SpriteRight seems like a good technology, taking in either a batch of images from Finder (yeah, Mac-only, it seems) or importing images from an existing stylesheet (nice touch!), but I have always found these types of tools to do a … Continue reading
Category Archives: web development
Why Can’t I Edit JavaScript Files in the WordPress Theme Editor?
Please note that as of WP 4.4, you can now enable editing of JS (or any other file format) via the WP Themes editor! The details are illustrated in the comments below. Thanks to Dmitri for pointing out the new … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
A light afternoon allowed me to try to catch-up a little on some of my reading… A nice approach to presenting information, though somewhat overdone with all the car commercials doing this, but still an eye-catcher! And this is a … Continue reading
Best Online File Comparison Tool
Being formerly of the World of Windows, I was a major fan of WinMerge (read: Like Firebug/Inspector tools, I cannot imagine doing my job without it now!), so I’ve been seriously sucking wind since moving to the Land of Apple… … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
With my recent move to Germany, I’m passively looking for work. You have to love the honesty in a job postings like this: “Creative and professional website at low cost”… Hey, sounds like a great opportunity, eh! Finally! A website … Continue reading
Bye-bye Firefox, Hellooooooo Chrome: Making the Switch for Developers is Nearly a No-Brainer…
I would assume that, at least in this regard, I am like most web developers: I use Firefox as my primary development browser because it was the first to offer all the Add-ons that made my life soooo much easier, … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Let’s start this one off without a bang… As in, no explosion, no combustion, just air, powering a car… Not perfect, but a darned-site better than the puffs of exhaust coming out of cars, vans and trucks currently! For some … Continue reading
WordPress Plug-in: Navigation Menu IDs & Classes
2015-03-13 UPDATE: Slight update, available in the WordPress repo and on GitHub, check the README.txt for details. 2013-03-19 UPDATE: Now available on GitHub: https://github.com/aarontgrogg/wp-plugin-navigation-menu-ids-classes Back in July 2011, I wrote about cleaning up the navigation menus in WP. In that … Continue reading
Making a Case for the Death of Website Navigation
When was the last time you went to a site that you hadn’t visited before and found what you were looking for by using the website’s navigation? Often even the Contact Us info can be a mystery. I’m screaming at … Continue reading
Update WordPress Comment Form to HTML5, Without Hacking Core Templates
For some reason, WordPress 3.2.1 still uses <input type=”text”…> for email and website addresses on their Leave a Reply form… But to edit those <input> types, you have to edit a core template, found in the wp-includes folder, which, of … Continue reading