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...
HTML5 saw the introduction of several new form input types, including range. This means that range sliders can be created in HTML itself, although initially it tended not to be used, firstly because of JavaScript alternatives already in use, and secondly because of the lack of adaptable components. In most browsers there is still no way to completely customize an input slider, but webkit browsers do provide some nice control. The demo for this article can be found here. The input ... The range input...
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...
Since its arrival, browser support for CSS3 has been variable, making feature detection not just a good idea but best practice. Although this detection is usually done with JavaScript, ideally it would be done within CSS which is where @supports comes in. CSS @supports allows us to have simpler and cleaner feature detection that doesn't rely on other technologies, and works even if JavaScript is disabled. Browser support ... Unfortunately as with so many cool technologies, there is the issue of browser...
I would like to provide an outline of (mt) Media Temple’s virtual server hosting. This is a review that aims to present essential aspects of their DV Managed and DV Developer hosting services. DV Developer is the answer to every web developer’s dreams ... DV Developer works exclusively with Linux, and is crafted especially for seasoned developers, who are basically left to their own devices and unencumbered in the process of creating everything from scratch. And true enough, as far as software...
Everyone is talking about HTML5 games and how they are the future of mobile gaming, but where do you start? What is it you need to do to create a game? In short the answer is actually "not much", everything that I will be using in todays tutorial I've already covered in various different guises in my previous tutorials. We'll be using only pure JavaScript and CSS in this tutorial and the images I've used are from the PlanetCute image pack from Daniel Cook Apologies in advance, but this is a fairly length tutorial....
There are plenty of applications, resources or services out there that can help make your life as a web designer easier. I've used many different ones over the years, and there are some I keep coming back to. This is a personal list, and I would love to hear about any alternatives that you've found useful too! Task Management ... One of the most important things in your life (both personal and professional) is your time. There is a finite amount of it and keeping track of what you have to do and by when is vital....
The release of HTML5 introduced native Drag and Drop functionality to modern web-browsers. This means it is now possible to have movable elements on screen without the aid of frameworks like jQuery. This week we'll be taking advantage of the drag and drop functionality to create a basic shopping cart. The basic functionality we'll cover, will be adding an item to the cart and if it already exists updating the quantity and totals. Getting Started ... The first thing we'll need is a basic structure for...