Well, color me this! I was griping to myself last night about just how gosh dang hard it is to read text messages in Apple Messages. You know, not the blue bubbles that you get when messaging other iPhone users. … Apple Messages & Color Contrast…
WordPress Developer Blog
Well, hey check this out. Looks like there is a brand spankin’ new blog over at WordPress.org all about WordPress development. In the original proposal for the blog, Birgit Pauli-Haak writes: The Make Core blog has a heavy … WordPress Developer Blog originally published on CSS-Tricks, which…
Taming the Cascade With BEM and Modern CSS Selectors
BEM. Like seemingly all techniques in the world of front-end development, writing CSS in a BEM format can be polarizing. But it is – at least in my Twitter bubble – one of the better-liked CSS methodologies.
Personally, I think … Taming the Cascade With BEM and…
Making Static Noise From a Weird CSS Gradient Bug
What I will be doing here is kind of an experiment to explore tricks that leverage a bug with the way CSS gradients handle sub-pixel rendering to create a static noise effect — like you might see on a TV with no signal. Making Static Noise…
Creating a Settings UI for a Custom WordPress Block
So far, we’ve covered how to work with data from an external API in a custom WordPress block. We walked through the process of fetching that data for use on the front end of a WordPress site, and how to … Creating a Settings UI for…
DigitalOcean Welcomes Cloudways to the Family
Hey folks! If you’ve been keeping up with the latest DigitalOcean news, you might be aware that we recently announced our acquisition of a company called Cloudways. In case you’re curious about what this means, we thought it might … DigitalOcean Welcomes Cloudways to the Family…
Finding Front-End Development Scholarships
I’m often asked where to learn web development. The answer varies, of course, and we’ve published a few posts on the topic over the years, the most recent of which was Chris taking a stab at different learning paths in … Finding Front-End Development Scholarships originally…
Behind the CSScenes, November 2022
Is it Fall? Winter? I don’t know, but I woke up with snow in the front yard this morning and felt like it was time to write a little update about what’s been happening around CSS-Tricks this past month, as … Behind the CSScenes, November 2022…
Classy and Cool Custom CSS Scrollbars: A Showcase
In this article we will be diving into the world of scrollbars. I know, it doesn’t sound too glamorous, but trust me, a well-designed page goes hand-in-hand with a matching scrollbar. The old-fashioned chrome scrollbar just doesn’t fit in as … Classy and Cool Custom CSS…
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 3
After Part 1 and Part 2, I am back with a third article to explore more fancy shapes. Like the previous articles, we are going to combine CSS Grid with clipping and masking to create fancy layouts for image … CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part…