What about the core templates that ship with wordpress, specifically twenty twenty onwards?

The core templates that ship with WordPress, particularly from Twenty Twenty onwards, have been designed with a strong emphasis on accessibility. Here is a detailed look at each: Twenty Twenty (Released with WordPress 5.3 in November 2019) Twenty Twenty-One (Released…

How does wordpress stand up in user accessibility tests?

WordPress is generally considered to perform well in user accessibility tests, but there are some key points to consider: In summary, while the WordPress core and default themes are generally accessible, the overall accessibility of a WordPress site depends on…

Adding and Updating Users

In the networked environment, because we have multiple users working on multiple sites, individual site administrators have limitations on what they can do with users. An admin can remove a user entirely from the site in quetion, but they cannot…

Twitter Shuts Down Free API

Twitter has shot shut down its free API, which means the main freemium plugin no longer works, for non paying users. This is Twitter’s own tool for WordPress, which seems to work. [twitter_profile screen_name=”EdinBRIC” height=”800″] Useful, but since twitter became…

Login Problems

SCCAN network insiders – who have logins for their Spaces may have noticed login problems over the last couple of days. We noticed this too and narrowed the problem down to our security certificate software. We escalated the problem to…

Block layouts

The masonry layout popularised by pinterest needs a bit of work to get right. We borrowed this pattern from here: https://wordpress.org/patterns/ In the editor WYS is not WYG, making it harder to adapt the content for your use case. This…

Powerups for bloggers

There are variety of tools you can use inside a page to power up your blogging. The lists of posts are particularly useful if you have a number of specific thematic areas that may interest your niches/communities, or perhaps you…

Help!!! I cannot login!!!

The most common problem I have found in 15 years of using WordPress (and other CMS platforms). The issues are easier to troubleshoot if we know a bit more. For example: Problem 1 – Username or password incorrect If your…

Embeds

What? An embed permits the display of third party content on your website. This way the content, a post, a tweet is integrated seamlessly. Several embed types are supported without the need for a plugin. How? Simply copy paste the…

How to get a space

Groups, whether they are incorporated or not, can join SCCAN and can then get a space. At the moment individual members are excluded from the free offering. Once you have joined and your membership appears in the member directory and…