Category: Blogging

  • So as discussed previously I’ve decided to build a new WordPress theme and instead of pulling the normal trick of simply creating a child theme I thought I’d take the plunge and develop my own from (almost) scratch using ‘_s’. To recap underscores (_s) is a popular starter theme maintained by Automattic (yeah the WordPress.com people) which keeps…

    Underscores step by step – Step 1, under the hood

  • So part of rekindling of my blogging love is the firm commitment to learn how to create my own themes. Partly this is due to the frustration at the current crop of themes not quite nailing it, and seemingly growing number that seem to charge for anything above the basics. This of course is a…

    WordPress Theme creation

  • What I’ve learnt from getting back into blogging has been how very different Word Press and Blogger are as platforms. Probably for all the right reasons – it just feels a lot more grown-up and serious. Anyway I digress (marginally) from the point of this post – which is there are so so many options around design/widgets/forms/formats/categories/tags…almost…

    Contact forms… which is best