I frequently need to Google for converters from named colours to convert them to their hexdecimal values – here’s a handy reference in case you need one too … { full article… }
My WordPress site was hacked, what now?
This still happens all too frequently and I am bombarded with notifications of failed login attempts, as hackers try to access any number of any of the WordPress sites I maintain, daily … this is the story of that one time – that one website that they managed to hack and the chaos that ensued as I wrestled with the consequences. { full article… }
How to respond to recruiters
Disable video autoplay on LinkedIn
LinkedIn (recently) included a feature that starts autoplaying videos on your timeline as you scroll then into view. In case you were wondering (as I was) how to prevent those annoying videos of/posted by Brett-you-know-who from autoplaying on your LinkedIn time line – wonder no more … { full article… }
If you reference W3Schools …
If you reference W3Schools as “spec” on stackoverflow, you are a bad person #justsaying
Separation of concerns in CSS
I recently started a process of refactoring all the front-end code at my full time gig. I have also been reading tons of articles relating to style guides and pattern libraries … and, subsequently, just about every article on the topic of OOCSS, SMACSS and Atomic Design and just realised again how poorly the code base I inherited was designed/architected. { full article… }
State of the blog address
So I’m moving house – well … not in the literal sense; I’m moving my hosting to Hetzner and am in the middle of the tedious process of backing up and migrating stuff … and, of course, I am easily distracted, so I look at some of the stuff that has been hosted with WebAfrica for the last 10 years or so – fucking LOL! { full article… }
Don’t feed your trolls
I was doing some research as part of the process for interviewing new candidates for a position at my day job today – as ever my first reference is an article (now slightly dated) by Chris Coyier on the topic. I have used this as a base for many interviews in the past, it’s really simple and aids in quickly disqualifying chancers. { full article… }
SEO experts not required
First off: I’ve been naughty – I haven’t been writing enough posts … it’s a combination of bloggers curse and a ton of work to do before I set off on a new adventure.
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Styling checkboxes – the CSS-only way (styling form fields – part 2)
In part 2 of my series of styling form fields using only CSS, we look at checkboxes. The approach and elements will be very similar to how we styled radio buttons – again we’ll be hiding the actual form element and focus on styling the label and adding some pseudo elements to achieve the desired effect …
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