Category: Web Development
January 5th, 2025 Posted in Web Design, Web Development, WordPress
ClassicPress: A clean, fast WordPress alternative
ClassicPress began as a ‘fork’ of WordPress before the Gutenberg editor and Full Site Editing were introduced, and is a faster, more accessible option for straightforward website projects.
January 2nd, 2025 Posted in Business, Web Design, Web Development, WooCommerce, WordPress
Is WordPress still a good option for 2025?
A legal battle between Automattic and WPEngine, fundamental technical issues plus the terrible state of the plugin & theme ecosystem means WordPress might not be the best option for 2025.
November 5th, 2024 Posted in Web Development, WordPress
Creating user editable shortcodes with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
A fairly technical client asked me if he could add WordPress ‘shortcodes‘ for various statistics around his website – it was easier than expected!
November 5th, 2024 Posted in Ethical/Eco, Web Development, WordPress
WordPress build for Ecofurb retrofit service
As well as offering full web design and build of WordPress websites for clients, I can build from supplied designs.
March 13th, 2024 Posted in Creativity, Web Design, Web Development
Greensock CSS/JS Animation library
Greensock is a free animation framework for managing CSS animations with Javascript and much more. Many award winning websites use Greensock to power their animations which can include parallax scrolling, locking panels in place, animating text in a letter or word at a time and some incredible 3D effects.
September 29th, 2023 Posted in Web Design, Web Development
Web Sustainability Guidelines Report from W3C community
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops standards and guidelines to help everyone build a web based on the principles of accessibility, internationalization, privacy and security. A community group within the W3C has just released a Web Sustainability Guidelines report.