Alwyn Barry (@dramb) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Degree in Computer Science, PhD in Machine Learning (Evolutionary Computation).
20 years lecturing Computer Science at UWE Bristol and The University of Bath.
Changed to be a Church Pastor in 2007.
Still keep up my interest in Computer Science in the very little spare time I have.

WordPress Origin Story

Worked with hand-coded websites since the start of the web (literally – I developed sites for the University courses I taught, which were viewable in the very first browser came out of CERN), and then started to use Drupal and Mambo (and hence Joomla after the fork of Mambo) to code up Department websites for the Computer Science Department I lectured in. I didn’t like WordPress initially because so much of the backend required more technical confidence for others to maintain it, and so continued to use Joomla. As WordPress developed its ecosystem and required less technical expertise for others to use, I started to use WordPress for sites where the complex site structure supported by Joomla or Drupal wasn’t necessary. More recently, because non-tech people maintain the sites I develop, I’ve stuck more with WordPress. I’ve developed WordPress Themes, Plugins, Shortcodes and Blocks – most for individual projects but now sharing a few via the plugin directory.

Member Since: January 26th, 2021
Location: United Kingdom
Website: github.com/AlwynBarry
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Posted a reply to Data Formatting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Of course, I potentially could use something like: $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter('de-DE', IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, IntlDateFormatter::NONE); echo…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Data Formatting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi David. If you have any experience in coding, then you can use the plugin…
2 months ago
Committed [3414516] to Plugins SVN:
Bump to v1.0.1 for Wordpress 6.9
2 months ago
Created a topic, v1 was great; v2 – I had to uninstall, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Altcha v1 was brilliant - did just what I wanted seaml…
3 months ago
Committed [3389027] to Plugins SVN:
Add Icon and Banner Image
3 months ago
Committed [3388993] to Plugins SVN:
Initial Commit for 1.0.0 version after Wordpress Plugin Directory approval.
3 months ago
Created a topic, On it’s way – Gutenberg Blocks Version!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just to announce that I have a Gutenberg Blocks versio…
4 months ago
Posted a reply to Display Featured Event in List Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, version 1.0.6 is up and I've tested that it works for me using your…
5 months ago
Committed [3357920] to Plugins SVN:
Add new attribute called days_ahead to cs-events-list to allow the ...
5 months ago
Posted a reply to Display Featured Event in List Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Phil, An interesting one - on initial test, it worked fine for my church,…
5 months ago
Committed [3354942] to Plugins SVN:
Change an erroneous attempt to address the parent node as an array to ...
5 months ago
Committed [3354873] to Plugins SVN:
Minor css corrections for the calendar category link colours
5 months ago
Committed [3354843] to Plugins SVN:
Trying [again] to get SVN to update all files
5 months ago
Committed [3354837] to Plugins SVN:
Remove Font-Awesome from the trunk
5 months ago
Committed [3354836] to Plugins SVN:
Remove FontAwesome and replace with a subset of FontAwesome to reduce ...
5 months ago
Committed [3350354] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme files to reflect version bump
6 months ago
Committed [3350347] to Plugins SVN:
Fix errors in calendar css after update of calendar
6 months ago
Committed [3350246] to Plugins SVN:
Finish update to 1.0.4 - svn missed a file
6 months ago
Committed [3350245] to Plugins SVN:
Finish bump to 1.0.4 - SVN missed some files
6 months ago
Committed [3350243] to Plugins SVN:
Bump to 1.0.4
6 months ago
Committed [3350233] to Plugins SVN:
Update README to reflect changes to calendar component; Bump to 1.0.4
6 months ago
Committed [3350221] to Plugins SVN:
Change the calendar view to div rather than table based, and update ...
6 months ago
Committed [3280169] to Plugins SVN:
Tidy up old unused assets directory
10 months ago
Committed [3280123] to Plugins SVN:
Removing assets which were put into the wrong directories
10 months ago
Committed [3280115] to Plugins SVN:
Add FontAwesome within plugin for glyphs
10 months ago
Committed [3280112] to Plugins SVN:
Bump up to compatibility with WP 6.8
10 months ago
Committed [3280111] to Plugins SVN:
Bump up to compatibility with WP 6.8
10 months ago
Committed [3272391] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt to fix code block rendering issue
10 months ago
Committed [3272352] to Plugins SVN:
Update Screenshot to reflect current calendar output
10 months ago
Committed [3272343] to Plugins SVN:
Update Screenshot to reflect current calendar output
10 months ago
Committed [3272197] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.0.0 of cs-js-integration plugin
10 months ago
Committed [3261546] to Plugins SVN:
Minor comment changes
11 months ago
Committed [3257985] to Plugins SVN:
Add Modified Banner and Icon
11 months ago
Committed [3257945] to Plugins SVN:
Add Banner and Icon
11 months ago
Committed [3257921] to Plugins SVN:
More Readme changes
11 months ago
Committed [3257732] to Plugins SVN:
Added Screenshots
11 months ago
Committed [3257232] to Plugins SVN:
More changes to correct README files
11 months ago
Committed [3257221] to Plugins SVN:
Changes to correct README files
11 months ago
Committed [3257214] to Plugins SVN:
Changes to correct README files
11 months ago
Committed [3257183] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.0.3 of cs-integration plugin
11 months ago
Committed [3257165] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.0.3 of cs-integration plugin
11 months ago
Committed [3257119] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging Version 1.0.3
11 months ago
Committed [3257115] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.0.4 of cs-integration plugin
11 months ago
Created a topic, Using custom nav-walker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does your block allow use of a custom nav-walker class…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Error in Plugin in PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is an error that appears in PHP 8.0 and onwards.…
3 years ago
Created a topic, A spin on SSEC with changes which might be useful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I needed to create a Plugin for a simple upcoming pray…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to [Getwid - Gutenberg Blocks] How to deal with Getwid’s temporary unavailability on WordPress.org?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Link to Motopress Blog article mentioned in another comment: https://motopress.com/blog/motopress-plugins-are-not-available-on-wordpress-org/ Interestingly, there is this report…
4 years ago
Created a topic, Are WordPress.org operating as Judge And Jury?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Concerned that Wordpress.org should summarily remove a…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Post Carousel / Post Slider Templates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just a concluding comment. I was running with SiteOrigin Page Builder and, having migrated to…
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Post Carousel / Post Slider Templates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for trying ... it's a bit of a mystery. In regard to your suggestion,…
5 years ago