It has taken me a while to get around to using a tool like Grunt to automate web development tasks. After all, I told myself, most of the tools can be done from with my usual development environment, Coda. However, I was keeping tasks like combining and minifying scripts to the end so I wouldImposter Syndrome See the full project…
Yes, I borrowed the post’s title from this book but it is absolutely perfect for my subject. I have been working on a project that uses large background images as an intrinsic part of the design. While I optimized the images so they load reasonable fast, I failed to consider that IOS might still deem themResponsible Responsive Design See the full project…
I have been working on a project that uses custom webfonts. The fonts appeared to render correctly in most circumstances but created a few interesting issues in Safari on the Mac. Font Weight Appears too Light Notice the difference in the fonts below and how the second one appears be lighter. The font in questionMac Safari Web Font Issues See the full project…
I typically use http://validator.w3.org/ to check my sites for valid HTML. With so many new features, it is sometimes difficult for the validation to keep up. For example, I am using picturefill.js for responsive images. As a result, I see a lot of this in my validation report: Element img is missing required attribute srcHTML5 Validation See the full project…
I just completed updating http://bydfault.com/ from WordPress 3.5 and WooCommerce 1.6.6. Of course, with such a big update going to WordPress 4.0 and WooCommerce 2.2, I was not going to just run the automatic updates. The basic process I followed was Create a staging site (copy of the site) using https://wpstagecoach.com/ Update the non-WooCommerce pluginsMajor WordPress and WooCommerce update See the full project…
When developing a child theme, we frequently follow this example from the WordPress Codex: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 /* Theme Name: Twenty Fourteen Child Theme URI: http://example.com/twenty-fourteen-child/ Description: Twenty Fourteen Child Theme Author: John Doe Author URI: http://example.com Template: twentyfourteen Version:A Better Way to use CSS in WordPress Child Themes See the full project…
As with many WordPress designers and developers, I often work on custom themes for clients. Many sites require custom content and settings so I wanted to come up with a workable strategy for implementation. I break my settings and customization into three (3) sections: Theme Settings Sidebar and Footer Main Content Fortunately, WordPress provides usHow to Customize Your Custom Theme See the full project…
With Apple joining Facebook and Google in releasing its diversity report, it seems that this is once again a hot topic. While many people point out the dismal numbers on diversity at these and other tech companies, I just want to highlight some of the women in the WordPress community. Here are just a fewDiversity in Tech See the full project…
Sure, saving money on hosting sounds fantastic! It can be hard to resist paying just $3.95 per month for your site. While this type of hosting may be fine for your personal blog, what happens when you rely on your website for your business? How will you manage updates and security or implement new featuresWhy Use Managed Hosting for your WordPress Sites? See the full project…
As an enhancement to the on-going project of building a WordPress theme for Rotary Clubs, a committee feature has been added. The committees and members are pulled from an external database and allows Rotary clubs to incorporate committee functionality on their local sites. Using a custom post type, the committee feature shows what the committeeRotary WordPress Theme Adds Committees See the full project…
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