Just finished doing the Presentation notes for the upcoming December 6th CSS meetup, and here is the inside scoop. There are so many very good CSS Apps and Learning resources, we shall have to tailor the presentation to attendees interests and needs. In anticipation of that let us take a look at some of the […]
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For many WordPress Developers the attraction of WordPress is great UI design tools with No Coding Required. But within the last year that promise has changed to “Some Coding Required” with the emergence of Gutenberg FSE and new ThemeBuilders like BreakDance, BricksBuilder, Elementor Pro, and OxygenBuilder, All of these tools are now using advanced CSS
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As always we start off with a look at some CSS Help Tips and Tutorial Resources which will be reviewed with special attention to attendees recommendations for CSS websites chock full of at the start of the Meetup. This is aalways a helpful start off point into the CSS World. So without further todo –
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3 years ago we we did a meetup presentation on WordPress Page Styling which highlighted changes in WordPress Page Design. The big underlying trend was the rapid standardization of new CSS features in the top 5-6 desktop and mobile browsers. WordPress vendors in turn took advantage of these CSS styling techniques in 4 ways: 1- adding animation,
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From the meetup on Methods for Fixing up Gutenberg Editor’s Styling Problems there came a 4 step plan. First was to use the Classic Editor for posts and pages that did not need extensive styling – fast, easy-to-use, and ever more capable with Advanced TinyMCE plugin[See our upcoming free Meetup – Classic Editor Hot Tips
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Wouldn’t you know it, you set a free Meetup for Tuesday March 15th all about WordPress CSS Tips and Tricks – and then two major WordPress software developers, Elementor and Brainstorm Force, annouce that theyare shifting to flexbox framework for all of their basic layout routines. So much a commitment that Elementor has decided to
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10 months ago there were very few signs of 3rd party add-on blocks for the Gutenberg editor. But now there is a feast of add-ons just in Time for WordCamp Toronto 2018 plus the imminent arrival of WordPress 5 Final Release. And two of the Gutenberg Add-on blocks, Caxton and kadence, have solved the Multi-columns
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For WordCamp 2018 the Organizing Committee decided to do a survey of the Toronto WordPress Group Members on what topics they would like covered in the 2018 Toronto WordCamp coming December 1st. There are over 2300 members and here is a write up about the real challenge posed in processing the survey. 36 topics were suggested
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The principal problem confronting Web Developers is the exponential rate of change in the IT industry. There is simply not enough time to check out all the JavaScript tools especially given the underling tools are changing so fast. No more so than in JavaScript UI programming arena where there are literally dozens of frameworks, plugins
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Okay what is a WordPress SiteBuilder? Shhh don’t tell anyone but this is the potent combo of a Multilayout Theme [think free Astra, Generate Press, OceanWP] with a top-end PageBuilder [like the free BeaverBuilder lite, Elementor or VisualComposer.io] These combo tools have created a new category of WordPress Frontend UI development- the WordPress SiteBuilder. This
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Now let us be clear, WordPress themes and plugins have been operating in Z-index space for many years. Sliders, animations, and popup modals have been on the WordPress UI scene placing images and objects above a web page. Also think of tabs, accordions, gallery lightboxes, and background hero images revealed in parallax glimpses. But with
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It started with Beaver Builder creating its add-on Beaver Themer last year. What Beaver Themer does is allow developers and users to takeover creating the header and footer area of any page, post or custom post. Here is how Beaver Builder spotlights its theme building add-on: Beaver Themer works with Beaver Theme plus a small
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CSS Hero 3 has added its latest version to the very competitive WordPress CSS IDE Styler market. Two other tools, Yellow Pencil and MicroThemer also vie for user’s allegiance. Here is CSS Hero 3 in action: The scene is a Gutenberg test post edited on the left and then styled by CSS Hero 3 on
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Have you ever had the problem that you just can’t seem to correct the CSS on one of your WordPress websites? Your browser’s Inspect command can get you started towards isolating the right CSS and stylesheet to change to correct the errant style. But the Inspect command will only allow you to temporarily test CSS
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