Robin Hislop's Posts
Robin got his first modem in 1984 and has been in love with the internet ever since. He co-founded Spannerworks, one of the UK's first search marketing agencies in 1997. Based in Brighton, he builds great e-commerce and CMS web sites, and markets them online.
Bert’s Homestore
Ecommerce site built in WooCommerce with custom responsive theme and integration with the company’s stock control system via REST API.
Tags: data integration, ecommerce site build, woocommerce, wordpress optimisation
WooCommerce hook on product updated or added
WooCommerce doesn’t provide a hook which runs when a product is saved or updated in the admin. Find out which WordPress hooks to use for this action.
Create WooCommerce coupons programmatically
Create a WooCommerce coupon in code using the woocommerce_get_shop_coupon_data filter. Useful for validating a coupon with an external API.
Tags: coupons, hooks, woocommerce
Debug WordPress by logging hook calls
Learn how to log every action and filter hook call in WordPress. Identify which processes are running and which are resource intensive and need optimising.
SAM Benchmark Audit Portal
Data-gathering site built in Drupal with complex custom forms, extensive custom module development and bespoke data export function.
Tags: custom module development, database, drupal
Brighton Guitars
Ecommerce site build in OpenCart with custom-built theme and integration with EPOS system.
Tags: data integration, ecommerce site build, opencart, responsive design, technical seo, theme design
Becky Blair Artist
Responsive portfolio site built in WordPress with extensive use of custom post types and templates.
Tags: custom post types, gravity forms, responsive design, theme design, wordpress
WorldPay Business Gateway for OpenCart 2.x
From OpenCart version 2.0.2.0, the built in WorldPay payment gateway no longer takes transactions for WorldPay Business Gateway, but was changed to connect to WorldPay Online Payments API. Find out how to install the old gateway on newer versions of OpenCart.
Tags: opencart, payment gateway
Lightweight social share buttons for Divi theme
Add a set of social sharing buttons to your Divi theme, without installing a plugin and using the built in icon set.
Tags: theme design, wordpress