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Monero and Zcash Conferences Showcase Their Differences (And Links)
30.6.2019
The future of privacy coins relies on technologists getting the governance setup right. Here's both sides of the zcash debate
Snag Resources from An Event Apart Boston 2019 and Save on Washington D.C. Registration
6.6.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Hey, so we talked a little bit about An Event Apart Boston 2019 leading up to the event and now there are a ton of resources available from it. I stopped counting the number of links after 50 because there's way more than that. Seriously, there's stuff in there...
Share Bitcoin Cash Related Shortlinks Using BCH.gg
29.5.2019
Projects and members of the Bitcoin Cash community often need to share important information with other BCH enthusiasts. If you are involved with the cryptocurrency, there’s a website called BCH.gg you can use to shorten URLs, with each shortlink featuring the BCH name. Also read: How...
Oh, the Many Ways to Make Triangular Breadcrumb Ribbons!
29.4.2019
Oh, the Many Ways to Make Triangular Breadcrumb Ribbons
Let’s have a look at how we can create a row of links that sorta run into each other with a chevron-like shape and notch on each block like you might see in a hierarchical breadcrumb navigation.
You’ve probably seen this pattern a lot....
Fixed Headers, On-Page Links, and Overlapping Content, Oh My!
3.4.2019
Let's take a basic on-page link:
<a href="#section-two">Section Two</a>
When clicked, the browser will scroll itself to the element with that ID: <section id="section-two"></section>. A browser feature as old as browsers themselves, just about.
But as soon as...
All About mailto: Links
22.3.2019
You can make a garden variety anchor link (<a>) open up a new email. Let's take a little journey into this feature. It's pretty easy to use, but as with anything web, there are lots of things to consider.
The basic functionality
<a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com">Email...
Text Wrapping & Inline Pseudo Elements
27.2.2019
I love posts like this. It's just about adding a little icon to the end of certain links, but it ends up touching on a million things along the way. I think this is an example of why some people find front-end fun and some people rather dislike it.
Things involved:
Cool [attribute] selectors that...
Blobs!
21.2.2019
I was recently a guest editor for an issue of Bizarro Devs. It's a great newsletter! Go sign up! I put in a bunch of links around blobs. Like those weird squishy random shapes that are so "in" right now. Here are those links as well. I'm always a fan of publishing stuff I write ;)
Blobs! Blobs...
Blue Beanie Day 2018
30.11.2018
Another year!
You better not cry, you better not shout, I’m telling you why: @BlueBeanieDay is coming Nov. 30! Start sharing your #bbd photos, links, articles, and videos now: https://t.co/3US4vHBsDR#a11y #WebStandards #InclusiveDesign #ProgressiveEnhancement pic.twitter.com/AiV3ktRqka
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Hyperlinking Beyond the Web
11.7.2018
Hyperlinks are the oldest and the most popular feature of the web. The word hypertext (which is the ht in http/s) means text having hyperlinks. The ability to link to other people’s hypertext made the web, a web — a set of connected pages. This fundamental feature has made the web a very...
Just a Couple’a Fun Typography Links
22.5.2018
Marcin Wichary made an incredible demo exploring "segmented type" as in, the kind you might see on a display like a microwave, but scaling up in complexity from there.
"Datalegreya is a typeface which can interweave data curves with text."
Airbnb commissions their own new font, Cereal (complete...
Overriding Default Button Styles
9.5.2018
There are a variety of "buttons" in HTML. You've got:
<button>Button</button>
<input type="button" value="Button">
Plus, for better or worse, people like having links that are styled to match the look of other true buttons on the site
<a href="#0"...
Code Challenge #9: Build A Scroll-Spy Navbar
1.5.2018
A navigation bar is undoubtedly a really important element considered while designing websites and web pages. In a website, it's utilized in navigating around the site through specific links. Howev