Posts - Sam Hermes

What makes a website feel native?
August 25, 2024
The tension between modularity and accessibility
August 10, 2024
Halle 1.2.0 Released
July 7, 2024
- WordPress
Add GitHub repository as npm dependency
January 11, 2024
- JavaScript

2023

Customize default wp-scripts config
December 28, 2023
- WordPress
- JavaScript
How to use CSS container queries
July 30, 2023
- CSS
Slowly backing away from theme.json
May 25, 2023
- WordPress
Giving the dialog element a whirl
February 25, 2023

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
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