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  • December 23, 2024
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An easier dark mode

Four day ago, I wrote about “The prefers-color-scheme media query” and how to use it to create a dark mode for your browser. Today, I’m telling you: you might not even need it. Hm, but how do we get a … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 22, 2024
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Get CSS styles using JavaScript

You should usually use each of the basic web technologies for their main purposes: HTML for the markup, CSS for the styles and JavaScript for additional interactivity. But sometimes, those things cross into each other. There might be cases, in … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 19, 2024
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The prefers-color-scheme media query

Today I want to talk about something, many of you probably like a lot: dark modes! Or more specifically, how to switch the color scheme to dark mode, if visitors prefer it. I do use it for my IDE and … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 15, 2024
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Better readability with reduce transparency

Today, I want to write about a CSS feature, that is still experimental. But it can make a difference for users who have difficulties reading text on transparent elements. On many websites, you will find some elements that place text … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 13, 2024
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Simulate preferences in the browser

Before we get into some topics in the advent calendar, we need to learn about a browser feature. Therefore, I have changed the order of my planned topics on debugging a bit to have this one earlier. In some of … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 11, 2024
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Nested CSS without preprocessors

I don’t know when I’ve started using Sass but. My first blog post on that topic dates back to 2012. There are many features I love Sass for, and one of them is nesting. What is nesting in Sass A … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 7, 2024
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Smooth scrolling using CSS

More than 9 years ago, I wrote a (German only) blog post about how to “improve JavaScript with scroll event handlers”. Back in the days, people would use a plugin like “WP-Smooth-Scroll” (it’s still around, but hasn’t been updated in … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 3, 2024
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How to fix sticky headers

You all know these websites with a sticky header, right? They have a horizontal navigation at the top, often with the site logo on the left – which is also often way too big, so not too many navigation items … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 4, 2022
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The “text-underline-offset” and other lesser known CSS properties for links

Working for a larger agency has many benefits. One of them is that you work with people, that know a lot more about many things then you do. I usually read commits from my colleagues to see how they do … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • February 13, 2022
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How to enqueue scripts and styles effectively

When using custom JavaScript and CSS files, you usually use the wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enqueue_style() functions. If not, please start doing so. Using them is really easy, but when it comes to effective usage, there are some little things to keep … Read more →

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