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Using Grid Named Areas to Visualize (and Reference) Your Layout
26.8.2022
Whenever we build simple or complex layouts using CSS Grid, we’re usually positioning items with line numbers. Grid layouts contain grid lines that are automatically indexed with positive and negative line numbers (that is unless we explicitly name them). …
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Not Sure How to WordPress Anymore?
25.8.2022
Neither do I! And that’s probably because there’s a lot happening in WordPress-land. The evolution towards full-site editing (FSE) introduces frequent changes to the way we build themes and plugins, and at such break-neck speed that the documentation itself is …
Not Sure How...
Using CSS Cascade Layers to Manage Custom Styles in a Tailwind Project
24.8.2022
If a utility class only does one thing, chances are you don’t want it to be overridden by any styles coming from elsewhere. One approach is to use !important to be 100% certain the style will be applied, regardless of …
Using CSS Cascade Layers to Manage Custom Styles in a Tailwind Project...
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 2
22.8.2022
Alright, so the last time we checked in, we were using CSS Grid and combining them with CSS clip-path and mask techniques to create grids with fancy shapes.
Here’s just one of the fantastic grids we made together:
CodePen…
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 2 originally published...
When Do You Use CSS Columns?
18.8.2022
That ain’t rhetorical: I’m really interested in finding great use cases for CSS multi-column layouts.
The answer seems straightforward. Use columns when you want to split any content into columns, right? Here is generally the sort of example you’ll find …
When Do You...
Why (and How) I Write Code With Pencil and Paper
17.8.2022
If the thought of handwriting code seems silly, it might surprise you to know that it’s inevitable. If you’re unsure, think about the last job interview you did, and remember how there was no computer around in the interview room …
Why (and How) I Write Code With Pencil and Paper...
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 1
15.8.2022
In a previous article, I looked at CSS Grid’s ability to create complex layouts using its auto-placement powers. I took that one step further in another article that added a zooming hover effect to images in a grid layout…
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Quick Tip: Clear VS Code Cache for Open Files
11.8.2022
If you use VS Code, you might have enabled the setting for re-opening a previously open file next time the app launches. I do. I like that.
Hey, thanks for remembering, buddy! 🤗
But sometimes you really, really don’t want …
Quick Tip: Clear VS Code Cache for Open Files...
Designing for Long-Form Articles
10.8.2022
Designing a beautiful “article” is wrought with tons of considerations. Unlike, say, a homepage, a long-form article is less about designing an interface than it is designing text in a way that creates a relaxed and comfortable reading experience.
That’s …
Designing for Long-Form Articles...
Colombians Make Up 20% of the Customers of New Gen Crypto-Powered Accounts According to BBVA
9.8.2022
BBVA, a private bank based in Spain, released an article that states Latam users are very interested in their crypto-powered solutions. The institution informed that close to 20% of the users of their New Gen accounts, which are available from Switzerland, are Colombians who are attracted by...
Zooming Images in a Grid Layout
8.8.2022
Creating a grid of images is easy, thanks to CSS Grid. But making the grid do fancy things after the images have been placed can be tricky to pull off.
Say you want to add some fancy hover effect to …
Zooming Images in a Grid Layout originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
How I Added Scroll Snapping To My Twitter Timeline
5.8.2022
CSS Scroll Snap allows websites to snap the web page or any other scroll container to a specific scroll position when the user performs a scrolling operation. This feature has been supported in all modern browsers for over two years, …
How I Added Scroll Snapping To My Twitter Timeline...
Converting Speech to PDF with NextJS and ExpressJS
4.8.2022
With speech interfaces becoming more of a thing, it’s worth exploring some of the things we can do with speech interactions. Like, what if we could say something and have that transcribed and pumped out as a downloadable PDF?
Well, …
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Implicit Grids, Repeatable Layout Patterns, and Danglers
2.8.2022
Dave Rupert with some modern CSS magic that tackles one of those classic conundrums: what happens when the CSS for component is unable to handle the content we throw at it?
The specific situation is when a layout grid expects …
Implicit Grids, Repeatable Layout Patterns, and Danglers...
Exploring CSS Grid’s Implicit Grid and Auto-Placement Powers
1.8.2022
When working with CSS Grid, the first thing to do is to set display: grid on the element that we want to be become a grid container. Then we explicitly define the grid using a combination of grid-template-columns, grid-template-rows…
Exploring CSS Grid’s Implicit Grid and Auto-Placement...
Scroll Shadows? Pure CSS Parallax? Game Back On.
29.7.2022
Chris calls scroll shadows one his favorite CSS-Tricks of all time. Lea Verou popularized the pure CSS approach using four layered background gradients with some clever background-attachment magic. The result is a slick scrolling interaction that gives users a hint …
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Recreating MDN’s Truncated Text Effect
28.7.2022
It’s no secret that MDN rolled out a new design back in March. It’s gorgeous! And there are some sweet CSS-y gems in it that are fun to look at. One of those gems is how card components handle truncated …
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Binance CEO Sues Bloomberg's Partner Over 'Shitcoin Casino' Article
26.7.2022
Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao, CEO of crypto exchange Binance, seems to be very unhappy with his portrayal by a major media outlet, as he is willing to go to court to fight against it. Zhao has sued the Hong Kong publisher of Bloomberg Businessweek after a Chinese language version of an article allegedly...
Why I Chose Angular to Build a URL Shortener
22.7.2022
URL Shorteners are tools we use to make links shorter than they actually are. With a URL Shortener, you can transform a long link (maybe for a registration form or article) into a shorter version.
Behind the scenes, the long …
Why I Chose Angular to Build a URL Shortener originally published...
Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter
21.7.2022
It’s not everyday that HTML headings are the topic de jour, but my folder of saved links is accumulating articles about the recently merged removal of the document outline algorithm in the WHATWG Living Standard.
First off, you should know …
Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter...