Phil Wylie

WordPress developer, Code Club volunteer & Staffs Web Meetup organiser

Phil Wylie

Code Club Volunteering

Over the last year I’ve been volunteering at Stafford Library, running a Code Club. A weekly after school coding club designed for children aged 9-11. In this post I’ll give an overview of what Code Club covers and some of my experiences since getting involved. Code Club Volunteering

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WordCamp London 2016

WordCamp London has come around fast! We’re travelling down Friday evening, so we can be ready, bright and early on Saturday morning for registration. WordCamp London 2016 is a two day conference focused on the blogging platform/content management system, WordPress. WordCamp London 2016

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Show the WordPress editor toolbar by default

Previously known as the Kitchen Sink, but now simply as the toolbar. The toolbar contains a number of additional editor formatting controls. Unfortunately, this extra row of controls is hidden by default for new users. We’ve written the following solution which sets the preference for new users, so that the toolbar is visible by default. […]

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WordCamp Manchester 2015

iWeb joined over 150 attendees for WordCamp Manchester 2015. WordCamps are events held all around the world. They’re aimed at designers, developers and users of WordPress. Community is one of the greatest aspects of WordPress. A WordCamp is a great place to meet, learn and develop with other WordPress folk. WordCamp Manchester 2015

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Is it right to seek out GPL code for free?

Andrew Fielden presented a talk at August’s WordPress Birmingham meetup in which he discussed GPL in the context of WordPress and the WordPress ecosystem of premium themes and plugins. It was a thought provoking talk and it reminded me of a discussion I’d had that very week. I’ve summed up my thoughts here as I’m not sure […]

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