Is there a possibility of multi-column layout?

[burbridgeconsulting]

As a years-long WordPress developer (but note: happy to try something else!), the question always arises: If one wanted to create more of a sophisticated marketing-type site, the questions always arise — is there a way to lay out rows, columns, and fine-tuning of elements, etc. at that level? I am curious. Thanks!

[example-user30]

I would love to see a multi-column block in the block editor that is like the one in Gutenberg. Right now there is not a native way to do this without creating a custom theme or adding custom classes and custom CSS for those classes.

[burbridgeconsulting]

I do not know enough yet about what is going on under the hook yet to have ideas about it; but I know that all the modern builders in WordPress use a CSS framework (such as Bootstrap) to actually implement the column layout. The one I use — Beaver Builder — lets you build up rows -> columns (and later, they graduated to sub-columns, which creates a ton of flexibility, but is certainly rather advanced).

But basically it makes it easy to do stuff like:

-------------------------------------------- ROW --------------------------------------------
------------------ column ------------------ ------------------ column ------------------

-------------------------------------------- ROW --------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------- column -------------------------------------------

Etc. (And then of course you need actual content blocks within that.)

[candidexmedia]

Short answer: yes! Anything that's possible to do with HTML + CSS + JS on a static site can be done in Publii.

The tricky part is implementing certain desired layouts or design elements manually if there isn't a button or preset for it, especially for users who aren't well-versed in web technologies.

Luckily, the question has been asked before in the old forum, so I'll share my response to it here as well: https://forum.getpublii.com/topic/front-page-index-how-to-make-a-section-with-3-responsive-column/#post-11731

My suggestion would be to find an example of a column layout that you like on StackOverflow, Codepen, CSS Tricks, MDN, W3, GPT, etc., and porting it to Publii as explained in my other reply. Feel free to ask for help here if you run into any issues.

To save that code snippet as a template that can be reused across your posts, see my Gist on the Template plugin: