There are some excellent resources on the CSS property shape-outside that should be studied to understand how it works and how you can use it. This new property now enjoys a lot of browser support and it’s something you can generally apply without worrying about how it looks in non-supported environments, so it’s good to …
Rochen WordPress migration tips
If you’re moving your WordPress sites to Rochen hosting, here are some potentially useful tips if you’re doing things manually. First I recommend using All-in-One WordPress Migration plugin to export your existing sites into an export file. This plugin is very smooth with large packages, but does come with a maximum size limit before you …
Shape-outside and transparent PNGs troubleshooting tips
Shape-outside is a revelatory addition to CSS, allowing designers to creatively bend text around shapes and since Firefox version 62 it enjoys over 80% browser support. There are several excellent resources on applying shape-outside but not that many articles demo the ability to use transparent PNGs. I was having trouble getting it to work initially, …
WordPress and Vue Guides and Resources
Vue is a very attractive framework for building interfaces that has rapidly become an alternative to other popular tools like React & Angular. It’s lean, it’s fast and it’s actually fun to use while making code easier to read and reason with. It’s beginner friendly while also providing every foundation needed to build out the …
Configuring RxDB for Nuxt+Electron using SQLITE3
RxDB is a tool for setting up a reactive database which in turn uses PouchDB, which in turn offers a variety of adapters that can build different types of databases with solutions like indexeddb and websql. It wasn’t altogether clear to me whether it would work nicely in an Electron app, and a nuxt.js driven …
Advanced Guides & Resources Dealing with the Customizer API in WordPress
The customizer is one of the newest and most fast developing areas in WordPress. It’s also one of the tougher APIs to code for because there are a lot of moving parts and to get the most out of it you really need to be proficient with the javascript based API as well as the …
How to commit an existing local project into Bitbucket with SourceTree
If you decide you want to commit a project you have hosted on your machine into BitBucket and you’re using Sourcetree to manage it, you’ll find that there is no straightforward way to do that. When you try to create a new Repo inside Sourcetree, it demands that the project starts in a new, empty …
Why anybody doing computer work should use gaming equipment
The many benefits of hotkeys I’ve always been keen on hotkeys as they help you get stuff done faster as well reduce the amount of friction you get from having to do repetitive operations. It’s a huge time saver. These wins you get with hotkeys also compound over time to make those few seconds saved per …
My NBA Season 2015-2016 Predictions
Just for fun! Rookie of the Year: Emmanuel Mudiay MVP: Harden Finals: Warriors – Bulls, Warriors win Standings prediction: Warriors 63 wins. Same team as last year, when they were far and away the best team. All of their young core players now have championship experience Oklahoma 60 wins. A fresh coaching philosophy to go with …
Sneak peak of new code snippet plugin for WordPress
Writing code examples inside the WordPress editor is a lousy experience with most plugins. Most of them involve writing down shortcodes, using clunky input dialogs and messing with spacing because tab functionality doesn’t work properly. Syntax highlighter implementations also tend to be onerous, they are often clunky and bloaty and load too much stuff. In fact I …