Posts from 2024
I’ve been working on a custom image carousel block for a WordPress client, and wanted to add the built-in aspect ratios as a drop-down control.
How to use CSS custom property aliases in WordPress to reduce the size of your own custom CSS.
A touching story behind one of my favourite R.E.M. songs.
Stretching my legs on the Thames Path in Oxfordshire.
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.
The first in a series of blog posts to explain what I’ve learned whilst building websites using the Block and Site Editors in WordPress.
A quick bio for the upcoming WordCamp Europe event in Turin.
The benefits of being there: how I achieve better results and enjoy being on-site with clients.
When an iPhone photo beats a combination of camera and lens and tripod.
Panoramic photography along a walk between Interlaken West station and Neuhaus harbour.
We had some late snow just recently and although it was lovely to look at, the temperatures were brought down. I’m done with winter and cold, now. I want the mountains to clear so I can get out walking again.
I have tons and tons of drive. When I get interested in something, I can easily go overboard and spend a lot of time thinking about it. I’m no genius by any means, but if I set to something which I’m passionate about, then I can usually get up to speed relatively well. My wife…
Delving for treasured albums amongst piles and piles of vinyl and CDs.
Using a constant to a Webpack build process for reusable components in your scripts.