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.
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
Blog posts
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.
Using custom post types in combination with the Block Editor in WordPress for easy content management, irrespective of design changes.
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.
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.
Conference presentations
I have presented at WordCamp events in Switzerland several times, sharing my experience and design review techniques.
There’s more to life than WordPress
WordCamp Zurich, 2019
How to get your visitors where they need to be
WordCamp Lausanne, 2018
How to get your visitors up a mountain
WordCamp Bern, 2017
Modular Functionality – Organizing Your Code To Make WordPress Development Easier
WordCamp Geneva, 2016
