Exploring
Autumn in the Alps
By far my most favourite season, shown at its absolute best in the mountains and valleys of the Alps.
Latest blog posts
Spontaneously changing my plans for a day’s hiking to achieve the summit of Canisp, a large and rocky hill in the Assynt region of Scotland.
Using custom post types in combination with the Block Editor in WordPress for easy content management, irrespective of design changes.
How improving micro-interactions can smooth the process for your (web) application users.
How to use presets instead of custom CSS in WordPress to allow blocks to retain a common design, whilst supporting amendments later in the project’s timeline.
Creating a website layout using the WordPress Site Editor, with an emphasis on simplicity and reusability.
Concentrating on an optimal workflow when you begin working on a new website, and where your initial focus should lie.
Visiting the historic town of Colmar, on the Alsatian plain in eastern France.
There are two main approaches to building a site using WordPress, but the first stage is to work out how the content will be managed.
Photographic archive
Recent additions to an ever-growing collection of photos I’m sharing publicly here on the site. (Don’t be surprised if the latest additions are older. I’m adding them from my personal archive in a pretty random order.)
Videos
Lots of work stopped me from going out so much, but we did get in a great trip to canton Wallis.
Making more of an effort to publish moving pictures, including one from Dartmoor in June.
With a name like “Ice Path”, you know before you arrive that a hiking route is going to be a pretty spectacular one.
Walking in the snowy landscape of Axalp, high above Lake Brienz in the Swiss Bernese Oberland.
WordPress
WordPress is currently the most popular content management system in the world. I’ve been using WordPress for personal and business projects since 2003, both as part of my day job and also as a freelancer. I have been an active member of the Swiss WordPress community since the first official Swiss WordCamp in 2014, co-organising and presenting at conferences across the country.
