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Kyle Van Deusen
@theadminbar.com
Mayor @ The Admin Bar, voted the #1 Community for WordPress 👑

Owner @ OGAL Web Design where I make performance-focused websites ⚡
Overlapping items can be a pain in the butt if you're fiddling with negative margins.... but CSS Grid makes a killer layout like this simple!

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Sick new hero design punches way above its weight!
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December 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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December 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If you’ve ever wondered when to use an SVG image vs inline SVG code — this is for you.

I walk through the tradeoffs, benefits, and real-world use cases in GenerateBlocks.

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The Hidden Powers of the Shape Block
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December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's funny, I watch a lot of content creators that are into Webflow or Framer or React and Tailwind.

In their bubble, no one uses WordPress anymore (and if you do, you'd be kinda ashamed to admit it).

But, according to Cloudflare, WordPress is in an entirely different league than these platforms.
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Not sure how I ended up on this list with the legends @kevinpowell.co and @syntax.fm (and sure, it's just one guys list), but I'll take it!
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You know those blog posts where the text is skinny & easy to read, but things like images & videos were wider?

There are a LOT of ways to do this, but what I'm sharing in today's video is super simple, straightforward, and automatically responsive!

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This is a KILLER blog layout (and a simple technique that's automatically responsive!)
YouTube video by The Admin Bar
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December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So excited about my latest website launch 🙌

Stacy was an amazing client to work with and the transformation from her old site to her shiny new one is pretty remarkable!

Have a look and let me know what you think: stacyskim.com :)
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This morning I officially launched The Paid Discovery Class: A Complete Guide to Selling and Running Paid Discovery.

Leaving the $50 "presale" discount active until tonight if you wanna sneak in and save!

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December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Carousel Block has gotten all the attention in the latest @GenerateBlocks release — but the ability to use grid areas from inside the builder is underrated!

Check it out: youtu.be/5F76K-nfvpE
CSS Grid Made Easy with Grid Areas (now in the latest GenerateBlocks update!)
YouTube video by The Admin Bar
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November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The sponsorship spots for our Black Friday edition of the newsletter are due *tomorrow*.

$25/ea, goes out to 10,200+ WordPress users, agency owners, and freelancers.

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November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m live to talk Black Friday deals, The WP Awards, The Paid Discovery Class and more! Come hang out!

[https://www.youtube.com/live/N96eH69-Mwg?si=KbGnOquLY_ltaicz](www.youtube.com/live/N96eH69...)
Topic Buffet Livestream (There's so much to cover!)
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is one of those things you don't need that often, but when you do... boy it sure comes in handy (and you feel like a ninja!)

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Custom counters, overlapping elements, subgrid — this layout's a BEAST
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November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
First look at the brand new Carousel block from @GenerateBlocks 🤯

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The Carousel Block 🤯 First look at GenerateBlocks' latest release!
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November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m still building out my “brutalist-inspired” page — and this week’s section got a little wild.

We’re nesting grids inside grids to pull off some pretty fun layouts in @GenerateBlocks.

🎥 Building a Grid Inside a Grid

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Building a Grid Inside a Grid (Brutalist Redesign Series, Lesson 3)
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November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In part 2 of my little design experiment, things start getting interesting 👀

I’m building out the next section of my “brutalist-inspired” page in @GenerateBlocks — and one subtle overlap completely changed how the whole thing feels.

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This Subtle Trick Ties the Whole Page Together (Brutalist Redesign Series, Lesson 2)
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November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reposted by Kyle Van Deusen
I remember how excited I was when border-radius became a thing... If only I'd know what would eventually be possible with it about 15 years later 😅

corner-shape takes border-radius to an all new level...

@cbolson.bsky.social has made a handy generator for it: www.corner-shape.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I challenged myself to break my design rut by redesigning one of my own pages in a style I’ve never used before — and then built it in @GenerateBlocks & @GeneratePress

Brutalist vibes, tons of CSS Grid, and a few surprises 👇
🎥 youtu.be/IMqz03sSuy8
I tried building something COMPLETELY different to get out of my rut
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October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you're promoting a Black Friday offer for your product, we'll have our deals page going live on November 1st.

You can grab your spot here (from free to priority listings): theadminbar.com/sup/black-fr...
Black Friday Deal Submissions
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October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Work smarter, not harder, right? If you’re sick of tweaking settings at tablet and mobile, there are some great modern CSS techniques that will make your layouts automatically responsive.

And no, I’m not talking about container queries either!

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Escape Breakpoint Hell — Make it *automatically* responsive with a few simple tweaks
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October 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Going live to discuss the upcoming event of the year — WP Accessibility Day!

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Come join me and grab your free tickets!
Get Your Free Tickets to the Best Event of 2025!
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October 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Made 1 change to my site and saw these results almost immediately. But I'm trying to quantify this — what's a change like this WORTH?
October 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This week I'm sharing some more advanced techniques you can use in Figma to make things automatically responsive using components, variables, and modes.

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If you're looking take your Figma files to the next level, this one's for you!
Create automatic responsive controls in Figma
YouTube video by The Admin Bar
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September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reposted by Kyle Van Deusen
Over on the second channel I sat down to chat with @theadminbar.com about WordPress! I haven't touched WordPress in almost a decade, so I had a lot of questions about how things have changed over the past 10 years... and of course, I had to ask about the drama

Full episode 👉 youtu.be/-DyeqFQILZ4
September 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Doing some experimentation with light/dark modes in GenerateBlocks — and there are a couple neat modern CSS tricks that make this easier than ever!

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Automatic Light/Dark Mode in GenerateBlocks (should this be standard practice in 2025?)
YouTube video by The Admin Bar
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September 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM