Development and Technology

Gary Bell

Issues with using a CMS

If you have a website, the chances are it runs on a CMS (Content Management System). There are hundreds of them out there, some you will have heard of; Wordpress is the obvious one. Others include Drupal, Joomla, and Umbraco. These are great for the most part, as they require

Having a break

It's been a while since I last posted anything, despite starting off really well with weekly posts since moving to the Ghost platform. This hasn't fully been out of choice, however. My enforced break from the computer outside of work hours has been down to an

(Mostly) leaving Facebook behind

There's hardly a week goes by that Facebook isn't in the news for one thing or another - usually something privacy related. Privacy and data protection have been firmly on everyone in Europe's radar following the introduction of the new data protection laws (GDPR)

CI/CD with Gitlab - Getting started

I use Gitlab a lot. I use it for personal projects and have also implemented it at work - I love the platform. Others are available, but for me, having everything in one place (though risky!) saves me having several tabs open. I've previously covered what CI/CD

A late introduction to continuous integration and deployment

It's been one of the buzzwords around development offices in recent years, and everyone is wanting a piece of the efficiency generating DevOps, but what are the benefits of it, and how do you get started? It's not as difficult as it may seem, but might

Simple changes for a mobile friendly online store

Sat on a train heading through the Welsh countryside, I've been doing some browsing and shopping on my mobile phone (yes, there is mobile signal in strange parts of the Welsh landscape), and have been reliving usability issues in a number of vendors which would make my shopping