As some of you may know, I’m using WooCommerce, a free eCommerce solution by Woo Themes, to power both my record label’s and my online guitar learning platform’s web shops. I’ve used other solutions like MarketPress before, but I think WooCommerce is by far the most beautiful, advanced and user friendly eCommerce solution for WordPress … Read More
WordPress & Web Design
Some of the best free WordPress themes in 2016
Anders NorĂ©n is a very talented Norwegian web designer who has been developing WordPress themes for a few years now. His themes are beautiful, lightweight and well coded, unlike so many other themes that come with thousands of options that slow your website down. In particular I’m a fan of Hitchcock, Hoffman, Iwata and Fukusawa, … Read More
New Baros Records Release – Bidla by Agnew McAllister Duo
I am very excited that my label Baros Records has just released a new album – BIDLA (meaning change in Maltese) by the amazing Agnew McAllister Duo, one of the leading flute & guitar duos. I was privileged to collaborate on this project as co-producer and was also responsible for audio editing, mixing, mastering and … Read More
WordPress Plugins to use in 2014
The first plugin I add to any fresh WordPress install… is Bulk Plugin Installation. This plugin allows you to install any plugins you like simply by typing their names or download URLs in a textarea. I keep a few text lists handy for my projects so I have a working site with all the necessary … Read More
Bulk plugin installation templates
The first plugin I always install on a fresh WordPress site is Bulk Plugin Installation. This plugin allows you to install any plugins you like simply by typing their names or download URLs in a textarea. Here are some templates I commonly use as a start point in my web development projects:
How to migrate MailPoet data from a Multisite to a new single WordPress installation
I recently needed to migrate a large WordPress site that was installed as a sub-blog of a Multisite (network) into a fresh single WordPress install. I’ll post the entire workflow soon, but first let me write about a less obvious issue – namely, some WordPress plugins still don’t offer a simple import/export solution.
Adding Ghost-like, split-view Markdown editor to WordPress
For those of you who’ve never heard of Markdown, it’s a plain text to HTML converter, relying on standardized but natural formatting syntax in the plain text. To learn the basic commands read Web content with markdown post by Hongkiat. To take it further I suggest to check out Markdown creator John Gruber’s Markdown Syntax … Read More
How to override WordPress plugins’ css with child themes
If you’re serious about WordPress development or are a web designer you’re probably already using child themes. To read more on this topic, please visit my Learn page. As you may know, one of the advantages of child theme functionality is the ability to modify themes without fear of data loss when updating your themes. … Read More