able to rely on for years to come. Is perhaps Webflow the answer? idk.
@@BrantK147 I wouldn’t opt for Oxygen tbh. It’s a good tool but the framework it’s built in is older and is coming to the end of its life. Oxygen will still be supported, but I personally wouldn’t want that fact potentially limiting what I can do.
Webflow is good but can get expensive quickly for larger sites.
It really comes down to the types of sites you’ll be developing and how you want to handle supporting them into the future.
Bricks is a good candidate, but you should also look into some of the block based tools like Cwicly, Greenshift, etc.
ACF flexible content is currently best way to make sites in bricks. Now we need to make our voices hears and hopefully they add native support for ACF blocks in bricks!
Kinda doubt it.. atleast until wordpress irons out all of the bad semantic issues with Gutenberg.
Streamlining the workflow would be a giant leap forward. Imagine ACF fields being automatically generated and mapped to a WP page based on the elements used in Bricks layout. 😮 Sections are rows, query loops are repeaters etc.
It seems like this style of page development is all-or-nothing. For example, if this were for a blog, then how would you combine the flexible content rows with the Gutenberg blocks? Can you mix and match back and forth between Gutenberg blocks and flexible content rows? So you'd have to pick one method and disable the other.
But if it's not for Gutenberg content, then it's only for page content, but now you have the same question of mixing directly Bricks builder content with the flexible content. In your example, you have standard Bricks output in the upper part of the page and then only output flexible content in a certain spot. This is not very flexible if the user wants to insert their flexible row higher up on the page, or mix flexible content with other custom Bricks content on the page. So you kind of just have to pick one style or the other.
Based on how Bricks itself works, if this is only for page content and not templated/blog style content, then we can accomplish users adding pre-made styled blocks in Bricks just by having saved templates they can insert.
Yes there is a small learning curve if the end user wants to use the page builder and learn how to add/remove templates, but I've never had a client complain. In fact once I tell them a little about Bricks and encourage them to watch a beginner video or two, they quite enjoy using it.
So unless a person has a demand that end users never enter Bricks mode, using flexible content seems like extra unnecessary steps. Especially over time maintaining it. What if you don't need a block any more, or have to change it, or the user asks for more types of blocks. It's a ton of custom fields and logic and templating to manage. But if they know how to use Bricks, they can just edit the mast template or adjust styles or simply delete blocks right out of Bricks as normal.
To each their own, but flexible content seems like an old methodology to me. Why not skip all the ACF field creation, looping, logic, dynamic stuff, and stick to either Gutenberg posts or Bricks builder pages/templates? I don't see an actual need to inject using flexible content strategy unless, again, the dev demands nobody ever use Bricks. But why? Bricks (and others) are "page builders", that's their exact job, building pages. It's a learning curve but the curve isn't that hard when doing high level basic stuff.
how to do it in elementor?
You can’t without additional plugins.
@@WPTuts Thank you for replying to my comment. Yes, I have installed ACF Pro, Elementor Pro, and Jet Engine. If I don't use Bricks Builder and only use Elementor Pro and Jet Engine, can I still do the same things?
Elementor is way behind on this point for a long time. dynamic groups, conditional... etc...
I agree. Bricks is focusing on making a solid platform for dynamic data as opposed to relying on additional plugins.
Adding the Dynamic Content for Elementor plugin lets you easily do everything shown here and much more. But yes it does mean adding a plugin to Elementor.
@@emailjough exactly. It’s another plugin to do what should be basic functionality.
I'm 100% sure I'm missing something but after eleven minutes I still have no clue why I would ever use this.
Why not just to learn how to do it yourself with code?
Carry on.. but not everyone has the inclination or need to learn coding when there are viable no-code tools available that make the process way easier.