Posts about The internet
The internet plays a huge role in my life, from a place to share photos and videos, to a career, to a means of communication linking me to friends and family all over the world.
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Building a multilingual WordCamp website
How I used manual content structuring and the power of the WordPress Site Editor to set up what we believe to be the first non-plugin-based multilingual WordCamp website.
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Easier alternative string translation using Advanced Custom Fields
There are several translation plugins in the WordPress ecosystem, each of which has its strengths and weaknesses when it comes to translating and managing multilingual content. There is also the brilliant plugin Loco Translate, which I’ve been using for a very long time to translate English strings in plugins and themes. (Usually German, French and […]
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Using data stores to get custom user capabilities in WordPress
Finding out custom user capabilities via the REST API, to determine whether or not to add a custom sidebar in the Gutenberg block editor.
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Overlapping elements with CSS grid
Using CSS Grid to overlap two rows and allow a content image to “break out” of the text container.
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Block Variations for WordPress Gutenberg
WordPress’ block editor “Gutenberg” allows us to register custom block styles for a particular block. But since WordPress 5.4, we can use Block Variations to add other presets with different default settings.
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WordPress hooks and hook attributes – how to use them more efficiently
Explaining how to use WordPress hooks, and how to fine-tune them to improve legibility and code efficiency.
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Delivering mockups for WordPress Gutenberg
How to mock up a website design when every page can be built individually and controlled completely by the editorial staff.
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Font sizing for the web
There are three main options for setting the size of text in the web using CSS. The font size can be set in “pixels”, in “EM”s or in ”REM”s. It can be a little difficult to understand where the differences lie, and which unit of measurement is correct.
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Creating your own reusable content using the WordPress Block Editor
Since the release of WordPress 5.2, authors and editors can put together their own reusable content components without needing to do any programming work. This is thanks to a powerful combination of Reusable Blocks and the Group Block.
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Combining the WordPress Customizer and Gutenberg Editor colour palettes
Using CSS variables through the WordPress Theme Customizer to make custom colour schemes in the Gutenberg Editor.
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Responsive imagemap with highlighting, using SVG
Implementing a CSS- and SVG-based responsive imagemap for a client in Toronto.
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Passing data to WordPress template parts
How I use WordPress’ template part logic, but additionally pass scoped data to the template part.
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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.
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There’s more to life than WordPress
I’ve been using WordPress since the very first version and love it. In a talk at WordCamp Zurich, I shared some of the experiences I’ve gained as a CMS developer, website builder, content manager and blogger since the late 1990s.
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A Short History of the Web
The history of the web (and the invention of jam) by Martin Splitt at Front Conference in Zurich.
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Why using BEM for your CSS is a good idea
Four years after writing that BEM syntax in CSS indicates weak coding principles, it’s time for a retraction.
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Creating a single-width Gutenberg block
How to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.
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The wonders of CSS Grid
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.
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Technical case study: simple, invisible language switching
Using a website visitor’s browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
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cubetech Desk Memories
The farewell photo of my fourth office desk in Switzerland, before I start afresh in the Bernese Oberland.
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What I’ve built with WordPress
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.
