Seems we have (at least) two new competing image replacement techniques: http://nicolasgallagher.com/another-css-image-replacement-technique/ http://www.zeldman.com/2012/03/01/replacing-the-9999px-hack-new-image-replacement/ Both are improvements over the old-standard text-indent: -9999px;, especially if you’re dealing with tablets, but does anyone have any other pros/cons on the two? And speaking of … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
I’m not sure if I’d ever grab this to start a new site, but Pea.rs seems like a great playground for testing HTML and CSS, at the very least! What I dig most is that everything is responsive, all the … Continue reading
Responsive vs. Design
As a developer, when I think of responsive design, I get a little (geekily) excited: I love coding, I love building, I love finding a way to make things work. Surely this is why I do what I do. However, … Continue reading
Germany: An Update
Any time you move somewhere new, there are signs to yourself that you’re “settling in”, things like: No longer needing the GPS every time you drive somewhere… Walking into the grocery store and knowing where to go to get the … Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Add URL Slugs to <body> Class
Funny, I had built this some time back for my own personal use, thought it could be useful to others, planned on pushing it to the WordPress Repository, then apparently never got around to it… Anyhow, another quick and simple … Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Add Custom Post Type Slugs to Admin <body> Class
2015-03-14 UPDATE: Slight update, available in the WordPress repo and on GitHub, check the README.txt for details. 2013-03-18 UPDATE: Now available on GitHub: https://github.com/aarontgrogg/wp-plugin-add-custom-post-type-slugs-to-admin-body-class 2012-02-25 UPDATE: Now available via the WordPress Repository: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-custom-post-type-slugs-to-admin-body-class/ If you work with a lot of … Continue reading
Responsive Design: Progressive Enhancement, Part Deux!
Okay, I know the term du jour is Responsive Design, but just think of it as progressive enhancement. The term (and philosophy) progressive enhancement replaced graceful degradation back in 2003, but back then it was mostly pertaining to CSS and … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
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
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