In the world of software development — a realm often perceived as serious, logical, and mathematical — humour finds a curious but essential place. For many programmers, programming jokes are more than just light-hearted quips; they're cultural touchstones, a way to relieve stress, build [...]
In today’s digital-first world, your website is often the very first impression people have of your business, brand, or project. Whether you’re launching an online shop, a creative portfolio, a booking platform, or a large-scale application, the quality of your website matters enormously. A [...]
New Age Checks and Content Controls Coming into Force on UK Websites to Protect Children Websites and apps will soon be legally required to verify the ages of their users and protect children from harmful and illegal online content, as part of a major [...]
Recently I've been asked to rebuild a number of websites and a high percentage of them seem to have one thing in common - they are designed using the Elementor website builder by people who clearly have no clue about web programming. Each project [...]
What is The Difference Between a Website Programmer and a Web Designer? This is a question I get asked a lot, and in today’s digital age, the term ‘website programmer’ has become increasingly relevant. Website programmers, also referred to as web developers or web [...]
The Avada theme is a wonderful addition to any WordPress site, but it does come with a few bits that limit the functionality - not much, but enough to frustrate while putting the finishing touches to your new website. One such minor grip is [...]
Website programming and design can be simple for a web developer, but even more so if the right content and guidance is provided before the project starts. The importance of good guidance from the client can not be understated.There have been many times where personally [...]
In today’s digital age, a website is often the first point of contact between a business and its potential customers. Whether it’s a small start-up or a large corporation, having a well-designed, functional, and secure website is essential. However, the key to achieving this [...]
Popular Website Programmer Tools of Today In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, staying abreast of the latest and most effective tools is crucial for developers aiming to build cutting-edge and efficient web applications. As technology advances, new tools emerge to simplify workflows, [...]
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a programming language used in web design to define the appearance and layout of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) documents. CSS separates the presentation of a web page from its content, allowing web designers to create visually appealing and responsive [...]
While it goes without saying, in today's world the internet has become an essential part of our lives. Almost everything is available on the internet, from shopping to education to entertainment. A website is a collection of web pages that can be accessed through [...]
Here's a problem that I've seen a few times of late, especially since the introduction of PHP version 8 and higher. WordPress sites using outdated themes are often showing errors in and around the site especially in the Dashboard, the specific error being: PHP [...]
Website programmers are in demand more than ever today, especially good website programmers. Whilst the market for web designers is now saturated with developers that have very little experience and simply know how to use the vast array of website builders out there on [...]
Is your WordPress website only showing the homepage and all other pages redirecting to a 404 page or error page? The issue can often happen after a WordPress update, or even a plugin update such as a security or redirection plugin. Fortunately, the fix [...]
For a long time Photoshop has been the master where content aware fills are concerned. You'd simply cut out an object, select the fill tool and let Photoshop do the rest. But it's not perfect, and never was. And while Photoshop's content aware [...]
Sometimes you may have a URL that has parameters or variables included in it that you wish to display on a page or post within WordPress. In cases like this all that's needed is a simple function to get the information from the URL onto [...]
If your WooCommerce variations aren't user friendly for the user because it's always asking them to choose from a huge selection, or showing "Choose an option" or "Please select" text even if there's only one variation, a simple fix will help make your WordPress [...]
It would be fair to say that, for as good as it is, the Events Manager WordPress plugin doesn't always play nice with themes and other plugin. The latest example of this was sent by a client trying to get a simple element from an [...]
Recently a client asked for a simple way to remove empty HTML tags in their content. The HTML in question had a number of H2 tags that had no content but were creating space in their WordPress posts. Naturally you could simply remove them using [...]
If you're having problems in WordPress after the recent 5.5 update, there's one notable culprit that's behind 99% of the problems you may encounter. With the upgrade to WordPress 5.5, the Jquery migration tool (jquery-migrate) is no longer loaded by default, and will be removed [...]
Recently a client reached out concerning a critical error in WordPress using Avada when trying to access the wp-admin area of the website. It appears that the problem is due to an issue with Revolution Slider, specifically a metabox function that's including in the admin [...]
Recently a client had an issue where Woocommerce product variations on the front end stopped working when there were more than 30 variations for the product. Fortunately there's an easy fix for this bug. WooCommerce by default uses a streamlined ajax threshold to populate the [...]
HTML anchors have been around as long as HTML itself, but there's often an issue that people can't seem to fix when it comes to the exact position the page lands, especially on modern themes with fixed or resizable headers, something that's more than a [...]
Preventing iPhone Form Zooming Keeping up with browser functionality as a website programmer can be an arduous task, but when the operating system also contributes to the mess there's often nothing that can be done. Recently a client asked if it was possible to prevent [...]
Since WordPress 5.0.2, many WooCommerce installations have had an issue where all the shop's products have seemingly disappeared. Don't worry, they're still there, but if your WooCommerce installation is showing "No orders found" in the Orders sections of your Dashboard, here's what you'll need to [...]
I received a request recently from a client that wanted an easy way to hide content for logged in users via CSS, but they needed it to be done programmatically, and wanted some CSS added to the WordPress header. What they had was a CSS [...]
Recently, a client needed to be able to filter their custom post type posts list by a given taxonomy, making it easier to find what they were looking for. Fortunately with WordPress this isn't difficult. For the example below, the client was a restaurant who [...]
Recently a client needed a function or two for Gravity Forms to process UK telephone numbers, and asked that they are between 7 and 15 characters in length. The following Gravity forms filters do exactly what's needed. Paste them in to your theme's function.php [...]
WordPress: Activating a Plugin Manually A client came to me recently with a broken site problem they simply couldn't fix. They had de-activated a plugin that was so heavily ingrained into the site that all site functionality had ceased to work, meaning they could not [...]
Are you a talented and hard working freelance programmer, with specific skills in PHP, JQuery, WordPress and other current web technologies? If so, I'd be happy to utilise your talents on an ongoing basis. You must have a strong grasp of WordPress, including custom post [...]
