Web Design - page 3

JavaScript is simple, or at least it used to be. If you’ve done any programming, and you know how to use Google then you can program in JavaScript. Of course, to make it more powerful we have to complicate things.We...

It was WPCampus last weekend, an education focused WordPress conference. There’s a lot of talks about using WordPress in Universities and other educational establishments – but there’s also a lot of more traditional WordCamp subjects.One presentation in particular caught my...

Now you have no reason not to make your website(s) secure!Troy Hunt is Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Developer Security. Online security, technology and “The Cloud”. And he made have I been pwned, an online database/API allowing you to...

When making WordPress themes there’s 2 functions that are really handy. is_home and is_front_page. I use them all the time in both themes and plugins. But I can never remember the difference between them.is_home vs is_front_pageOn the surface they are...

In January I published Colour, a simple app that analyses the colours used in a website and suggests ways you can merge the colour to make the design simpler.I don’t know if it’s an age thing, or a generational thing,...

When I wrote about using Github for Copywriters I wanted to keep things simple so that my copywriter friend could edit website content easily without having to worry about using Github properly. The problem is he now wants to create...

A couple of days ago I read an article about the MillionDollarHomepage and how the content on it has largely vanished. This raised the question of permanence on the web. The article also mentioned how it would be an interesting...

I have a couple of sites powered by Jekyll on Github pages, and I use Cloudflare to help make them nice and speedy (and to get around the github pages traffic limits). However, this means that each time I update...

WordPress 4.8 has just been released and, whilst not a ground breaking update, it includes some nice features that make WordPress more pleasant to use.One of the main areas focused on is some new widgets. There haven’t been any new...

Typography on websites is hard – especially if that site is powered by a CMS such as WordPress. Making the text on a site look good when the screen size, or content, can be changed means that often you have...

I use WordPress a lot, but a couple of weeks ago I decided to rebuild one of my older sites with Jekyll (a static site editor) so that I could host it on Github pages. As I have explained before...

I’m a big fan of the Jetpack WordPress plugin. I support it in all of my WordPress themes, and have even contributed to its development. However it’s not perfect, and I have recently had some issues with the new React...

I recently learnt that when you type 'Say' followed by some words into the terminal on MacOS your computer speaks to you. It’s like I’m in the future or something.I like the idea that my Mac is distantly related to...

Generating a rtl.css files is something I don’t enjoy doing. I think it’s really important that they are created since a large proportion of the world uses rtl (right to left) languages. But they are a bit of a pain...

For the first part in my ‘Automating WordPress Development‘ series I felt I should start with setting up Gulp. I resisted using Gulp (or Grunt etc) for a long time. I found it complex to setup, and it seemed like...

When I wrote about the things I had learned from releasing 20 WordPress themes, I mentioned that I had automated as much as I could. One of the things I automated was the build and deployment process for my themes...

In 2007 I partnered with Darren Hoyt to release Mimbo Pro, one of the earliest premium WordPress themes. In 2012 Mimbo Pro was published on wordpress.com. Last week – on October 5th 2016 to be precise – my 20th theme...

Posting regular content is essential when you’re trying to build a successful blog or website – but it’s something I struggle with. I think I’ve found a solution that works for me though. Regular content is great for Google (and...

My old website projects page was a mess. It was basically a page containing a list of ‘things’ I had developed. Whether thats websites, WordPress themes, Games. There was all sorts of things there. But it wasn’t pretty – it...

Recently, I’ve received a couple of emails asking about the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org versions of WordPress. The reason for the confusion is that I sell themes for both sites – and I often get people buying my themes...

I’m currently working on a new WordPress course (MasterWP – first email is sent on Monday 12th September) that helps to teach things beyond the basics – and to do it I need a website. I’m making the course with...