When performing WordPress theme and plugin development work, we must apply WordPress styling techniques in specific areas. WordPress provides different methods to apply styles in different scenarios. In this article, I will explain the process of adding styles to each area. WordPress...
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Sass Tips to Take Your Skills to the Next Level
If you’ve been using Sass for a while, but find yourself writing seemingly basic code that doesn’t look very different from vanilla CSS, then this article is for you. We’ll explore ten ways to put Sass to use, taking advantage of some...
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Computer programming is a vast and complex field. For those interested in the ins and outs of engineering, determining a path to learning relevant information can seem incredibly daunting. Even once you narrow your focus to a particular area of the field,...
Read More Paths to Learning Web DevelopmentHow 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...
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This is Part II of a series called “Evolution of CSS”. Evolution of CSS: Becoming a CSS Composer Evolution of CSS: Class Naming Methodologies Evolution of CSS: Overview of Tachyons Perhaps you’ve heard this one before? There are only two hard things in...
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I have been coding CSS almost daily for over 10 years. I don’t say that to try and establish supremacy, but merely to give some context to the subsequent observations. There are quite a few days I still feel more like a...
Read More Evolution of CSS: Becoming a CSS ComposerHelpful 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...
Read More Helpful Books for Front-End DevelopersCSS @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 EditionWeb Design Anti–Patterns: Setting Your Site Apart
There are around a billion websites live on the web today (according to the ISL). That’s about three websites for every single person in the USA. We all want our darling websites to stand out from the rest, but with numbers like that,...
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