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...
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Tag Archives: HTML
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...
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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...
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An example of SharePoint responsive design
We recently went live with a responsive retrofit of a complex SharePoint site: the website of Tennant Company. Their site looks like this at desktop resolution (click the image for a larger view): It looks like this on a small screen: You can see the responsive styles in action by...
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jQuery teaser animation
Today we’ll explore a jQuery-powered animation effect that you sometimes see: An object that moves across the screen, morphing into a fixed button when it reaches the opposite side of the browser window. Here’s an example. It’s certainly not a best practice from a UX point of view — most...
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