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Building a multilingual WordCamp website
How I used manual content structuring and the power of the WordPress Site Editor to set up what we believe to be the first non-plugin-based multilingual WordCamp website.
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Adventure is an attitude
Going on large and small adventures has always made my life a little richer.
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Random things in October
A trip to England, a lack of autumn feeling despite the vivid colours and learning how to set a fire.
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Driving a tank through a miniature world
Using 1970s technology to drive a tank through a miniature landscape.
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Random things in September
The gradual arrival of autumn; clouds clinging to the mountains, fresher air and a wider variety of colours in the landscape. My favourite time of the year is coming.
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Around Buttermere in the rain
A wind-swept, soggy, lovely walk around Buttermere in the English Lake District.
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Windows of Brantwood
Visiting the former home of John Ruskin, near Coniston.
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Latrigg from Applethwaite
An autumn ramble from our holiday rental to the top of the nearby Wainwright Fell above Keswick.
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Unendearing travel
Relying on others for our journey and a problematic experience stretching over two days is no way to begin a relaxing holiday.
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Random things in August
A lovely month full of experiences, but fewer random photographs than usual.
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Hiking amongst the glacial screes
Heading to the heights of the Furka Pass to hike into the glacial screes.
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Geneva to Gatwick, 2009
Four shots from the window of an easyJet flight from Switzerland to England in 2009.
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Train to Messina
Clearing out a hard drive, I came across a file with some notes made whilst travelling in Sicily in 2009.
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Random things in July
Hiking and keeping cool in the mid-summer alpine heat.
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Easier alternative string translation using Advanced Custom Fields
There are several translation plugins in the WordPress ecosystem, each of which has its strengths and weaknesses when it comes to translating and managing multilingual content. There is also the brilliant plugin Loco Translate, which I’ve been using for a very long time to translate English strings in plugins and themes. (Usually German, French and […]
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Using data stores to get custom user capabilities in WordPress
Finding out custom user capabilities via the REST API, to determine whether or not to add a custom sidebar in the Gutenberg block editor.
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Random things in June
My main photographic focus in June was our trip to Brittany in north-western France.
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Lunchtime dip
When it used to get hot back in the days when I used to work in Brienz, a lunchtime dip in the freezing waters of Lake Brienz was the thing. When I worked in Bern, I used to go to the river with colleagues and float along for 20 minutes or so to cool down. […]
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Funnels for non-existent rainwater
I love that the pumpkin leaves are shaped like little funnels, to catch and redirect the rainwater. Now all we need is some rainwater.
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Passers-by
Sitting on the steps outside one of the shops in Bern’s Marktgasse a couple of weeks ago, watching the world go by.
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Random things in May
May is a funny month for me. The countryside is green and lush, with lots of flowers in the meadows and a pleasant mix of cooling rain and warming sunshine, but I often feel a little frustration because the higher mountains are often still covered with slushy snow. This year, I’ve been spending a lot […]
