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Chris

I am a web developer currently living in Toronto, Canada. With over 10 years of web design and development, I develop sites that are both remarkably beautiful and functional.

WordPress

Customizing Gutenberg: Disabling Certain Blocks

The Gutenberg editor comes with a whole bunch of useful blocks by default but you might not want to use them all. Updated November 2020: You can now enable/disable blocks from the block inserter using the Block Manager included in WordPress 5.2+ Typically you’ll want to only allow specific blocks when customizing the CMS for […]

Code Snippets

Responsive Google Slides

By default, Google Slides won’t look very good when embedded on your responsive site. Fortunately, this issue is very easy to remedy with a bit of HTML & CSS. The Solution 👉 Heads up! There’s a easier & more modern solution using only CSS here. Just wrap the Google Slides embed code in a <div> […]

WordPress

Introducing MomentoPress

I recently released a free WordPress plugin called MomentoPress. This plugin allows you to easily display 360° VR photos and videos uploaded to Momento360 on your WordPress site. This is not an official plugin by Momento360 and it is not affiliated or supported by Momento360. Let’s see it in action! Here you go! You can view a […]

WordPress

The Future is Now! Virtual Reality for WordPress

Today I had the pleasure of speaking at WordCamp Toronto 2017. It was an excellent and well-organized event with 2-days of fantastic WordPress talks. At WordCamp Toronto, I spoke about Virtual Reality (VR). I showed people how easy it was to create and add 360° VR content to their WordPress sites. There’s a lot of interest […]

WordPress

Come see my talk at WordCamp Toronto 2017!

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Toronto 2017 in October! My talk is titled The Future is Now! Virtual Reality for WordPress. In this session, we will cover the basics of creating and adding 360° VR content to your WordPress site. We will also explore ideas for creating 360° VR experiences […]

SVG

Exporting SVGs with Illustrator

I recently got asked about exporting SVGs from Adobe Illustrator while presenting my talk at WordCamp Ottawa 2017. I’ve done this process many times while working on client projects but never got around to sharing my process in Illustrator. For reference I’m currently using Adobe Illustrator CC 2017, the process should be similar for older […]

WordPress

Fantastic SVGs and Where to Find Them

This week I had the great pleasure of speaking at WordCamp Ottawa 2017. It was a great conference with 2-days of WordPress talks, a great venue and lots of friendly people. At WordCamp Ottawa, I spoke about SVGs and how to use them in your WordPress site. I ended the presentation with a collection of […]

WordPress

Come see my talk at WordCamp Ottawa 2017!

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Ottawa 2017! My talk is titled Fantastic SVGs and Where to Find Them. In this session we will cover the basics of SVGs and how to use it on your WordPress site. We will also explore great resources to get started using SVGs today. […]

Technology

Experiencing Samsung #GALAXYLIFE

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Samsung #GALAXYLIFE pop-up event at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto. At this event, I had a chance to check out their latest products including the Galaxy S8/S8+, Gear 360 and the new Gear VR. Below are my quick impressions and thoughts after getting my hands and trying out their […]