My life in the internet

A career based around content management systems and online communication.

I’ve been designing and creating websites and browser-based web applications for nearly 30 years.

Website projects using content management systems are the main focus of my professional career and I began contributing to the WordPress community as a theme and plugin developer, translation editor and WordCamp speaker and co-organizer in 2009.

I develop and manage website projects, web apps and API integrations at Swiss web agency Say Hello, supporting clients directly and providing technical and conceptual support to partner agencies.

The site you’re reading has been online since 2003, with the first of the current content being published in 2004. Previous iterations under different domain names dated back to 1996.

Meetup Basel, 2024 — Presenting my work and the possibilities of content management systems for building company websites at the WordPress Meetup in Basel, April 2024.

Programming and design

I’ve either conceived, designed, developed or collaborated on the following projects as part of my work for my employers.

Latest project

Programming of a multilingual multisite installation for four tourism websites in Thun and in Bern using the WordPress Site Editor and Block Editor, on behalf of a third-party design agency in Bern. Integration of third-party booking widget solutions, custom forms using the Gravity Forms plugin, and translation of content from German into English.

(Say Hello, 2024)

Other noteworthy projects

Single-page application for a garage’s used vehicle selection using the WordPress REST API and React (Say Hello, 2020)

Screenshot of flugbasis.ch — Design and programming of a website with course management and CRM synchronisation (Say Hello, 2019)

Custom website design and programming for a multilingual online shop (Say Hello, 2019)

Deep integration of Gutenberg blocks using React and custom web components. (Say Hello, since 2018)

Interactive map with geolocation, search and a reactive list of club locations (cubetech, 2018)

Fast turn-around development of a media-intensive multilingual website for a major Swiss p.r. agency (cubetech, 2018)

Screenshot of the Sportamt Bern website — Dynamic frontend elements using *AngularJS* and the WordPress REST API (cubetech, 2017)

Design and programming of an international multilingual WordPress multisite network and social media collator (Burson-Marsteller, 2008)

Blog posts

Responsive viewport height workaround for the WordPress Cover Block
March 2025
Working around a problem on the WordPress Cover block when the viewport height is too small.
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Using context variables in SCSS
February 2025
Using namespaced mixins and context variables in an SCSS build process.
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Building a WordPress website for a client: creating a streamlined editorial experience
February 2025
WordPress offers a huge range of features and options for users, but that can often be overwhelming for clients. We can assist them by providing curated editorial experiences.
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Getting preset aspect ratios in the WordPress Block Editor
November 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.
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Aliasing WordPress CSS custom properties
November 2024
How to use CSS custom property aliases in WordPress to reduce the size of your own custom CSS.
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Building a WordPress site for a client: separating content from design
September 2024
Using custom post types in combination with the Block Editor in WordPress for easy content management, irrespective of design changes.
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Using block style variations in WordPress to allow shared modifications later on
September 2024
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.
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Building a WordPress site for a client: using the Site Editor
August 2024
Creating a website layout using the WordPress Site Editor, with an emphasis on simplicity and reusability.
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All blog posts about WordPress

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.

Blog posts about WordPress