Clear and robust code tutorials are one of my favorite things to find. I run into just an article on CSS Text Gradients by Sebastiano Guerriero today. The article inspired a thought, “What if we had a text gradient utility class?” If we create a utility CSS class we can make multiple text gradient options […]
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Jump-to Links Done Right
A quick CSS tip to kick off the week: to stop jump-to links from touching the top of the page when clicked use the scroll-margin-top property. Using the CSS property will give your design a touch of breathing room. Now, you will not want the page scroll “snapping” scroll-margin-top creates to be always-on (you will […]
Link Share: Issue #2
Today I want to share the podcasts I listen too frequently. Some shows have changed my life. Some shows are new. Some have been around for a long time. The Tim Ferriss Show The Stack Overflow Podcast The Laravel Podcast The GaryVee Audio Experience The CSS Podcast The Case Jarvis LIVE Show Syntax. Planet Money […]
Always Use <main>
Confession time. Do you need to make accessibility a higher priority in your work? I know I do. Over the last several months, I’ve made a big push to learn more about the core technologies that make the web accessible to everyone. But, I still need to do way more in the area of accessibility. […]
Adding Google Analytics To Your Website While Respecting “Do Not Track”
Adding Google Analytics to your website is a complicated business. No, you shouldn’t merely copy and paste the GA script provided by Google into your site. If you don’t believe me then this post is for you. You see, Google Analytics does not automatically handle “privacy” for you. And, you really need to care about […]
Link Share: Issue #1
A key ingredient of learning is teaching. My distant mentor Jim Kwik taught me this principle. Several months ago I used the teach-to-learn principle and I gave a talk covering CSS performance tips and tricks at my local PHP meetup. These are some of the links I used to prepare for that talk. How rendering […]
