How To Customize Your Error Pages: A Beginner Web Dev Project (Part 1: Back-End Basics)
PART 1: Back-End Basics. Tutorial: Rebrand your error pages, learn intro web dev, make your first live app (Redo all your customized error pages using one page of code).
Cover: HTML, CSS, Accessibility, Responsive Design (with Media Breakpoints), and Refactoring.
Star Rating Checkbox Form Input, HTML & CSS Only +Server PHP Submit File
Here’s a star rating component using only HTML & CSS, with checkbox inputs that look like stars. Plus: a PHP server file to submit the form to for testing.
Try this for NPM Build Setup Errors in Your Local WordPress Development Environment
I wanted to automate rebuilds in my local WordPress dev environment. But the NPM build command was only producing errors like “wp-scripts is not recognized as an internal or external command.” Try adding this line to your Package.json file to fix it.
How To: Install Porn-Blocker OpenDNS (Does Not Work in IPv6 Router Mode)
I set my router and devices to resolve to “Family Shield” by OpenDNS to block offensive content from getting through the wi-fi router. Here’s how to set it up, get the dashboard and actual blocking to work, and what I learned about IPv6 incompatibility.
WordPress Plugin: Add Abbreviation Tags from Gutenberg Blocks
I made a Wordpress plugin to inject < abbr > HTML tags around selected text with one click from the Gutenberg Blocks Toolbar menu.
Fix: MS Word Table Text Icons have White Background
Fix an issue where text icons in a Word table export to PDF with opaque backgrounds.
The Unsubtle Tactic of Inserting F*ck into a Book Title
Audible doesn’t publish audio versions of every book that’s published. But it does seem to publish every book with an f-word in the title.
UI/UX Design: Energy Utility Controls Console, Prototype made in Adobe XD
GUI design prototype of equipment controls for an imaginary utility company. Made in Adobe XD with artboard and links discussion.
Digitizing a Hand-Drawn Logo Scan
Plus: Branding Iterations, Biz Card Design Tips, & Opinion on URLs in Print Marketing
“Extreme Cleanup” owner Nestor knew what he wanted the startup company’s logo to look like. So he drew, scanned, emailed it, & I turned it into a vectorized graphic.
Corona Brand & Logo Parody Graphic
How To: Parodying a favorite beer brand’s label to be a personalized graphic.
[UX/UI] Best User Experience for Finding New Music? YouTube.
On why I like using a certain app to find new music: It’s the best input-to-output User Experience!
2 Good Movies: Annihilation & Downsizing
I think we can all agree: “Big Momma’s House 2” is the best movie of every year.
Hole.io – is 100% Possible? Watch me play the Pirate Islands World
I like “Process-Oriented Completionist” games. Like hole.io. Watch The Most Satisfying Gameplay Ever.
Info Sys Planning Analogy: DFD (Data Flow Diagram) vs. Use Cases Only
My Animated (gif) Analogy comparing 2 information systems planning documentation scenarios: Detailed Use Cases (text only) vs. Casual Use Cases + Data Flow Diagrams (graphical).
WordPress AMP: Inject Adsense Auto Ads & Google Tags from Child Theme
How to inject Adsense “Auto Ads For AMP” & Google Tag Manager (GTM) into WordPress AMP Pages from your Child Theme’s functions.php file.