WP Disable links with an Empty href

by | January 25, 2019 | News | 0 Comments

After much searching and fiddling I finally found a solution to this problem... Basically I have a site where some top level items in the main menu are purely for categorization; they don't have actual pages to link to. So how do we prevent them from linking? Well...
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Smart WP redirects

by | July 26, 2017 | News, Work | 0 Comments

So I was trying to figure out how to redirect from a category page in Wordpress to another page. It's not too hard. To do it manually I just used the following: function my_page_template_redirect() { if ( is_category( 'zero-emission-transport' ) ) { $url = site_url(...
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Self-employment and tax

by | March 21, 2017 | News | 0 Comments

The tax man comes'a'knocking, every year. Relentless and uncaring. Kind of like the Groke. It's pretty boring but vital for every self-employed person to be somewhat aware of what's required and what's to come. I have just a few tips that took me a little while to...
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Displaying WordPress childpages with thumbnails

by | November 30, 2016 | Comics | 0 Comments

Here's a little bit of code to display Wordpress Childpages in an undordered list including their thumbnail image....
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Pagination with a custom wp_query

by | November 3, 2016 | Comics | 0 Comments

So I was using a fairly normal WP_query, along the lines of But for some reason pagination was not working, at all. I was trying to use and it was displaying nothing. After a bit of digging around I found out that I needed to tweak my WP_Query...
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How to add an Admin user to a WordPress install via FTP

by | Dec 10, 2014 | Work

So I've decided to start using this blog as a place to store useful Wordpress tricks and things as I come across them and learn them. So this is a little snippet to allow you to add an Admin user to a Wordpress install even if you only have FTP access. Obviously I'd...

Christmas approaches

by | Dec 3, 2013 | News

Yep, another year rears it's bizarre and blurry head. The past few months I've learnt a lot about jQuery development, and Wordpress tricks and techniques. Things are jumping forward. Soon I hope to share some of these things with you, in case anyone has hit the same...

The Sho Exhibition

by | Feb 29, 2012 | Illustrations, Work

Images from friday night's exhibition opening at The Sho Gallery and Shop. My friend Luke Hyde and myself did 5 paintings each, and painted mural on the night. The event was a big success and for a large part of it the place was so packed out you could barely move!...

Art Show!

by | Feb 3, 2012 | Illustrations, Work

I'm having my first gallery show with my Artist and animator friend Luke Hyde!!! The Opening night is Friday 24th February (7pm - 10pm), and Saturday 25th (midday - 5:30pm)! There will be live painting and stuff It is at The Sho Gallery, Cardiff Please come down on...

Artshow Robot

by | Oct 19, 2011 | Illustrations, Work

An illustration for part of Made In Roath, on display on the wall in the ally behind Milgi bar in Cardiff. It's a giant robot made up of scrap metal, tires, gas cans, an old computer. And he's sick - throwing up oil all over himself and stumbling through some rocky...

Dead Nyan Cat

by | Sep 19, 2011 | News

My first piece of pixelart animation was of a dead nyancat, for candy the magic dinosaur and www.asittingduck.com. It was definitely a very fun experiment, and something I'd love to do more of. Watch this...

SJC Snare drum painting

by | Aug 16, 2011 | Illustrations, Work

So this is how the snare drum turned out with all the hardware attached and finished, ready for use. I am absolutely stoked to see it in it's finished form. Full kudos go out to Geo and everyone at SJC Drums for getting me involved in...