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How to Use Native Custom Fields in WordPress (and 5 Useful Examples)
11.1.2022
Custom Fields in WordPress are arbitrary bits of data that you can apply to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types in WordPress. Metadata, as it were, in the form of key/value pairs. For example:
Key: subtitle / Value: They are
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How to Use Native Custom Fields in WordPress (and 5 Useful...
What is Chromium Without Chrome on Top?
10.1.2022
Raw Chromium, perhaps?
So, Chrome is based on Chromium which is open-source. Chrome is Chromium with Google’s extra stuff on top of it. What extra stuff? Kinda lots! A few years ago, The Verge published “Microsoft reveals all the …
What is Chromium Without Chrome on Top?...
Don’t Fight the Cascade, Control It!
10.1.2022
If you’re disciplined and make use of the inheritance that the CSS cascade provides, you’ll end up writing less CSS. But because our styles often comes from all kinds of sources — and can be a pain to structure and …
Don’t Fight the Cascade, Control It! originally published...
8 Interesting Typography Links for January 2022
7.1.2022
Every now and then, I find that I’ve accumulated a bunch of links about various things I find interesting. Typography is one of those things! Here’s a list of typography links to other articles that I’ve been saving up and …
8 Interesting Typography Links for January 2022...
Adam Argyle’s Sick Mouse-Out CSS Hover Effect
7.1.2022
I was killing some time browsing my CodePen feed for some eye candy and didn’t need to go past the first page before spotting a neat CSS hover effect by Adam Argyle.
I must’ve spent 10 minutes just staring …
Adam Argyle’s Sick Mouse-Out CSS Hover Effect originally published...
useRainbow()
7.1.2022
I took a break from work and started some small, personal projects (toys). One of those small projects is potato.horse where I keep all of my doodles, visual short stories and jokes. Check it out!
However, this post is not …
useRainbow() originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get...
A New Container Query Polyfill That Just Works
6.1.2022
There is an easy-to-use CSS container query polyfill now. You essentially conditionally load it and forget about it. Then write spec-compliant container queries code.
A New Container Query Polyfill That Just Works originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become...
The Search For a Fixed Background Effect With Inline Images
6.1.2022
I was working on a client project a few days ago and wanted to create a certain effect on an <img>. See, background images can do the effect I was looking for somewhat easily with background-attachment: fixed;. With …
The Search For a Fixed Background Effect With Inline Images...
The Search For a Fixed Background Effect With Inline Images
6.1.2022
I was working on a client project a few days ago and wanted to create a certain effect on an <img>. See, background images can do the effect I was looking for somewhat easily with background-attachment: fixed;. With …
The Search For a Fixed Background Effect With Inline Images...
Notes on Josh Comeau’s Custom CSS Reset
5.1.2022
We recently talked with Elad Shechter on his new CSS reset, and shortly after that Josh Comeau blogged his.
We’re in something of a new era of CSS resets where… you kind of don’t need one? There isn’t …
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How to Make a Component That Supports Multiple Frameworks in a Monorepo
5.1.2022
Your mission — should you decide to accept it — is to build a Button component in four frameworks, but, only use one button.css file!
This idea is very important to me. I’ve been working on a component library called …
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Should CSS Override Default Browser Styles?
4.1.2022
CSS overrides can change the default look of almost anything:
You can use CSS to override what a checkbox or radio button looks like, but if you don’t, the checkbox will look like a default checkbox on your operating system
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Should CSS Override Default Browser Styles? originally...
CSS Underlines Are Too Thin and Too Low in Chrome
4.1.2022
I’ve encountered two bugs in Chrome while testing the new CSS text-decoration-thickness and text-underline-offset properties, and I want to share them with you here in this article.
But first, let’s acknowledge one thing:
Default underlines are inconsistent
Let’s add a …
CSS Underlines...
Jetpack Features We Love and Use at CSS-Tricks
4.1.2022
(This is a sponsored post.)
We use and love Jetpack around here. It’s a WordPress plugin that brings a whole suite of functionality to your site ranging from security to marketing with lots of ridiculously useful stuff in between! …
Jetpack Features We Love and Use at CSS-Tricks...
CSS-Based Fingerprinting
3.1.2022
Fingerprinting is bad. It’s a term that refers to building up enough metadata about a user that you can essentially figure out who they are. JavaScript has access to all sorts of fingerprinting possibilities, which then combined with the IP …
CSS-Based Fingerprinting originally...
How to Create a Browser Extension
3.1.2022
I’ll bet you are using browser extensions right now. Some of them are extremely popular and useful, like ad blockers, password managers, and PDF viewers. These extensions (or “add-ons”) are not limited to those purposes — you can do a …
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Thank You (2021 Edition)
1.1.2022
The year has come to a close and it’s time again for our end-of-year wrapup. The most important message is this: thank you. (thankyouthankyou)
Thanks for stopping by and reading this site. If you didn’t, I’d be out …
Thank You (2021 Edition) originally published...
Defensive CSS
31.12.2021
Ahmad Shadeed nails it again with “Defensive CSS.” The idea is that you should write CSS to be ready for issues caused by dynamic content.
More items than you thought would be there? No problem, the area can expand or …
Defensive CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks
The Web is More Gooder, and Other Observations on Today’s Web Tech
30.12.2021
I’m actually working on a talk (whew! been a while! kinda feels good!) about just how good the world of building websites has gotten. I plan to cover a wide swath of web tech, on purpose, because I …
Add Less
30.12.2021
When you’re about to start a new website, what do you think first? Do you start with a library or framework you know, like React or Vue, or a meta-framework on top of that, like Next or Nuxt? Do you …