WordCamp Canada 2025 Retrospective (Part 2)
Day 2 of WCEH kicked off with a timer shift for Track 2 of the conference — meaning, I got to wave little cards at the speaker from the back of the room to tell them how much
WordCamp Canada 2025 Retrospective (Part 1)
I went to WCEH in Ottawa from Oct 14-16 and had a goddamn blast. I have so much to write about, strap in folks. I was OVER THE MOON when the organisers announced that there would b
WordPress vs. NationBuilder: Which CMS is Right for You?
WordPress is a content management system (CMS) and NationBuilder is a customer relationship management (CRM) system that has a built-in CMS. If you’re looking at a WP/NB comp
In Memoriam: GIR Dog
My dog passed away a month ago, which isn’t a work-related thing except for he’s been staff (mascot?) at Front Matter for many years. I’ve updated the About Us pa
Breaking Languange Barriers with Multilingual Sites
Hey Gang! I did a thing! I presented at WordCamp Vancouver last month.
Emails – Siteground & mxroute, maybe
Recently I’ve been consolidating services in an attempt to manage the number of logins and reduce costs for myself and my clients. I’ve been on Siteground for a while a
Laravel and Docker setup
I’m creating an exciting new app which cannot be mentioned right now. Unlike most other client projects, I have a blank slate for tech. These became my main considerations: I
WP 5.3 broke my date/time fields? How I fixed my timezone issues
TL;DR: check outside your theme for any usages of date_default_timezone_set() Changelog of 5.3 goes more into why you should no longer use this function, and what to do instead. On
New digs, new setup: migrating (almost) *everything* over to SiteGround
I just spent the last month or so migrating many of my sites over to Siteground and I’m… mostly loving it. Here is all the stuff I did, and some thoughts I had! Impatie