One of the many little annoyances that I encounter while working on client sites, is when the client has a valid SSL certificate installed on their server, but the HTTPS redirection happens in code instead of at the server level. This means that even if I export the database with the site urls replaced to… Continue reading Setting up Trusted SSL Certificates for Local Development, Using mkcert on Ubuntu 18.04 with Apache.
Category: Development
Web development/WordPress/CakePHP
Extending WordPress
A guide to building your first plugin, presented at the WordPress Stellenbosch Meetup on 30 January 2019.
11 steps to getting the most out of your freelance developers
A handy guide for clients working with freelance developers so nobody gets hurt… Working with freelancers can be, for some, the equivalent of playing with a loaded gun. It can work out, but there are times when it can really affect your business and your life. As a client, you need a handy guide to… Continue reading 11 steps to getting the most out of your freelance developers
Are you an experienced freelance, full stack developer, who loves building things for WordPress?
Codeable needs people like you! Do you have a special relationship with the WordPress Codex, dream about coding standards and are able to build your own custom plugins from scratch? Do you work well with clients, have amazing communication skills and can solve the most difficult of WordPress customisation problems? Want to be part of… Continue reading Are you an experienced freelance, full stack developer, who loves building things for WordPress?
New focus in 2019.
Usually, towards the end of a year, I start looking back at the year that has been, and looking forward to the year ahead, planning my new goals and resolutions. This year, however, I have one very specific goal in my head. It’s an idea that actually birthed itself way back in July of 2016,… Continue reading New focus in 2019.
The evolution of a work space
It’s amazing how stories mutate. What started as a simple ‘this is my setup’ post, then turned into a ‘what a day in my life looks like’. This morning I woke up and realised it might be more interesting, and less braggy, to look at how, and why, my workstation has evolved in the last… Continue reading The evolution of a work space
It’s just software! WP Builds chats to Matt Mullenweg about Gutenberg.
My friend Nathan over at the WP Builds podcast had the opportunity with chat with Matt Mullenweg about the pending WordPress 5.0 release and Gutenberg. Worth a listen if you are worried about the 5.0 release. While you are there, take a listen to the chat I had with Nathan regarding the GPL. Probably not… Continue reading It’s just software! WP Builds chats to Matt Mullenweg about Gutenberg.
Completing the beast – the dream of a lifetime come true.
I stumbled across Car Masters: Rust to Riches on Netflix this past week. As a bit of a petrol head I’ve always enjoyed a good car restoration show and I found the ‘upgrade and trade’ business model that was central to the series story line extremely interesting. Watching the team from Gotham Garage upgrading and… Continue reading Completing the beast – the dream of a lifetime come true.
This is why you want to become a Codeable Expert Developer
Is the Codeable Expert Developer certificate worth the weight of the digital paper it’s printed on? In 2016 I certified as a Codeable Expert Developer. I’d already spent a number of years working with freelance platforms such as Upwork and Freelancer but Codeable has stepped out from this crowd to become my preferred platform of… Continue reading This is why you want to become a Codeable Expert Developer
Slides from my talk at @wordcampjoburg #WCJHB
The slides from my freelancing talk at WordCamp Johannesburg