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Getting Creative With Images in Long-Form Content
25 August 2025 @ 5:16 pm
Images in long-form content can (and often should) do more than illustrate. They help set the pace, influence how readers feel, and add character that words alone can’t always convey.
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3D Layered Text: Interactivity and Dynamicism
22 August 2025 @ 1:14 pm
In this third and final chapter, we’re stepping into interactivity by adding JavaScript, starting with a simple :hover effect, and ending with a fully responsive bulging text that follows your mouse in real time.
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3D Layered Text: Motion and Variations
20 August 2025 @ 1:54 pm
In this chapter, we will explore ways to animate the effect, add transitions, and play with different variations. We will look at how motion can enhance depth, and how subtle tweaks can create a whole new vibe.
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3D Layered Text: The Basics
18 August 2025 @ 1:46 pm
A client asked me to create a bulging text effect. With a bit of cleverness and some advanced CSS, I managed to get a result I’m genuinely proud of, which is covered in this three-part series.
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Covering hidden=until-found
15 August 2025 @ 12:55 pm
Short story: Slapping hidden=until-found on an element in HTML enables any hidden content within the element to be findable in the browser with in-page search.
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A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known
15 August 2025 @ 12:26 pm
It's easy to take URL superpowers for granted, even if you already have these patterns under your belt.
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On Accessibility Conformance, Design Systems, and CSS “Base” Units
14 August 2025 @ 1:10 pm
My brain can’t help but try to make connections between seemingly disparate ideas. And that’s what happened yesterday when I read:
Hidde’s “Can components conform to WCAG?”
Joas’s “Automating Design Systems”
Zell’s “We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative
…
On Accessibility Conformance, Design Systems, and CSS “Base” Units originally published on CSS-Tric
We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements”
13 August 2025 @ 1:24 pm
I've come to realize that perhaps we need to have a unit between root and relative values. This would bring about a whole new possibility when creating reusable components.
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CSS-Questions
12 August 2025 @ 3:02 pm
CSS-Questions is a mini site where you can test your CSS knowledge with over 100 questions.
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Getting Creative With Quotes
11 August 2025 @ 1:43 pm
How do you design block quotes and pull quotes to reflect a brand’s visual identity and help tell its story? Here’s how I do it by styling the HTML blockquote element using borders, decorative quote marks, custom shapes, and a few unexpected properties.
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