Welcome to Enzed Online!
What does a Kyrgyz glacier have to do with an IT consultancy? Not a lot, but it does highlight one of the fundamental keys of engagement in web design: to pique curiosity on landing on your site to encourage reading on, you've generally got a couple of seconds to do that before the visitor's attention span runs out and they move on to the next attention grabber. Mostly though, it's there because Kyrgyzstan has some of the best and most undeveloped hiking I've ever come across. If you have a chance, go!
This website was created using Python, Django, and Wagtail CMS. On the tech blog, I'll be sharing plenty of experiences, pitfalls, and tips for anyone who might find this beneficial.
About me: I have 25 years of experience in IT across a broad range of industries and roles, mostly as a contractor and consultant, ultimately as head of IT for a leading international tourism company in New Zealand. In between, I love to travel, hike and photograph (the three happily go together), as well as experiment with different cuisines from around the world.
These days, you'll find me in the countryside close to Wellington. If you're an employer looking to fill a position in your team that you believe I'd be a good fit for, either on a project basis or on a more permanent basis, please visit my About page or contact me directly here. I have rights to work in New Zealand, the UK, Spain and Australia, and would be happy to consider other locations as well.
Tech Blog
Here, I'll be sharing insights from my professional experiences, studies in data science and web development, and explanations of how this site was built for anyone interested in learning.
Personal Blog
If technology isn't your thing, check out my other major passions: travel, hiking, photography, and world cuisine. I like to combine as many of these as I can whenever I get the opportunity ...
Latest Blog Posts
Creating Conditional Logic in CSS
Upgrade PostgreSQL Server: A Simplified Guide for Windows and Ubuntu
This guide will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to efficiently upgrade your PostgreSQL server without wading through pages of dense documentation.
Build an Intuitive Link StructBlock in Wagtail: Simplifying Link Management for Content Editors
Develop an intuitive, compact, and interactive tabbed interface that empowers content editors to seamlessly select link type, path, and text, all while optimizing page space within the editing interface. Implement a common method to retrieve URL and text for the link regardless of link type, including custom link types.
We'll cover concepts essential for achieving our goal, such as transforming Django's radio select widget into a tab group, constructing an interactive panel interface within the StructBlock using a custom Telepath class, dynamically adding child blocks based on initial parameters, integrating data attributes into block forms, custom StructValue classes and designing adaptable choice blocks.
Wagtail Streamfields - Propagating the `required` Attribute on Nested Blocks
Unlike Django form fields however, in Wagtail's Block class (from which all blocks derive), the required attribute is a read-only property. This means it can only be set in the class declaration rather than during instantiation.
This article presents a straightforward workaround, eliminating the necessity for extensive validation code in each affected block.
Efficient Cascading Choices in Wagtail Admin: A Smart Chooser Panel Solution
Learn how to implement this custom chooser panel, providing a one-click method to effortlessly manage cascading selections, enhancing your Wagtail experience.
Protecting Your Django Forms: Implementing Google reCAPTCHA V3 for Enhanced Security
Crafting a Bootstrap Navbar: How to Create Sticky Items for Persistent Visibility in Collapsed Mode
Unlocking Enhanced Navigation with Bootstrap: A Guide to Submenus in Dropdown Menus
Creating Custom Django Form Widgets with Responsive Front-End Behaviour
Creating Wagtail Streamfield StructBlocks with a Customised Editor Interface
I'll demonstrate the creation of a StructBlockAdapter and the registration of JavaScript using Telepath. Additionally, I'll give a real-world example, showing how to include a custom StructBlock as a component of a parent StructBlock.
Importing Text From File Into a textarea HTML Form Field
We'll tie this together by creating a custom FieldPanel in Wagtail's CMS and add some CSS to tidy things up.
Wagtail - Creating Custom Choosers with Viewsets
This article demonstrates how to create a custom chooser modal for the User model and add responsive filtering to search for records based on a defined set of columns.