I initially planned to continue with the header, as mentioned in the last blog post, in which we’ve created a sidebar for our theme in the Site Editor using a “Synced Pattern”. But since this has some downsides I wanted … Read more →
Now that we have fonts and colors, we can start with the structure of the theme. Giving a page a clear structure is fundamental to enable it to be responsive later on. Waipoua structure The Waipoua theme is roughly structured … Read more →
Due to some personal topics, wasn’t able to work on the new theme, or write a new blog post for that matter. But now I’m back and will probably speed up a bit and write more frequently than just every … Read more →
After we’ve created the raw theme in the last blog post, it’s time to add some basic things to our theme. To quickly get some similar appearance, let’s start with fonts. My blog is using the default fonts from Waipoua, … Read more →
This will be the start of the blog series for my new blog theme. As mentioned in the previous blog post, the goal is to create a theme that comes as close as possible to the current design, while using … Read more →
It’s not the new “blog year”, but a new on our calendars. In previous years, I often wanted to finally start reworking the theme of my blog over the holidays. This time I finally did it … but only started … Read more →
Once again this week, I had issues connecting to a server using SSH. It was with a different user, and something was just not working. When debugging such issues, I always have to search for that debugging mode, so why … Read more →
Following coding styles is important, not only when developing for yourself, but even more when working in a team. It means fewer issues, and it also avoids unnecessary changes when using version control, which can easily cause conflicts as well. … Read more →
With WordPress 4.9.6, we got some new privacy tools. This includes the new “Privacy Policy Guide”. Have you ever heard of it or even used it? If not, you should take a look at it on your site. You will … Read more →
For many years now, I am using Docker for my local development environment. In the beginning I was using my own custom images, but lately I’m mainly using “abstractions” like DDEV or wp-env, especially when working with WordPress projects. I … Read more →