Kevin Dees is a speaker, entrepreneur, blogger, and developer. He’s best known for his work in WordPress and podcasting for the retired SitePoint show. Kevin has developed sites for the brands Verizon, Denny’s, RIDGID, Michelin, and others. Currently, he is working on TypeRocket and TypeRocket Pro, which power over 7,000 professional websites and products internationally.
Each time after updating or installing Laravel Homestead I take these steps. (Step 1) Add Homestead to Firefox & Chrome (Step 2) Disable strict database date settings in MySQL (Step 3) Import and configure Postgres databases (Step 4) Set the max upload size of nginx. Other Details I use PHPStorm during development and the PHPUnit […]
To increase the max upload size on Laravel Homestead edit your main nginx.conf file. Next, add the config client_max_body_size and set it to 100M. All php.ini files in Homestead already have the setting upload_max_filesize = 100M.
How to get a video element to act like background-size: cover scoped within a parent element.
Coding an HTML close button seems simple. But, the only thing simple about coding a close button is getting it wrong. The biggest mistake is using the wrong HTML element. I’ve used <a> and <div> as a close button many times (<button> is the correct element). The second mistake is not using proper ARIA properties. […]
When April started I decided it was time to blog again. My goals were simple enough: Sharing 5 days a week. Small things, big things, real things. Learning to tell stories. Reflecting and documenting. Connecting with my friends. Known and unknown. This the twenty-second post of the month marks the end of April’s journey. Moving […]