Archive by tag 'I discovered a few tools for extending CSS while reading the comments to Different Ways to Format CSS on CSS Tricks: LESS — “LESS extends CSS with: variables, mixins, operations and nested rules. Best of all, LESS uses existing CSS syntax. This means you can rename your current .css files to .less and they’ll just [...]
Posts Tagged ‘css’
Giving Credit Where Credit’s Due
Mike Davidson describes his design signature in a recent post. I realized then how much I like his link styling. Bold font weight Dotted underline that becomes solid when hovered over Gray text for visited links Mike, I hope you consider this flattery instead of theft.
CSS-Free for Annual Naked Day
Blogan.net is turning off its styling for April 9, 2008. To learn why, visit the Annual Naked Day website. Stripping courtesy of Aja’s CSS Naked Day plugin for WordPress blogs.
Twitter Updates With Custom Bullets
I received a private message on the K2 Support Forum asking how I did my Twitter Updates with a Twitter icon (example). Because others might be interested, here’s how I did it: Download and install Twitter Tools in your plugins folder. Go to Manage > Categories and create a category to be used only by [...]
Web Cheat Sheets
Lorelle maintains links to cheat sheets on HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, ASCII, and other acronymed topics. Incredibly useful! ___ Hat tip: WP Bits.
K2 Three Columns, Both Sidebars on the Right, Part II
The latest nightly (v378) of the K2 theme for WordPress (which blogan.net currently uses) changes the CSS selectors for a triple column layout from sidebar-dual to columns-three. Blogan.net now uses the following CSS in its custom CSS file to display both sidebars display on the right:
Google Maps Plugin Works for K2 Theme in Internet Explorer and Firefox
Update: If you don’t see maps, it’s likely that I disabled the Google Maps Plugin. Google now offers much the same functionality without the slowdown on every page load, regardless whether there’s a map on the page. Also, the funny stuff needed for CSS files is now built into the latest versions of K2. Finally, [...]
K2, Three Columns, Both Sidebars on the Right
I think I figured out how to put both sidebars on the right using the WordPress K2 theme. I tell all at the K2 support forum. Updated: Please see my more recent post on this topic.
Google Maps Plugin Works with WordPress K2 Theme
Please see my later post on this topic. Thanks to the help on the kaytwo Google Code forum, the Googlemaps plugin now works with the K2 theme on blogan.net. Update: Argh! It appears to work only with Firefox. Time for debugging… Update 2: Okay, I lied. I didn’t delete the offending line, I had changed [...]
