In my article on custom rich-text-editor (RTE) styles in SharePoint 2010, I noted that while it’s easy to add styles, or to wipe out all the default styles and replace them with your own, it’s not easy to modify the list of default styles — Remove a few but keep...
Read more
About: Steven Ray
I've been an information designer of one sort or another -- print, web and combinations -- for 20 years. As a member of the Creative Services team at Avtex, I design and build interfaces for websites and applications. I go from initial concept through working wireframes to final storyboards, then help build the real thing with SharePoint, Wordpress, CSS, HTML, jQuery and PHP.
Recent Posts by Steven Ray
Customize a WordPress RSS feed
Several versions of WordPress ago, the platform had an annoying problem. While it was great at producing RSS feeds, it was lousy at parsing them. Developers had to rely on third-party RSS feed software or roll their own. Now, though, WordPress has a built in feed-grabbing function that makes it...
Read more
CSS: Weird inline-block behavior
In CSS, inline-block is an odd animal — neither inline, nor block. Further, it comes with its own set of rendering rules that can sometimes lead to unexpected results. Take the following example: http://jsfiddle.net/aSzaE/ We have three nearly identical rows. Each consists of two inline-block divs sitting next to each...
Read more
Displaying links alphabetically in columns
As a developer, I’m often asked to display a dynamic list of links based on page types. For example, a pet store may have a page for each type of pet it sells, and they would like a landing page that automatically displays links to all those pages. I’ve created...
Read more
Bug fix: putting a background image on a table row
I came across this bug today, and the solution was difficult enough to find that I thought I’d share. The problem If you put a background image on a table row, it works fine in Firefox and modern versions of IE. But in Chrome, the image ends up being applied...
Read more
Recent Comments by Steven Ray
- February 7, 2013 on Creating dynamic HTML e-mail templates in WordPress
- January 31, 2013 on Turning radio buttons into pictures
- January 7, 2013 on Dynamic, asynchronous country and state dropdowns
- December 18, 2012 on Custom text styles for Sharepoint Rich Text Editors
- November 28, 2012 on Cross-browser, CSS-only modal box
