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  • Giving the dialog element a whirl

    February 25, 2023

    • Accessibility
    • HTML
    • JavaScript

2022

  • Use button element to toggle parent menu items in WordPress

    September 25, 2022

    • Accessibility
    • WordPress
  • Getting to know theme.json

    May 14, 2022

    • WordPress
  • Detect when an image has loaded with JavaScript

    January 11, 2022

    • JavaScript

2021

  • Returning to Eleventy

    November 22, 2021

    • Static Sites
  • Fade in and out element with CSS transition

    November 5, 2021

    • CSS
  • My attempt to convert from Jekyll to Eleventy

    October 15, 2021

    • Static Sites
  • The journey to Alexander

    September 29, 2021

    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
  • How to make accessible accordions

    August 22, 2021

    • Accessibility
    • HTML
    • CSS
  • How the web saved and failed us

    August 14, 2021

  • I'm overly optimistic when estimating time

    May 13, 2021

    • Work

2020

  • Disable inline image option in Gutenberg

    December 17, 2020

    • WordPress
  • Analytics: Where do we go?

    September 10, 2020

  • Are progressive web apps important?

    September 4, 2020

  • My WordPress hosting recommendation

    August 28, 2020

    • WordPress
  • What is product management?

    June 6, 2020

    • Work
  • Using a single stylesheet for both block and classic editor

    March 25, 2020

    • WordPress
    • CSS
  • Migrate WordPress install from one DigitalOcean droplet to another

    February 22, 2020

    • JavaScript
    • WordPress
  • Using RadioControl in a custom Gutenberg block

    January 25, 2020

    • WordPress
    • JavaScript
  • Using Docker for local WordPress development

    January 19, 2020

    • WordPress

2019

  • What does it mean to be a creator on the web?

    December 30, 2019

  • From developer to manager

    December 18, 2019

    • Work
  • Internet + Dignity

    November 11, 2019

  • Software is like a city

    October 28, 2019

  • Revisiting my WordPress work from 2013

    September 10, 2019

    • WordPress
  • Implementing media controls in custom blocks

    September 6, 2019

    • JavaScript
    • WordPress
  • Adding dark mode support

    June 6, 2019

    • CSS
    • Design
  • Controlling scroll position natively

    April 22, 2019

    • JavaScript
  • Deploying a repository to a subdirectory of GitHub Pages site

    April 20, 2019

  • Asking for feedback

    March 28, 2019

    • Work
  • Excluding Uncategorized when listing categories in WordPress

    February 15, 2019

    • WordPress

2018

  • Notes from WordCamp US 2018

    December 13, 2018

    • WordPress
  • Disabling blocks and block styles in Gutenberg

    November 28, 2018

    • WordPress
    • JavaScript
  • Replacing Moment.js with date-fns

    November 15, 2018

    • JavaScript
  • Upgrading from Gulp 3 to 4

    November 11, 2018

    • JavaScript
  • How to add multiple default markers with popups in Mapbox GL JS

    October 10, 2018

    • JavaScript
  • Preparing a WordPress theme for Gutenberg

    August 12, 2018

    • WordPress
    • CSS
    • Design
  • Using pagination with the WordPress API in Vue

    July 25, 2018

    • WordPress
    • JavaScript
  • How not to use React with Jekyll

    June 24, 2018

    • JavaScript
  • I love overscroll-behavior

    June 10, 2018

    • CSS
  • How to improve the accessibility of tabs

    June 4, 2018

    • Accessibility
    • JavaScript
    • HTML
  • Closing the gap above sticky elements

    May 22, 2018

    • CSS
  • Opening links in a new window

    May 18, 2018

    • HTML
  • Submitting an accessibility-ready theme to WordPress

    May 11, 2018

    • WordPress
    • Accessibility
    • CSS
    • Design
  • Adding pagination in Vue

    April 19, 2018

    • JavaScript
  • Lazy loading images

    March 21, 2018

    • JavaScript
  • Adding a loading state to Reading List

    February 27, 2018

    • JavaScript
    • CSS
  • A small Vue app - Reading List

    January 24, 2018

    • JavaScript
    • WordPress

2017

  • CSS skills should be valued as much as JavaScript skills

    December 20, 2017

    • CSS
  • Getting started with CSS grid

    November 6, 2017

    • CSS
  • Buttons need a declared type

    October 26, 2017

    • HTML
  • Append theme version to stylesheet

    September 25, 2017

    • WordPress
    • CSS
  • Explaining accessible modals

    August 18, 2017

    • Accessibility
    • JavaScript
  • Omitting optional HTML tags

    July 24, 2017

    • HTML
  • Unregistering widgets in WordPress

    June 3, 2017

    • WordPress
  • Adding Ajax search to a WordPress theme

    May 20, 2017

    • WordPress
    • JavaScript
  • Communicating about the web

    May 6, 2017

    • Work
  • Using next_posts_link() and prev_posts_link() on static front page

    April 24, 2017

    • WordPress
  • We don’t need AMP

    March 16, 2017

  • The two worlds of web development

    March 13, 2017

    • JavaScript
    • CSS
  • The long game of web development

    January 1, 2017

    • Design

2016

  • High density screens and web performance

    December 5, 2016

    • Design
    • SVG
  • How to configure a sticky header to prevent page jump

    November 10, 2016

    • JavaScript
  • Preparing SVG for the web

    September 14, 2016

    • SVG
  • Adding syntax highlighting to code

    August 25, 2016

    • JavaScript
    • CSS
  • What changes on hover should be actionable

    August 7, 2016

    • CSS
    • HTML
    • Design
  • Sticky elements with Stickyfill

    July 24, 2016

    • JavaScript
    • CSS
  • Maintaining state with sessionStorage

    April 24, 2016

    • JavaScript
  • Caching a menu in a transient in WordPress

    March 30, 2016

    • WordPress
    • JavaScript
  • Toggling elements with JavaScript

    March 8, 2016

    • JavaScript
  • Setting up Jekyll

    February 13, 2016

    • Static Sites
  • Output featured image caption in WordPress

    January 30, 2016

    • WordPress
  • Add 1 hour to date & time in PHP

    January 4, 2016

    • PHP
  • Using vertical height media queries with fixed headers

    January 3, 2016

    • CSS
  • Designing for every moment

    January 2, 2016

    • Design
  • Giving back

    January 1, 2016

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