Posts from the category Internet
The history of the web (and the invention of jam) by Martin Splitt at Front Conference in Zurich.
Four years after writing that BEM syntax in CSS indicates weak coding principles, it’s time for a retraction.
How to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.
I’m beginning to delve into the newest extension of the CSS style rule possibilities at a professional level, in order to design and create websites which break the mould.
Using a website visitor’s browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
The farewell photo of my fourth office desk in Switzerland, before I start afresh in the Bernese Oberland.
Some people believe that WordPress isn’t suitable for more than a simple website. Throughout my career, I’ve proved that assumption wrong many times over.
I’m moving to Swiss web agency Say Hello as partner, client consultant and full-stack developer from January 2019.
How I swapped out individual sections of a high-traffic site to make best use of WordPress’ REST API.
I presented at the WordCamp conference in Lausanne a couple of weeks ago, on the subject of website usability. The video of my talk is now online.
How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.
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.
I was recently set the task of integrating a Mailchimp mailing list to a WordPress website by way of a multi-step Gravity Form. The regular form fields were easy to link, but the interest groups needed a bit more research. Alongside regular list fields, you can add an interest group, so that subscribers can indicate…
The major update of WordPress, scheduled for this year, will contain a brand-new and much-improved editor.
An interview with me which first appeared on the cubetech website in June.
Am WordPress Meetup in Bern am 17. April 2018 sprach Martin Steiger über die Auswirkungen der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) auf Schweizer Website-Betreiber.
Many developers complain that WordPress is an outdated system, relying on old code for the sake of the widest range of possible support. I see that as one of the advantages of WordPress.
It was inevitable, I suppose, that I would, one day, have to start applying my experience to The Day Job instead of just my hours. Instead of just being the go-to-guy for programming, I’d have to take over a more responsible role and help other people to learn the craft and expertise of web development.…
Through my participation of the regular and sociable “WordPress Meetup” in Bern, I was one of the volunteers who helped organize the WordCamp conference in Switzerland’s capital last weekend.
As my working career moves towards being involved with WordPress 100% of the time in future, I’ve started to gradually invest a little more of my time and effort into the WordPress community. My aim is to work with friends and colleagues to coordinate our efforts in Switzerland into bringing WordPress even more to the…
