Category Archives: Wordpress

Adding custom field data into WordPress menus

Posted on April 1, 2013

One of the problems almost everyone has with developing CMS driven websites is generating navigation menus; particularly pretty or heavily customised menus that can be easily updated by the end user. WordPress (like Drupal) has a really excellent menu builder … Continue reading →

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Overloading functions in WordPress child themes

Posted on May 13, 2011

I was doing a quick freelance WordPress development job for a publishing company based in Cheltenham today, having to modify an existing theme to better fit their design goals. Because the theme was quite complex and included a large amount … Continue reading →

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Creating multi column layouts in WordPress

Posted on February 25, 2011

Here at Sweet-Apple we’re frequently being asked by web design agencies in and around Bath to develop web sites for them on a freelance basis. This is a good thing. We like it. We’re also keen to take their Photoshop … Continue reading →

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WordPress Training in Bath, Bristol and Wiltshire

Posted on January 6, 2011

With the increasing number of people choosing WordPress as the Content Management System (CMS) that powers their website, here at Sweet-Apple we’re getting more and more enquiries about providing WordPress training. One on One, group, telephone or remote training If … Continue reading →

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Important WordPress security update 3.0.4

Posted on December 30, 2010

Looks like the Christmas spirit of goodwill to all men lasted a couple of days before the nasty hackers got back to work. There’s an important security update to WordPress just been released, v3.0.4. Anyone running a WordPress 3 blog … Continue reading →

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Fixing problems with DirectoryPress and other Premium templates.

Posted on December 7, 2010

I got a call a few days ago from a Search Engine Optimisation agency in Salisbury, who were having a problem with their WordPress website. They had bought a custom theme, DirectoryPress, which enables you to quickly develop a “Listing” … Continue reading →

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New WordPress website build completed for Bath Direct Marketing Consultant

Posted on December 7, 2010

We’ve just wrapped up work on another WordPress website! We were hired by a web design agency, based in based in Bradford on Avon, to develop the website for a Direct Marketing Consultant who’s based in Bath. They gave us PSDs and … Continue reading →

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Sweet-Apple wins new website development for Bristol Copywriters

Posted on November 3, 2010

We were recently appointed to redevelop the website of top copywriting agency S!M. Based in Bristol, they specialise in editorial for the Men’s market. We got Indesign files, fonts and a smattering of images and turned the job around in … Continue reading →

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WordPress site developed for Bath publisher

Posted on October 5, 2010

We’ve recently been working for Spaced, a design and publishing agency near Bath, doing the web development for their latest project. They’re publishing a graphic novel, Yuri’s Day : The Road to the Stars to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Yuri … Continue reading →

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SQL query to automate switching WordPress from a development to a live server

Posted on October 1, 2010

One of the more tedious things about WordPress is the way that it hardcodes complete fully qualified urls into the database, which makes quickly switching from a development server to a live server an irritation. It only takes a few … Continue reading →

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