The Pros and Cons of Responsive Web Design in 2023
There are many different factors to consider when deciding whether or not to use a responsive approach to designing your websites, such as budget, timescale, and audience.In this blog post, we’ll weigh the pros and cons of responsive web design
AR, VR, and a Model for 3D in HTML
Anytime I see mention of some element I don’t recognize, my mind goes straight to Huh! New to me, but probably old news for everyone else. It’s poor posture, I know, as it could just as easily be:Truth is, it’s
3 Essential Design Trends, January 2023
Here’s what’s trending in design this month.Black and white styles are a timeless classic. Designers use this simple color(less) duo because it is simple, elegant, and works with practically any content. What we are seeing right now is a move
Animating CSS Grid (How To + Examples)
But animating these grid properties only recently gained supported by all three major browsers. Shall we take a look at a few examples to get the creative juices flowing?First of all, this is what we’re talking about:A simple two-column grid.
Getting Started With SvelteKit
In some ways this is a challenging post to write. SvelteKit is an application framework. It exists to help you build… well, applications. That makes it hard to demo. It’s not feasible to build an entire application in a blog
More Real-World Uses for :has()
I say “more superpowers” because there have already been a ton of really amazing clever ideas published by a bunch of super smart people, like:When that does happen, you can bet I’ll start using :has() all over the place. Here
How to Transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome Extensions
While I am not a regular Chrome extension programmer, I have certainly coded enough extensions and have a wide enough web development portfolio to know my way around the task. However, just recently, I had a client reject one of
Solved With :has(): Vertical Spacing in Long-Form Text
It’s surprisingly tricky to get this right. And it’s one reason why things like the Tailwind Typography plugin and Stack Overflow’s Prose exist — although these handle much more than just vertical spacing.Surely it should just be as simple as
10 Great WordPress Plugins in 2023
The thousands of available useful WordPress plugins cover almost every feature for any type of website. Your website’s niche determines the kind of plugins you should have. There are some great WordPress plugins that every blog site needs; security, speed,
6 Common SVG Fails (and How to Fix Them)
Someone recently asked me how I approach debugging inline SVGs. Because it is part of the DOM, we can inspect any inline SVG in any browser DevTools. And because of that, we have the ability to scope things out and