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.
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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Using CSS variables through the WordPress Theme Customizer to make custom colour schemes in the Gutenberg Editor.
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Implementing a CSS- and SVG-based responsive imagemap for a client in Toronto.
Read moreHow I use WordPress’ template part logic, but additionally pass scoped data to the template part.
Read moreWordPress’ Gutenberg Editor allows you to do much more than create and edit content in a single content column.
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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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The history of the web (and the invention of jam) by Martin Splitt at Front Conference in Zurich.
Watch videoFour years after writing that BEM syntax in CSS indicates weak coding principles, it’s time for a retraction.
Read moreHow to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.
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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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Using a website visitor’s browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
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The farewell photo of my fourth office desk in Switzerland, before I start afresh in the Bernese Oberland.
Read moreSome 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.
Read moreI’m moving to Swiss web agency Say Hello as partner, client consultant and full-stack developer from January 2019.
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How I swapped out individual sections of a high-traffic site to make best use of WordPress’ REST API.
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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.
Read moreI’ve been using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress for nearly five years, and it’s implemented in every project I’ve created or worked on since I began using it. At work, our WordPress Themes depend on Theme Options, which are set using custom fields created by the plugin. In order to make the technique […]
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How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.
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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.
Read moreI 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 […]
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