This is a part of the Under-appreciated series, where we explore CSS frameworks that are well-made and have great ideas, but never took off like the “big two”. For a full introduction, see the first article in the series. You can tell that Schema UI’s last update was at least a year ago because the framework is still using LESS. Okay, that was unnecessarily snarky, but I’m still bitter about Bootstrap switching over to SASS. Schema UI is another one of those frameworks that I absolutely love. You...
When creating a web site we sometimes need to provide the user with feedback on the progress of a particular task , whether that be uploading a file, saving a document or even showing them how much is left until they complete filling in a form. Until now, there has never been a specific HTML element that served this purpose, but now we have the progress element that, as the name suggests, was made to represent the progress of these tasks. Using the progress element ... When it comes to using this element we have...
Something that's always welcome are plugins that enhance usability on websites, especially when they assist people with disabilities. Annyang is a great example of that. It's a plugin that helps you set up speech recognition on your site. It assists people with visual impairments and it's just plain cool to boot. Currently it's only supported by Chrome, but it degrades gracefully so it's usable now. Using Annyang ... Annyang doesn't have any dependencies, so all you need to do to get it working is to...
Sometimes, you come to a point with a WordPress website where you just want something new and different to better fit the design needs of your site. The way to do that in WordPress is by building a child theme. The reason you need a child theme is that updates may cause changes to be overwritten. That means that the theme will go back to default and all your work may be lost. In order to prevent that, you build a child theme. Getting started with WordPress child themes ... For this tutorial, we are creating a child...
Were there not dozens of times you wish you knew how to make a website? I know, the code requirement put you off, like it puts off everyone except programmers. Hiring a web designer, and in some cases a programmer as well is sometimes costly enough to make one switch business. You're not the only one in this position, but fortunately, times are changing for the better. Coding is becoming something of the past and the new generation of web builders makes the web accessible for everyone. With IM Creator, it...