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...
Read More The Journey to 1.0 — WDS Blocks and WordPress GutenbergAuthor: Greg Rickaby
How Thinking About Accessibility Can Lead to Success
Just over two years ago, I wrote a blog post about accessibility basics, where I introduced readers to accessibility APIs from a 30,000 foot view. Near the end, I proclaimed that WebDevStudios is “committed to building accessible websites.” Internally, an effort to make our starter...
Read More How Thinking About Accessibility Can Lead to SuccessLint Code Like A Boss
Do you like saving time (and money)? Are you exhausted by constant interruptions and barriers when trying to ship, because of internal feuds about code syntax? Are you 100% confident that your app will work across different PHP versions and devices? If...
Read More Lint Code Like A BossCSS @font-face: 2016 Edition
Remember back in 2009/2010, when @font-face was introduced? Developers rejoiced, because they no longer were they forced to use a (small) handful of fonts! There were some caveats though…browser support was just okay. To make @font-face work across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE, and mobile, you had...
Read More CSS @font-face: 2016 EditionHow We Built Skype in Media on WordPress
Last quarter, we were hired by Skype and tasked with building a smaller site, featuring Skype TX. Skype TX is “studio-grade hardware for the broadcast industry, which features peerless integration with Skype.” In other words, Skype Tx is powerful hardware and software for professionals in live...
Read More How We Built Skype in Media on WordPressGulp Configuration: A Beginners Guide
Recently, WebDevStudios integrated Gulp into our theme boilerplate, wd_s. Below, I go through the Gulpfile.js, section by section, in hopes that you can benefit from our mistakes experience.
Read More Gulp Configuration: A Beginners GuideAvoiding Burnout: Sometimes You Gotta Unplug to Recharge
Awhile back, I took a two week vacation in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Before the trip, I spent a lot of time daydreaming about (finally) playing with the WP-API and finishing up my JavaScript courses on Treehouse. One of the first things I did after...
Read More Avoiding Burnout: Sometimes You Gotta Unplug to RechargeThe Future of WebDevStudios Starter Theme: wd_s
This is Part III of a three part series about wd_s, our starter theme. Part I: History of wd_s Part II: Project Scaffolding with wd_s Part III: Future of wd_s To summarize the previous two blog posts: we discussed the history of wd_s and...
Read More The Future of WebDevStudios Starter Theme: wd_sHistory of the WebDevStudios Internal Starter Theme: wd_s
This is Part I of a three part series about wd_s, our starter theme. Part I: History of wd_s Part II: Project Scaffolding with wd_s Part III: Future of wd_s One of the most exciting things of my job here at WDS is...
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