SVG

It’s rare to see an experimental…

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Dan Knauss

It’s rare to see an experimental WordPress theme used to explore new approaches to design, so I enjoyed Kjell Reigstad sharing how he used Blockbase (a parent theme for block themes) to create an intentionally "glitchy" theme. Warping text and…

SVGCrop can save you a bunch…

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Dan Knauss

SVGCrop can save you a bunch of time if all you need to do is to trim or crop SVG files. 🌽

Lewis Warren explains what SVG files…

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Dan Knauss

Lewis Warren explains what SVG files are, what they're used for, and why developers should be using them: "SVGs are easier to manage, will improve the load speed of your web pages, and won’t require an update every time a…

Dashicons — which currently weigh in…

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Dan Knauss

Dashicons — which currently weigh in at 303 icons in a single, compiled sprite — may be nearing the end of their useful life. As Joen notes, "The block editor uses SVG icons directly, and the rest of WordPress uses…

Justin Tadlock showed off some work…

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Dan Knauss

Justin Tadlock showed off some work involving SVG background pattern options in the WordPress Customizer: https://twitter.com/justintadlock/status/1153319383156035584

Carlo Daniele has a developer’s guide…

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Brian Krogsgard

Carlo Daniele has a developer's guide to WordPress's Twenty Seventeen Theme on the Kinsta blog. Carlo shows customizing the front page header, adding more sections to the front page, adding custom SVG icons to the Social Icons menu, and animating…

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

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Sami Keijonen
Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Per Søderlind, who calls Oslo his…

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Dan Knauss
Per Søderlind, who calls Oslo his home, has developed an SVG logo Custom Control for the WordPress Customizer. It's a proof of concept, but seems to be worth the time to review his walkthrough if you find yourself needing to…

Genericons has had an overhaul recently. According…

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Brian Krogsgard

Genericons has had an overhaul recently. According to this Github note from Joen Asmussen, they've changed the build process to Node.js and Grunt, prioritized SVG over icon-fonts, removed social icons, and focusing on "being just an icon set." The release will be in…

Moving Dashicons from an icon font to SVG

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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…

Dashicons in SVG

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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…

A new look and a new domain

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Brian Krogsgard
The new Post Status design is an alpha, but I wanted to show readers as soon as I could. Also, the site has a new domain and utilizes HTTPS everywhere. A lot has gone into it so far, and there is much left to do.

Explicit browser support

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Brian Krogsgard
Browser support is not a minor thing to consider when building web projects. Whether developing a website for a client or building a product, one of the most important things to clarify right away is what level of browser support…
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