Over the weekend James and I were up in Manchester to help out with the set up & smooth(ish) running of the BlogOn conference, and this time around I was also on the schedule to do a talk on the new WordPress block editor, otherwise known as Gutenberg. As promised, I’m sharing my slides here …
At the weekend, we went down to London for the annual WordCamp London conference. WordCamps happen all over the world, and are dedicated to all things WordPress! If you don’t know what WordPress is, it is the blogging software that runs this website, and also how I make my money as a self employed web …
A post for my fellow bloggers… The eagle eyed among you may notice that Mama Geek now has a shiny new Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate and a snazzy padlock, thanks to TSOhost now having easy installation of Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates – hurrah! Over on the Blog On blog, I’ve written a how to guide …
Hi, welcome to Part 1 of my WordPress MOT blog series, following my recent session on the subject at the BlogOn Conference. Part 1 covers the first few topics of my session; how to “tidy up your blog & quick tips to improve blog appearance”. I hope you find it useful! Please note: these tips …
On Sunday I spoke at the fantastic BlogOn Conference, about WordPress, sharing my favourite tips & tricks. I haven’t done any kind of public speaking or presentations since university so it was quite a challenge to get up there and talk about WordPress to all these bloggers! I have been using WordPress for over ten …
Please, please, please, I cannot stress this enough – do not install the Broken Link Checker WordPress plugin! I see so many recommendations that people install this but it can really slow a site down, it is a real resource hog and also adds a lot of bloat to your database. There are several great (and free!) ways …
There is nothing quite as annoying as seeing a great feature on a blog and wishing that you knew how to add it to your own, but not having the faintest idea how. So this is me, sharing my favourite WordPress plugins for self-hosted (aka WordPress.org) sites, so that you know just how I made …
It’s been over a year since I started this blog, and it’s about time that it had a facelift! When I started Mama Geek I didn’t do much more than basic customisation of the default twenty eleven theme, and have been messing about tweaking it when the mood strikes me ever since. My old look …
