Author: Allison Tarr

Post Event Report: WordCamp Chicago

Sessions, Structure, and Support by Allison Tarr Aaron D. Campbell’s “Being a Good Citizen in the WordPress Community“ For me, one of my favourite aspects about attending WordCamps is the reminder of being part of a larger WordPress (and developer) ecosystem. It...

Accessibility in Chrome DevTools

Oh, the internet is a wondrous place – full of avenues to connect people, regardless of geography, language, or hardware. Accessibility is so broad and the usership is so diverse. When building a WordPress theme, I encourage you to think about the...

Mentoring and Sharing Knowledge

Author’s note: I know the term ‘mentor’ can be used in varying ways in different industries. In this post, I’m using it to describe supporting others in learning environments to gain (coding) skills. My first inklings towards web development were as a...

Helpful Books for Front-End Developers

“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don’t abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.” –Patti Smith There are many great pathways to glean new information out there, whether it be on the...

Don’t You Forget About Me: Underutilized WordPress Features

There’s a lot of customization available under the hood of WordPress. There are also great out-of-the-box features to that often get looked over in the glitz and glamour of creating new template tags. Whether you’re a WordPress beginner or not, you may find...

Using CMB2 to Create an FAQ

If you aren’t already familiar, CMB2 is a metabox, custom fields, and forms library for WordPress. And well…as Justin pointed out, what is it good for? Absolutely everything! With seemingly endless options, it can sometimes be difficult to decide on how to implement...

Getting Sass-y with Color Functions

I love me some Sass. I also love the color purple, as you’ll discover below. I think part of the reason I dig SCSS is because you can dip your toes in gradually, which is less overwhelming. As time goes on, you...

How Technology Can Help Your Health

Our mental and physical health is directly linked (no surprise there). For every article that shouts from the rooftops about all the ways technology makes our lives better as a global community, it is closely followed by another that is muttering under its...