Back in the summer of 2022 I started experimenting with WordPress’s default Twenty Twenty Two theme. This was the first WordPress theme that made full use of the new Gutenberg editor and is a very lightweight theme with very little default styling, making it an ideal candidate for customising. I created a child theme that…
Lockdown, WordPress, Genesis and Gutenberg
So I found myself with some rare free time during the recent Coronavirus lockdown, so what have I been doing? My WordPress journey My first few WordPress sites were built using existing themes, with a bit of customisation. But it quickly became apparent that every theme author did things differently, so with each new theme…
Announcing Email Post Alerts
I’ve recently added a new feature to my blog to allow people to subscribe and receive email alerts. This means each time I publish a new post here you’ll receive an email containing a link to it. There’s no schedule, you might only get one notification in six months, at other times it might be…
WordPress support and maintenance site launched
I’ve recently given the support and maintenance side of my business its own website available at Easy WP Care. I’ve moved existing customers accounts onto this new website, but nothing else has changed, it’s still the same service. I occasionally take on tasks from customers with websites that weren’t designed by myself, so I felt…
GDSFramework Parent Theme: Version 2.0.0 released
I’ve been using my own Parent Theme for WordPress sites since April of 2016, and since then I’ve been through five versions, the last being version 1.0.5. There have been a lot of advances in WordPress since 2016, especially around the customiser. Previously I was using the Redux Framework to handle theme options, so with…
New Look for 2017
One of the effects of updating a lot of other people websites is that I’m constantly reminded of the need to update my own website. Thoughts such as ‘that’s nice – I should use that on my own website’ are common and finally pushed me into having a re-design – just in time for 2017.…
Happy Birthday WordPress
It’s hard to believe that WordPress is ten years old today. WordPress originally started life as a simple blogging platform – but has grown to become the worlds most popular open source content management system. In fact over 60 million sites are now powered by WordPress – with around 18% of all newly published sites…
New hosting packages available
We’ve used a lot of different hosting companies over the last couple of years, some by choice, and some because they seem like a match for the new website. Every website has different needs, simple static websites place far less pressure on their host server than say a dynamic database driven e-commerce store. Which host to…
Web solutions
GDS Web Design’s business is helping to improve yours. As more and more consumers are focusing their attention online it makes sense for your business to do the same. Where to start with your web solution? We offer a wide range online marketing solutions for all types of businesses in all kinds of sectors. We…



