When it comes to building WordPress themes, I’m a huge advocate of the Genesis Framework. I started by creating child themes based on the Genesis Sample Theme, then moved to using Bill Erickson’s base child theme, and then developed my own starter child theme. One thing which really appeals to me about the Genesis Framework, […]
How I use Gulp when developing WordPress themes
I’ve built a lot of WordPress themes over the years, and the quality of my work has been improving gradually as I’ve learnt new techniques and embraced new technologies. One major leap over the past year has been my use of the Gulp task runner. I’ve been able to use it for a number of […]
Enqueue Conditional Scripts & Styles for Internet Explorer
It can be challenging to develop websites that look good across all of the different web browsers. Different browsers have their own quirks and nuances, which you’ll only really become aware of with experience. Recently I’ve started using Flexbox on a couple of projects, and really like that it makes complex layout and positioning issues […]
Simple Search Rewrite
Rewrite the WordPress search form query string to a pretty permalink style, like /search/search+term.
Bike Revolution, design and WordPress theme.
While working as part of the team at Canary Dwarf, I was tasked with creating a new website for local organisation Bike Revolution, who provide training on bicycle maintenance, and sell refurbished bicycles. Working from wireframes provided by the client, I created mockups in Photoshop and converted these into a custom WordPress theme, built on […]
ACF 5 Pro JSON Storage
I recently released a plugin onto the WordPress.org repository, called ACF 5 Json Storage. It’s a very simple plugin, based on a couple of code snippets which I include when using Advanced Custom Fields on client projects. Advanced Custom Fields has a great feature where it will save your custom field groups to individual JSON […]