The Blog
Recent thoughts.
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AI is a tool. Years of industry experience makes its suggestions work.
AI tools can speed up web design and content work, but they do not replace strategic judgment, client and customer understanding or long-term responsibility. Quality still depends on experienced people shaping the right solution.
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Dark and Light Mode: Designing for More Comfortable Websites
How effective dark and light mode systems combine user preference, accessibility and semantic colour roles that adapt to different environments without weakening brand identity.
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Simplicity is a feature
Not every project needs the latest framework, the most expensive plugin, or a feature list as long as your arm.
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Web design engineering
Even on projects where Say Hello doesn’t deliver the design, real-time collaboration with external specialists is key for top-notch results.
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Dynamic relative dates in WordPress
Adding a shortcode feature to WordPress to display relative dates in the content.
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Combining WordPress Theme Settings and WordPress Blocks
Extending the WordPress Button Block with a custom link URL attribute.
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Communication in Modern WordPress Website Projects
Modern WordPress makes almost any website possible, but success depends on clear communication and practical, long-lasting solutions — not technical complexity.
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The ups and downs of efficiency
How using AI doesn’t just mean advantages but also notable disadvantages.
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Make sure that your WordPress downloads are protected
Making sure that your website content — including files — are only available to suitably-authorised site visitors.
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More speed for your Cyon website
Swiss web hosting company Cyon announces free upgrades to their hosting packages.
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Old web designs from my personal archive
Showcasing some design work for projects nearly twenty years ago, which have stood the test of time.
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How to build a WordPress website for a client
I’m starting a series of blog posts in which I explain in simple terms what I’ve learned over the past few years using the editorial tools in WordPress.
