Category: Websites

Enabling the block editor for custom post types correctly

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While updating a WordPress plugin recently I wanted to enable the block editor for a custom post type. Strangely, it is not automatic.After a quick Google, I discovered I needed to add ‘show_in_rest’=>true and ‘supports’=>array(‘editor’) to the arguments for the register_post_type function. All well and good, but no title field appears at the top of […]

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Watch out for SQL injection hackers

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Watch out for SQL injection attacks

I got an error on a booking system for a conference I was trying to book into this week. I happen to live in a town that has an apostrophe in the name and it crashed the booking system and worse gave the query in the error on screen. OopsThe error message made it clear […]

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How to rescue a WordPress Hack

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This evening, I rescued a client’s WordPress website from a hack that was so bad their host shut it down. I have a checklist that I use now to recover WordPress sites, which I’d like to share with you. Or you can hire me to do it for you as it requires some technical confidence! […]

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School Parents Evening Booking System

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A local primary school wanted a parents evening booking system for their WordPress based site. It needed to be secure, but simple and easy to use. The public booking page looks like the picture below – parents click on their class to add their child’s name and choose from an available appointment. The form is […]

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www.thegatewaychurch.info

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A good church website needs to do a lot of things. 1) To a potential first time visitor, it needs to communicates the who, what, where and when through words, images, sermon mp3s and even video that the church is worth trying 2) To regulars, it needs to help the church flow and function in […]

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www.taxresearch.org.uk

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The leading UK tax blog needed a site refresh – a clean two column layout in a red colour scheme. Richard Murphy has worked hard to expose corporate tax-avoiders, so “content is king” was the mantra for this project. Front page excerpts Comment count in a speech bubble Nested commenting for lively discussion Big headlines […]

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www.panachehaircompany.com

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Panache Hair Company needed a show case website for a great new hairdressing and beauty salon in King’ Lynn. Sharon and her team wanted the best hairdressing website in town to gain new clients – we are confident we have delivered! The colour scheme matches the interior of the salon. Don’t forget to get a […]

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www.establishingmyheart.com

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Establishing My Heart was created for Andy King’s new worship album of the same name. It features mp3 tasters and Paypal ordering. The background uses the same image as the album cover. The contact form uses Akismet filtering to stop spam messages being sent out.

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