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Attending and Speaking at WordCamp Manchester 2017 #wcmcr

Posted on 1 November 2017 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 9 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

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Last year, when I heard about the new upcoming spec in CSS – CSS Grid Layout, it got my attention straight away. Keeping an eye on it (well a little bit…) and then to realise it was shipped into most of the major browsers in March this year (2017), I started digging into it a … Read full article

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WordCamp Europe 2017

Posted on 21 June 2017 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 12 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

Last weekend I followed my own tradition again and attended my fourth WordCamp Europe. WordCamp Europe 2017 was hosted in Paris, France. The first one was in Leiden, Netherland in 2013. Read more about me attending WordCamp Europe 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria, also 2015 in Seville, Spain, and 2016 in Vienna, Austria. This year was over the days of 15-17 … Read full article

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Translating WordPress – af_ZA

Posted on 29 November 2016 in Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 4 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

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November came and gone and unfortunately I did not get around reading a book this month. But, the last couple of weeks I have not been too lost for words either… I think it was about 2 years ago or so, I attended my first WordPress Contributors day. At first everyone, including me, would think, ‘How … Read full article

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WordCamp Europe 2016

Posted on 28 June 2016 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 8 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

WordCamp Europe Vienna 2016

This year I attended my third WordCamp Europe. WordCamp Europe 2016, was hosted in the classical city of Vienna, Austria and the fourth one (First one was in Leiden, Netherland in 2013. Read more about WordCamp Europe 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria here and also 2015 in Seville, Spain, here.) of this kind. With this year’s event days on 24 & … Read full article

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WordCamp London 2016

Posted on 11 April 2016 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 9 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

WordCamp London 2016 header

WordCamp London made an extremely pleasant comeback this year. 3 Days again at London Metropolitan University, from 8th – 10th April 2016. It was good to catch up with a few peeps I know / have met before, but also meeting new amazing people. Most thanks and respect to the organising team, volunteering their time and efforts to put an enjoyable, successful event … Read full article

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WordCamp Edinburgh 2015

Posted on 23 November 2015 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 9 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

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When I thought, I’ve pretty much covered going to WordCamps for 2015, I’ve decided to squeeze in another one… visiting Scotland! Why not!? The organising team put together an amazing event in record time (something like 8 weeks…), including excellent talks and hospitality. They should definitely get some sort of prize of how quickly such a successful … Read full article

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Timeline with WordPress Page Template and ACF

Posted on 21 October 2015 in Online and Technical, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 5 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

Repeater Field

Advance Custom Fields (ACF) is very popular with WordPress developers these days. It makes it easy to customise the WordPress admin area into custom content sections for your clients and built it in, to display in the theme. ACF also came in handy when I designed and developed the custom WordPress theme for a football … Read full article

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WordCamp Netherlands 2015

Posted on 29 September 2015 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 4 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

WordCamp Netherlands 2015

I am really pleased I’ve decided to attend WordCamp Netherlands 2015 in Utrecht on Saturday, 26 September 2015. It is definitely a start of a new tradition. Doing freelance work with WordPress in London makes the quick travel to this pretty country and town (Utrecht) a no-brainer. I am already looking forward to next year. Saturday, 26 September 2015 The … Read full article

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WordCamp Cape Town 2015

Posted on 19 September 2015 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 6 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

WordCamp Cape Town 2015

Living in London, I try to make a trip to South Africa (especially Cape Town) about every 18 months. Since it seems like I have become an advent WordCamp goer, I managed to plan the last trip around WordCamp Cape Town, 10-11 September 2015. It was held at the newly renovated The River Club, which is also … Read full article

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WordCamp Europe 2015

Posted on 2 July 2015 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 8 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

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After attending WordCamp Europe 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria it was a given to attend this year too (and next year…and the one after that…and the one after that and so on…). Having it in Seville, Spain this year was a delightful bonus. It took place in the heat of summer 26-28 June 2015. This year, … Read full article

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WordCamp London 2015

Posted on 25 March 2015 in Events, Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 9 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

WordCamp London 2015 contributors day

WordCamp London was a 3 day WordPress conference, held at London Metropolitan University from 20th – 22nd March 2015. It was pretty much on my doorstep, packed with a lot of action, definitely not to be missed. Friday, 20 March 2015 The first day was Contributors day. There are a number of areas and ways to contribute … Read full article

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Responsive Genesis child theme menu

Posted on 1 December 2014 in Wordpress ♦ Estimate reading time: 2 minutes ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

responsive wordpress mobile menu

On of the biggest issues a web designer face, designing a responsive WordPress theme, is how to deal with the screen estate. The mobile visitors has the right to all of the same content as the desktop visitors. It can become tricky to organise the content for all of these different screen widths and devices, whilst still looking good, … Read full article

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