Creating a basic dynamic navigation is fairly straightforward in Wordpress and with a few tweaks or the installation of a custom plugin you should be good to go. However if your using Wordpress as a CMS for a larger content driven site then your going to find yourself running into problems with scaling the menu. more…

It takes something really special to drag me away from Wordpress development these days but Pligg, the open source content management system for social media/web 2.0 websites is my new passion. It’s got incredible functionality out of the box, is perfect for social media sites and has an active community developing mods. more…

Whilst Wordpress is a great publishing tool it does have it’s challenges and one of my greatest concerns is always security. The Wordpress team of developers do a good job of releasing regular fixes but as always hackers inevitably find loopholes and exploits in each new version. Left in its default state Wordpress can prove particularly vulnerable so here is a list of simply steps you can make to ensure your Wordpress blog or website is hacker proof. more…

It seems that freelancing is one hot topic at the moment and everyone seems to be putting their lists of top freelancing websites and tools online. Not wanting to be left out I have put together the following list, but rather than link to specific articles I have compiled a list of websites that are worth coming back to time and again. These websites should form a bulk of your reading when it comes to starting or developing a career as a freelance web designer or developer. more…