Category: Web Development


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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.