Permanent Tourist

by Mark Howells-Mead

Posts from September 2018

  • Thomas Heaton in Switzerland

    Thomas Heaton in Switzerland

    British photographer and videographer Thomas Heaton visits three of my favourite locations in Switzerland.

  • Working with multilingual theme options

    I’ve been using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress for nearly five years, and it’s implemented in every project I’ve created or worked on since I began using it. At work, our WordPress Themes depend on Theme Options, which are set using custom fields created by the plugin. In order to make the technique…

  • Screenshot of the Sulzer Schmid website

    Technical case study: HTML5 video

    How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.

  • Speaking at WordCamp Lausanne

    I’m presenting at WordCamp Lausanne at the end of September. Come and hear me talk about user interfaces and usability, and get your questions answered too.

  • Black-and-white photos on my office wall

    Pride of place

    I finally got around to framing and hanging some photos of favourite places in my home office.

  • Lake shore and boardwalk at Etang de la Gruère

    Etang de la Gruère

    A little bit of the Scottish Highlands in Switzerland.