Step by step guide with code snippets to load a JSON using AJAX in 9 easy steps with a fun and apt project, considering the political climate.
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Sharing what I learn as I build WordPress websites for companies and organizations.
How to build a Wikipedia search app using Javascript
Step by step guide with code snippets to building a Wikipedia search app using Javascript and Wikipedia API to get the results from Wikipedia onto the app.
How to wrap text around custom shapes using CSS
With the introduction of CSS shapes, It has become easier than ever to wrap text around custom shapes like circle, ellipse, polygon. Let me show you how you can use this approach with some challenging layouts.
How to add drop caps to your website content
A guide to what is a drop cap, why use it, examples of sites that have used drop caps creatively. And four ways you can add drop caps to your website with pros and cons of each and code snippets.
The best parts of WordCamp Sacramento
WordCamp Sacramento has become the weekend-get-away tradition in our family for the last two years. As I hopped into our car after a power-packed final session on SEO, my son asked. “So mom, What was the best part of your conference?” On our 2 hr drive back home, I started pondering about the things that I… Continue reading The best parts of WordCamp Sacramento
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
This book is an introduction to the KonMari Method, a storage and tidying method advocated by Marie Kondo, a Japanese organizing consultant.
A touch-friendly and responsive navigation menu
Code snippet to show how I created a touch friendly and responsive navigation menu that functions well on tablets, iPads and other touch sensitive devices, done for a startup client.
How to create a shadow box effect using css
By using negative z-index, pseudo elements and borders of very similar shades of a color, here is a simple and easy way to add a shadow box effect to your web page, with no images.
A learning lifecycle map for Cisco
A simple and interesting lifecycle image map for Cisco business page, using jQuery and CSS.
A simple price calculator using javascript
Code snippet and steps to create a simple price calculator prototype done for a client, that calculates the pricing based on multiple products with different product pricing and shipping and handling costs for various states.
An animated product description donut using jQuery
Code snippet and steps to create create a donut for a client to represent the four pillars of their product description model. with animations on hover.
How to load JSON on button click
Code snippet and steps to load a JSON file with the speaker details on the click of a button. This was a prototype of a page done on a clients website.