CSS Tricks

Quick Hit #16

Geoff Graham |
“Never, ever hire for JavaScript framework skills. Instead, interview and hire only for fundamentals like web standards, accessibility, modern CSS, semantic HTML, and Web Components.” — Alex Russell… Quick Hit #16 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You sh... read more

Quick Hit #15

Geoff Graham |
Almost missed that the WP Twenty Twenty-Five theme was approved a couple weeks ago.… Quick Hit #15 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter. ... read more

Quick Hit #14

Geoff Graham |
Inclusive Design 24 is in 8 short days — and it’s FREE, no sign-up required!… Quick Hit #14 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter. ... read more

Another Stab at Truncated Text

Geoff Graham |
Seems like we’re always talking about clipping text around here. All it takes is a little browsing to spot a bunch of things we’ve already explored. Article on Sep 19, 2012 Multi-line Text Overflow Ellipsis accessibility content truncation ... read more

CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-08-21)

Juan Diego Rodríguez |
View Transitions are one of the most awesome features CSS has shipped in recent times. Its title is self-explanatory: transitions between views are possible with just CSS, even across pages of the same origin! What’s more interesting is its … CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-08-21) originally published... read more

Paragraphs

Geoff Graham |
I sure do love little reminders about HTML semantics, particularly semantics that are tougher to commit to memory. Scott has a great one, beginning with this markup: <pI am a paragraph.</p<spanI am also a paragraph.</span<div … Paragraphs originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is... read more

Shipping Tumblr and WordPress

Geoff Graham |
Didya see that Tumblr is getting a WordPress makeover? And it’s not a trivial move: This won’t be easy. Tumblr hosts over half a billion blogs. We’re talking about one of the largest technical migrations in internet history. Some … Shipping Tumblr and WordPress originally published on CSS-Trick... read more

The “Other” C in CSS

Geoff Graham |
I think it’s worth listening to anything Sara Soueidan has to say. That’s especially true if she’s speaking at an event for the first time in four years, which was the case when she took the stage at CSS Day … The “Other” C in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOce... read more

Introducing <skelly-wc>

Geoff Graham |
I created a little library at work to make those “skeleton screens” that I’m not sure anyone likes. […] We named it skellyCSS because… skeletons and CSS, I guess. We still aren’t even really using it very much, but it … Introducing <skelly-wc> originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is ... read more

Useful Tools for Creating AVIF Images

Sunkanmi Fafowora |
AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is a modern image file format specification for storing images that offer a much more significant file reduction when compared to other formats like JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WebP. Version 1.0.0 of the AVIF specification … Useful Tools for Creating AVIF Images originally pub... read more