Posts from the category Internet
Overlapping elements with CSS grid
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Using CSS Grid to overlap two rows and allow a content image to “break out” of the text container.
Block Variations for WordPress Gutenberg
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WordPress’ block editor “Gutenberg” allows us to register custom block styles for a particular block. But since WordPress 5.4, we can use Block Variations to add other presets with different default settings.
Explaining how to use WordPress hooks, and how to fine-tune them to improve legibility and code efficiency.
Delivering mockups for WordPress Gutenberg
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How to mock up a website design when every page can be built individually and controlled completely by the editorial staff.
Font sizing for the web
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There are three main options for setting the size of text in the web using CSS. The font size can be set in “pixels”, in “EM”s or in ”REM”s. It can be a little difficult to understand where the differences lie, and which unit of measurement is correct.
Using CSS variables through the WordPress Theme Customizer to make custom colour schemes in the Gutenberg Editor.
Responsive imagemap with highlighting, using SVG
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Implementing a CSS- and SVG-based responsive imagemap for a client in Toronto.
Passing data to WordPress template parts
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How I use WordPress’ template part logic, but additionally pass scoped data to the template part.
WordPress’ Gutenberg Editor allows you to do much more than create and edit content in a single content column.
There’s more to life than WordPress
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I’ve been using WordPress since the very first version and love it. In a talk at WordCamp Zurich, I shared some of the experiences I’ve gained as a CMS developer, website builder, content manager and blogger since the late 1990s.
A Short History of the Web
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The history of the web (and the invention of jam) by Martin Splitt at Front Conference in Zurich.
Why using BEM for your CSS is a good idea
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Four years after writing that BEM syntax in CSS indicates weak coding principles, it’s time for a retraction.
Creating a single-width Gutenberg block
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How to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.
The wonders of CSS Grid
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I’m beginning to delve into the newest extension of the CSS style rule possibilities at a professional level, in order to design and create websites which break the mould.
Using a website visitor’s browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
What I’ve built with WordPress
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Some people believe that WordPress isn’t suitable for more than a simple website. Throughout my career, I’ve proved that assumption wrong many times over.
Saying hello to a better future
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I’m moving to Swiss web agency Say Hello as partner, client consultant and full-stack developer from January 2019.
How I swapped out individual sections of a high-traffic site to make best use of WordPress’ REST API.
