WordPress is a web-browser-based content management system, which started life as a spin-off of b2/cafelog before becoming the most widespread CMS in the world. I began casually helping out with WordPress’ predecessor b2/cafelog in 2001, and I’ve built personal and professional sites using WordPress for over sixteen years. I’m currently a partner at Swiss WordPress agency Say Hello.
WordPress allows you to embed content from other websites like YouTube, Facebook and the like. But did you know that you can embed WordPress posts too? Not just from other websites, but also from your own site… into your own site!
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.
Read moreThe user experience nicety of a legible date string.
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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.
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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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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The major update of WordPress, scheduled for this year, will contain a brand-new and much-improved editor.
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An interview with me which first appeared on the cubetech website in June.
Read moreAm WordPress Meetup in Bern am 17. April 2018 sprach Martin Steiger über die Auswirkungen der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) auf Schweizer Website-Betreiber.
Read moreMany developers complain that WordPress is an outdated system, relying on old code for the sake of the widest range of possible support. I see that as one of the advantages of WordPress.
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