There are times in the life of a WordPress site when doing a content export and import is necessary. In this post I’ll look at: When you would need to export and import content. What content you can export and import. What tools, plugins and services you can use. What issues you might run into, […]
Missinglettr: Easily Drive Traffic To Your Blog Posts
I was asked to give a short talk on blogging on Tuesday evening at the WordPress Glasgow meetup. Amongst the things I talked about was tools and plugins that I find useful for blogging. One tool I’ve been using since May this year is Missinglettr for blog promotion. What does Missinglettr do? The name doesn’t […]
How To Add Custom Content To WordPress Category Archives
Updated 30 May 2018. Do you run a large WordPress blog? You will probably have split your content into different categories. Perhaps you have your category list in a sidebar or in a dropdown menu. When a visitor views each category page they’ll normally see a list of the posts in that category, with the […]
How Leigh’s Life Was Enriched By A Guide Dog
I attended a special networking event earlier this week at the Holiday Inn Edinburgh West. Staff from Guide Dogs Scotland were there to raise awareness and funds. The highlight of the morning was a talk from two of the staff, Linda and Leigh. Guide Dogs Scotland’s work Linda told us some facts and figures about […]
The Evolution Of Gutenberg – Has It Improved?
It’s been three months since I last looked at the WordPress Gutenberg editor, so I thought it was time to revisit. The last version I tried was version 0.4. It’s moved on quite a bit since then. We’re now on to version 1.4. What’s new in Gutenberg? Here are some of the changes I’ve noticed […]
Web Design: Should You Hire A Freelancer Or Agency?
Should you hire a freelance web designer or agency? The question is nearly as old as the web itself. Most businesses can only take on so many employees to handle common business tasks such as accounting, admin and sales. But what happens when you need a website and find that your staff can’t help? You […]
Accessibility Scotland 2017 – All The Best In Inclusive Design
Accessibility Scotland 2017 took place on Friday 22nd September in Edinburgh. Last year’s conference focused on web accessibility. This year’s event took a much broader approach. What could we learn from inclusive design in the non-digital world? As well as websites, we had speakers discussing the inclusive design of: Products Buildings and Places Transport Games Media Special […]
Improve Your Divi Website’s Reach With Divi Accessibility
Updated 19 May 2020. Please note that as of 12 May 2020 the Divi Accessibility plugin is no longer available to download on WordPress.org. According to Ronnie Burt of CampusPress, the reason was: There was apparently a complaint about the name of the plugin to WordPress.org as it started with the word Divi, and we […]
The WordPress Post Editor: All You Need To Know
What is the WordPress post editor? Most WordPress users spend a lot of time with the post editor. It’s the part of the add a post screen which lets you add, edit and format your post or page content. There are two tabs on the post editor – Visual and Text. Visual view shows the […]
PixelEmu School Theme Review – Is It An A+ For Accessibility?
Joomla Monster is known for creating accessible Joomla templates. They kept getting requests for WordPress themes, so decided to set up a new company to develop them. PixelEmu launched in 2015. You can see their commitment to accessibility in this video: I was kindly given a copy of the PixelEmu School theme to try out, and to […]