WordPress made a big leap into the world of modern web development with its announcement of Gutenberg last year—reimagining what WordPress is and can be by providing a new interface for creating content built partially on the React.js platform. Since it will...
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Creating a Global Options Component in Gutenberg
At WebDevStudios (WDS), we’ve seen many iterations of page builders and page builder-esque tools over the years. I think it’s safe to say that the experimentation began with CMB2 and led us down an exciting path that included a handful of full-fledged page...
Read More Creating a Global Options Component in GutenbergThe Importance of QA and UAT
We all have pride. Whether that pride comes from our career or what we create outside of work, we all have a sense of pride in something. In web development, it is critical to balance personal pride in your work with taking constructive criticism about your creations. After dedicating...
Read More The Importance of QA and UATThinking About Accessibility
As of late, I’ve been on a bit of a journey to become more adept and knowledgeable in the area of website accessibility. It’s not simply as easy as throwing a few extra alt or title tags here and there, or making...
Read More Thinking About AccessibilitySnippets Saved My Life: How Sublime Text 3 Snippets Changed Everything
We are always striving to find better, faster ways to do the mundane tasks we have in our lives. We got bored with having to make our coffee in the morning, so some brilliant mind created an automatic coffee maker with a...
Read More Snippets Saved My Life: How Sublime Text 3 Snippets Changed EverythingVisual Composer: Taming and Customizing a WordPress Page Builder
Options are great. It’s always a wonderful thing to have options. I think most of us likely grew up being told that having options was important–for instance, fallback options, or when Plan A falls apart. Sometimes, though, too many options can create...
Read More Visual Composer: Taming and Customizing a WordPress Page BuilderThe Power of Failure
I’m a failure. You probably are, too. Admit it. Just say it out loud one time. Ping me on Twitter real quick and we can say it together: “I’m a failure.” Doesn’t that feel good? Feel a little bit less tension in...
Read More The Power of Failurewd_s Goes Vegetarian: Dropping the Hamburger Navigation Menu
We all have to do things in life that we don’t like doing. That’s just how things work. Some unsavory things in life are unable to be avoided or altered and we just have to take them as they come. Luckily, there...
Read More wd_s Goes Vegetarian: Dropping the Hamburger Navigation MenuHow To Know Everything
The quest for knowledge is never-ending. We all want to be masters in our respective fields, but we also know that there is, especially in the tech universe, an ever-expanding number of things to bone up on. So, how do we get...
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