Technical case study: Gutenberg Blocks outside the content area
WordPress' Gutenberg Editor allows you to do much more than create and edit content in a single content column.
Published on 7th October 2019
Blog posts about Technical case studies
These posts are “case studies”: detailed analyses of various projects I’ve worked on, which go into a greater level of detail about one or more of the technical aspects of the project.
Technical case study: simple, invisible language switching
Using a website visitor's browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
Published on 7th March 2019
Technical case study: working around an intensive site cache
How I swapped out individual sections of a high-traffic site to make best use of WordPress' REST API.
Published on 29th November 2018
Technical case study: HTML5 video
How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.
Published on 18th September 2018
Technical case study: the SBB CFF FFS brand panel
Using modern web technologies to replicate the ubiquitous red panel used by Swiss railway company SBB CFF FFS.
Published on 28th September 2016
Technical case study: SBB RCS
The latest project we've launched at !frappant is for SBB (Swiss Railways): a microsite for the Rail Control System team, which promotes their work controlling the flow of rail traffic throughout the national network.
Published on 18th May 2016
Technical case study: CSS Flexbox for BEKB Flash
CSS Flexbox has been ready for mainstream use for a while now, and I've implemented it on a third client project for my employer.
Published on 31st March 2016
Technical case study: !frappant
My employer re-branded recently, which meant a new corporate identity and a new website using Zurb Foundation, CSS Flexbox and TYPO3.
Published on 3rd March 2016
Technical case study: Bike To Work
Back in 2011, the organizers of Bike To Work Switzerland approached my employer !frappant Webfactory to re-develop their website and the participants’ admin system. I worked with a third-party usability consultant to re-think and re-design the project, before I carried…
Published on 10th July 2013
Technical case study: New websites for Burson-Marsteller EMEA
My biggest work project in 2010 was the re-building of the wide network of websites for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region of Burson-Marsteller.
Published on 3rd January 2011
Technical case study: Rütli
Details of the new website for Swiss national historic location Rütli, combined with a brief explanation of the meadow's history.
Published on 6th July 2009
