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WordPress now supports blocks editing in templates

and its tricky! love this excellent tutorial which really helps you get to grips with this really great new feature.

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Online teaching – the new normal

Just finished another weekend long WordPress course for Hillcroft and i really like this move to online. It am not forced to cycle, and i miss not only the exercise but also the outdoor time, but it does mean i have more home time and during the breaks i can get stuff done here. It […]

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WCEU-2020

Loving how this world wide situation is generating such creativity, thank you to the amazing team for WordCamp Europe 2020. I especially love the sticker this year, 2020 has been the year of the PJs so far 💖️

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Self-employed directly affected by COVID-19

Directly Affected means you have COVID-19 you are in isolation you have self isolated you are caring for somebody who is affected by COVID-19 What happens if you can work but there is no work to be had is less clear! You can find more about how it is if you not directly affected here […]

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Displaying Custom Data

This is my mind dump on how to use the boiler plate for a custom plugin type. This is based on the worked example Now Hiring by Chris Wilcoxson. Adding data includes\class_pgn.php::define_admin_hooks() creates the class pgn_admin which has the functions to create the custom type & taxomony and add the admin menu. register the class […]

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Creating Plugins

I have dabbled in the past and created some simple plugins but now i want to really get to grips with this. It really helps to have clear objective so i thought i would create a calender plugin for WordPress. I am going to keep i simple but functional, title, description, start date and time, […]

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Intelligent Games

My 2nd job after leaving Uni and my first real programming Job. It was an amazing time, crazy hard work but defiantly worth it. Found these old news paper articles when doing a bit of tidying up and scanned them in, too good not to share.