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WordPress Development from Dropbox with MAMP, Git and git-ftp (on Mac)

5 April 2013 | Estimate reading time: 13 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

I work on 2 different computers almost on a daily basis. For me it makes sense, developing WordPress websites, taking a bit of pressure of my server, to have a local copy. When you are done with a section/function of the work, to deploy those changes to a remote copy, for it to update. With … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Online and Technical, Wordpress Tagged With: Dropbox, Git, git-ftp, local development, MAMP, WordPress, WordPress development


WordPress London October Meetup

20 October 2012 | Estimate reading time: 2 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

#wplnd October 2012 Meetup was held at Google Campus in the heart of East London’s Tech City. The evening consisted of two talks. Build a mobile theme to use with your existing WordPress site The first talk was by Jack Barham, who worked throughout 2012 exclusively for Isobar Mobile, building mobile web apps for companies. … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: WordPress, WordPress development, WordPress London Meetup, WordPress mobile theme, WordPress mobile web apps, WordPress theme


Use Mosaic jQuery plugin for your WordPress Sticky posts

9 October 2012 | Estimate reading time: 8 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

My website is developed using WordPress. On my website’s home page, I have a section ‘What’s New’ to show the latest two projects I have been working on. I do this by making the last two added portfolio posts sticky. To complete the design I’ve used the Mosaic jQuery plugin to display these two Sticky Posts. … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Blog, Wordpress Tagged With: custom WordPress loop, Mosaic jQuery plugin, WordPress, WordPress developement, WordPress sticky post


WordPress London September Meetup

21 September 2012 | Estimate reading time: 2 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

#wplnd September 2012 Meetup was held at Skillsmatter, and once again an enjoyable collaboration of WordPress freelancers, workers and users. The evening consisted of two talks. Practical tips for Captioning YouTube Videos Web developer and accessibility guru, Graham Armfield show how to incorporate captions in your YouTube video. Something which would help those with hearing … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: WordPress, WordPress development, WordPress London Meetup, WordPress theme


WordPress London Meetup #6

25 October 2011 | Estimate reading time: 3 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

WordPress London Meetup is still a baby, with the first Meetup that took place 9 June 2011. Besides the success in attendance it also had a change in name. Starting out as London WordPress Meetup it is now officially WordPress London Meetup group. Clearly a much needed Meetup group for London locals, I am happy … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Events, Wordpress Tagged With: Telegraph Daily, web accessibility, WordPress, WordPress London Meetup, WordPress plugins


London WordPress Meetup #3

30 July 2011 | Estimate reading time: 3 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

London WordPress Meetup had its 3rd meetup 28 July 2011. It is still a relatively new Meetup group, but has grown at a very nice speed. Three people attended the first meetup, where as fifteen attended the second. The third, hosted at Headshift, was a ‘sell out’ with a capacity of fourty. The meetup started … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Wordpress Tagged With: #londonwordpress, London, Meetup, WordPress


Use SimplePie and RSS to display latest WordPress blog post

25 July 2011 | Estimate reading time: 3 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

I made a custom WordPress template for Printhouse Corporation. Printhouse has a blog with a seperate WordPress install (and subdomain). It was required to show an excerpt of the latest blog post from the seperate blog, in the footer of the official Printhouse website. The way I thought about it, was to use the blog’s … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Wordpress Tagged With: RSS, SimplePie, WordPress


#WordCampUK 2011 in Portsmouth

19 July 2011 | Estimate reading time: 7 minutes | by Elzette Roelofse

I attended my first WordCamp this year. It was also a first for me to Portsmouth! Below I talk about my personal running order. Read about more sessions at WordCamp UK 2011 Portsmouth here. Saturday, 16 July 2011 Kicking the day off early, Saturday 16 July 2011, registering took place from 9:30 and I received … Continue Reading ➤

Filed Under: Events, Wordpress Tagged With: WordCamp UK 2011, WordPress


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