Doc Pop News Drop: How To “Try Gutenberg” in WordPress 4.9.8

August 12, 2018design tips
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. You may have noticed that WordPress 4.9.8 includes a “Try Gutenberg” button. In this week’s video, which was shot at WordCamp for Publishers, we talk to …
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A Simple Introduction to CSS Grids

August 12, 2018design tips
The advent of CSS grids has been described as “the internet finally getting its driver’s license“. In a nutshell, this is a web design technique that steps away from print-based design philosophies by using a responsive-style grid. It’s ultimately the most powerful layout system that’s currently available with CSS. Developers are often creatures of habit (and …
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Black and White Design: 10 Stunning Examples (+ Tips)

August 12, 2018design tips
A black and white design scheme can be one of the most striking combinations for a project. The deep contrast and simplistic nature of these colors (or lack thereof) provide plenty of opportunities to explore other techniques to make the most of the design. Black and white designs have always been pretty popular, shifting most […]
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Simple Interactive Pie Chart with CSS Variables and Houdini Magic

August 12, 2018design tips

I got the idea for doing something of the kind when I stumbled across this interactive SVG pie chart. While the SVG code is as compact as it gets (a single <circle> element!), using strokes for creating pie chart slices is problematic as we run into rendering issues on Windows for Firefox and Edge. Plus, in 2018, we can accomplish a lot more with a lot less JavaScript!

AI got the following result down to a single HTML element …

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Gutenberg 3.5.0 Released

August 9, 2018design tips
Gutenberg 3.5.0 is available for download and polishes existing features. This release adds an edit button to embed blocks that allows users to edit the source URL. Edit URL Button on Embed Blocks The contrast has been increased for input fields and check boxes have visually more distinct states as (more…)
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How to Make Columns in WordPress without a Plugin

August 9, 2018design tips
When you are setting up your WordPress site or creating content, you will have various different styles and formats to consider. Certain styles or formats will match particular types of content, and depending on what you’re writing you might want to adjust accordingly. A great option to make news content have the feel of a …
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The Cost of JavaScript in 2018

August 9, 2018design tips

Even though we mentioned it earlier, I thought this outstanding post by Addy Osmani all about the performance concerns of JavaScript was still worth digging into a little more.

In that post, Addy touches on all aspects of perf work and how we can fix some of the most egregious issues, from setting up a budget to “Time-to-Interactive” measurements and auditing your JavaScript bundles.

Embrace performance budgets and learn to live within them. For mobile, aim for a JS budget …

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Interviews from WordCamp for Publishers 2018

August 9, 2018design tips
WordCamp for Publishers is a two day conference for online publishers of any size. This year’s event was hosted in Chicago and was filled with talks about how agencies are helping publishers improve their workflow with Gutenberg, how to improve accessibility, and why paywalls may actually be good for the open web. I had a …
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