While no substitute to testing responsive layouts on an actual device, this bookmarklet is great for initial and ongoing testing. This one is a little better than others by not only resizing, but also for…
The one thing that makes developing in a local environment hard is keeping databases synced. This (paid) plugin for WordPress can do it right from one admin screen to another, and can migrate the entire…
After all these years, behold a pale shingle. Is this the coming of legitimacy? Perhaps only if we weren’t legitimate before. Wink wink. A big thanks to Susan at Park City Signs for making this…
I rarely (never) post anything relevant to Facebook. No status updates, no conversations, no images. Nearly everything I post is a link to something else. Why? I prefer to own my content, controlling how and…
Looking to add a background strikethrough effect, perhaps for headers like we do here on Spigot? Look no further. // Markup <h2 class=”strikethrough”><span>My Awesome Headline</span></h2> // CSS .strikethrough { font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 45px;…
Since switching from LESS to Sass I’ve been excited to learn how Sass makes responsive web design easier with @content blocks and @media mixins. During a recent project I was interested to know if these…
Looking to replace a navigation item with an icon font in WordPress? This little snippet placed in functions.php will do just that: add_filter( ‘wp_nav_menu’, ‘my_page_menu_link_names’ ); function my_page_menu_link_names( $menu ) { $menu = str_replace( ‘Your…
While I have yet to get my hands on either an iPad or Macbook Pro with a retina display, it’s clear that high resolution screens will be the standard in coming years. As such it’s…
When developing a custom theme I often find myself needing to know exactly what template WordPress is currently using to display the page. I used to simply write some dummy text directly into the file…
You know you should be using strong passwords for every account, but how are you supposed to remember them? And even if you did remember a strong password, would it be secure if you used…