5 cookie consent plug-ins for WordPress

A review of the accessibility and usability of some of the WordPress plug-ins that allow sites to gain consent for the use of cookies, in accordance with EU directives. Continue reading

Leith Social Media Surgery – a retrospective

Last night I finally managed to get along to one of the Edinbuzz Social Media Surgeries, this time at Leith’s McDonald Road Library. The event was buzzing, with around 8 … Continue reading

Back in business

Some of you may have noticed that my blog and portfolio sites were down yesterday following an attack by hackers. I was delighted to find out today that the attack … Continue reading

My WordPress plugins

Inspired by Jack Pickard’s own list, here’s a list of the WordPress plugins I currently use.

Making WP’s Read More quicktag accessible

I only just discovered that WordPress has a built-in quicktag for identifying excerpts of posts, to be displayed on the homepage (rather than showing the entire post). For many of … Continue reading

I’m migrating (to WordPress)

I’ve arranged the hosting, got my hands on WordPress v2.7, read up on the various pitfalls of migrating blogs, and am now working on the initial designs which will eventually … Continue reading

WordPress and accessibility

I’ll shortly be publishing an article on blogs in the public sector (edit: now available), but for now here’s a link to an interesting article on WordPress and accessibility. As … Continue reading

Scotweb2 Unconference summary

I’ll soon be writing more specifically about some of the topics discussed at last Friday’s Scotweb2 Unconference, but wanted to start with a brief summary of the day and some … Continue reading