Hugo and redirects
Working with redirects on Hugo websites that deploy with Netlify. Why redirects are important if you make changes to the structure of your content, and how to set them up in less than 5 minutes.
Writing
Articles on designing and coding things for the web.
Noba International: a visual identity and website to simplify executive search
Brand identity and marketing website for executive search startup Noba International. Built using Hugo with Forestry CMS.
Working with data which doesn’t require a page
You wont always want Hugo to generate a page for all your content. Here we look at what to do with content that doesn’t require a page, and how to display it on a list page.
Extending the Sanity Eleventy Blog Starter
Learn about GROQ, the Vision plugin, templating in Eleventy and how to add a few key features which are missing from the starter.
Fixing breaking changes when upgrading Hugo
Documenting errors which might break a Hugo site as you upgrade and the solutions to fix them.
JavaScript and the DOM: Adding and removing classes
This is a quick look at JavaScript interaction based on my notes from Beginner JavaScript by Wes Bos.
Accessing HTML data attributes in JavaScript with dataSet
You can easily add custom data to any HTML element using custom data attributes. But how do you access those attributes using JavaScript?
Chasing the hype
A few thoughts on focusing on your interests and choosing your own path. You don’t have to learn that fancy framework to be a successful web developer.
Building a dynamic navigation component with Gatsby and Sanity
How to query data from a Sanity schema and use it to build a navigation component on a Gatsby powered website.
2020 in Review
2020 isn’t a year many of us are keen to look back on, myself included. But even when not much goes right, and you end the year sick, there always something positive to take away.