Paul Brighton

WordPress Theme Developer

Welcome to my blog all about me and web development with a focus on WordPress theme development. Full of great tips and tricks to help you out in your WordPress projects.

Check out the latest sites I’ve built with WordPress in my portfolio or get in touch to use my services.

Articles

Background Images with ACF

As you can’t use Advanced Custom Fields in your CSS files to add a background image, here’s how to add one using PHP in an inline style tag.

Add your background images with ACF

SEO with Yoast
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When starting to plan and design a website, one thing that you should be thinking of is search engine optimisation (SEO).

Read the article about SEO best practices

Optimise Images for Web
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As a developer, to help give users the best experience on the sites you build, you need to optimise the files to reduce the initial…

Learn how to optimise your images for web

Version Control Using Git Flow
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An article on how to improve your web development workflow using Git flow for your version control.

Start using Git in your development workflow

Simple Layout with CSS Grid
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How to use CSS Grid for the layout of cards on your website pages. This will make your layout mobile responsive.

Use CSS Grid for your card layouts

Work with Me

Do you need a website for your business or blog? Some of the possible options are shown below. Contact Me me to discuss your options.

WordPress Blog

A fully customised WordPress Blog, ready to go, just add your articles and images. The example below even has recipes.

View an Example Blog

WooCommerce Online Store

Have products to sell online but don't know where to start? A custom WordPress Store using WooCommerce is the answer.

View an Example Ecommerce Store

Restaurant Food Ordering

Need to take delivery orders at your takeaway or restaurant, a website with a simple ordering solution is what you need.

View an Example Food Ordering Website