If you’ve seen but avoided the…
Dan Knauss
If you've seen but avoided the current, heated CSS-in-JS discussions, then this balanced roundup from Chris Coyier might be just the thing for you.
Chris Coyier shares his thoughts on how…
Dan Knauss
Chris Coyier shares his thoughts on how to improve WordPress comments. Chris has WordPress sites with a cumulative total of a few hundred thousand (generally high quality) comments, so he speaks with some authority on this subject. Many of Chris's suggestions…
If you’re interested in learning Vue, a popular…
Dan Knauss
If you're interested in learning Vue, a popular JavaScript framework, then you must check out this new screencast from css-tricks.com. Sarah Drasner and Chris Coyier spend over an hour showing off Vue's basic capabilities.
I love this creative post from…
Brian Krogsgard
I love this creative post from Chris Coyier about using DevTools to tackle or sidestep "obnoxious websites." Ethical grey areas aside, you can learn more about the web by looking over some of these tips.
Chris Coyier explores how different Content…
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Coyier explores how different Content Management Systems handle blocks of content. Chris considers CraftCMS, Drupal, and WordPress with SiteOrigin's Page Builder as well as Gutenberg.
Let’s celebrate two website anniversaries: WPBeginner…
Brian Krogsgard
Let's celebrate two website anniversaries: WPBeginner recently turned eight. Syed Balkhi reflects of all the major things happening in the business, along with personal accomplishments. CSS Tricks is now a decade old. Chris Coyier looks back on the first post…
If you compose HTML emails, then…
Dan Knauss
If you compose HTML emails, then you’ll want to read this post from Chris Coyier that highlights some essential tools, workflows, and APIs that will make your work easier.
Chris Coyier asks when a project…
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Coyier asks when a project needs React. His take: (1) if your application has a lot of "state" (2) if you're looking to avoid spaghetti code and looking to build things into modules and (3) there's a high need…
The first twenty or so minutes…
Brian Krogsgard
The first twenty or so minutes of a recent episode of the Shop Talk Show from Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier is must-listen for all WordPress professionals. A listener complains that WordPress isn’t improving the web because it is too much of an…
Chris Coyier shows a clever method…
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Coyier shows a clever method on how to build full width containers in limited width parents in CSS.
Scott Fennell started a three-part series…
Brian Krogsgard
Scott Fennell started a three-part series on CSS Tricks on using the WordPress REST API for "remote control WordPress." Speaking of CSS Tricks, here's another good post where Chris Coyier walks through the many things to consider when styling a…
Ah, the <pre> tag. It’s quite…
Brian Krogsgard
Ah, the <pre> tag. It's quite handy to show off code. Chris Coyier has some good tips on how to style that tag. I had no idea there was a tab-size parameter in CSS for styling pre tags. Chris says the default…
Moving Dashicons from an icon font to SVG
Brian Krogsgard
Mel Choyce has started the conversation on Make Core to change WordPress's Dashicons icon font to SVG: In the next couple months, we’re going to focus on converting the Dashicons icon font in core to SVG. The process of adding and…
Greenfield front-end development with the REST API… what tool would you use?
Brian Krogsgard
I recently submitted an audio question to my favorite web podcast, the Shoptalk Show. Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert are mega smart and I wanted to know what front-end development methods they'd want to explore for a greenfield project based…
Considerations choosing a university CMS
Brian Krogsgard
I like this post by Chris Coyier because I think it asks good questions -- something that we may not always do. It's thinking like I was doing that gets companies into messy situations to begin with. Some TECH DUDE…
Dashicons in SVG
Brian Krogsgard
Dashicons are shipped with WordPress and made available to developers looking to use custom icons in their plugins and themes. It's a great little resource that makes stuff like icons for custom post types much simpler. Currently, Dashicons are an icon…
