Graeme's articles

WordPress has a vast ecosystem of themes and plugins. Whilst themes primarily handle the appearance of the site, plugins, like sms plugin for woocommerce, extend the functionality. If you have a WordPress site, you are most likely running several plugins by default even if… Read More

Drupal 7 will be coming to the end of its life in 2022. Despite not being the most popular choice, it certainly has some heavyweight large enterprise fans. However, that hasn’t prevented the decision for Drupal to retire in just over a year’s time. For Drupal 7… Read More

Tired of remembering which page on your site is the one where you go to get a shortcode for what is a pretty complicated component? Does this actually stop you from editing your site?  Is site editing too cumbersome and you have to offload this to someone… Read More

It’s getting adopted at a rapid pace; self-driving cars, pedestrian crossings that fine jaywalkers almost immediately after their misdemeanour, and amazon packages delivered by drone. Artificial intelligence is intercepting our everyday lives. These are examples of AI that help streamline the operations of huge organisations and government… Read More

WordPress shouldn’t need much introduction, it is still the most widely used Content management system powering around 37% of all websites on the web. There are endless learning resources and experienced developers on the market, lots of global communities organising regular meetups and countless web agencies focused… Read More

Obviously seeing a huge amount of people visit your WordPress site is the aim of the game. But to coin a cliché, that dream can easily turn into a nightmare as your site is overwhelmed by the surge in traffic and potential customers are forever lost when… Read More

In today’s tutorial from PoweredByCoffee, we’re going to get CraftCMS up & running. If you’re new to Craft and want to know why it’s so good – take a read at our little introduction here! Also, if you’re more comfortable installing with Composer, here’s a very… Read More

Working as a WordPress web developer in the top-tier building themes I’ve encountered the re-occurring client request for a fixed header. When you first hit the site you’ll want that top menu bar right at the top in clear view to aid site navigation, but when you scroll… Read More

The first ever WordCamp Bristol was held rather appropriately at the Watershed – ‘the leading film culture and digital media centre in the South West’, a vibrant media hub that also does pretty nice coffee. I’ve spent many hours as a freelancer sat in their cafe getting project work… Read More