Contributing design to open source
I contributed a logo design to an open source Python library. Learn more about my experience and how you can contribute too.
Getting started with Jigsaw
Get started with this amazing static site generator, based on the Blade templating engine from Laravel.
Don’t design your emails
I just came across a post from 2016, about why you shouldn’t design your email campaigns. This probably doesn’t apply to all situations and industries, but I know for a fact that many clients pay for lots of hours of crafting, debugging and testing custom templates that aren’t really worth the time. Link: Don’t Design… Read more Don’t design your emails
UIkit – a lightweight and modular front-end framework
A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces. I’ve been contributing to a project where this little UI framework is used, and it’s pretty cool. Check it out: UIkit
Updating Laravel Homestead
Recently I needed to update my Homestead VM to a more recent version, because I needed to run PHP 7.2. While you can just update PHP on a current Homestead instance, I was using a very old Homestead version and wanted to update it. Moreover, I wanted to make sure I could do that in… Read more Updating Laravel Homestead
Enjoyable WordPress theming with Timber (and ACF)
I was thinking of doing an in-depth tutorial on Timber. A few days since I started a draft, CSS-Tricks published “Timber and Twig Reignited My Love for WordPress“, which is a great read. However, I decided to push some of it live because this plugin deserves more love. I’ve built a lot of WordPress sites. Recently, it has become… Read more Enjoyable WordPress theming with Timber (and ACF)
Loop list in batches using Twig (or plain PHP)
Recently I had to loop through a series of elements in a WordPress template (thanks Timber), which happened to be using Bootstrap. If you ever used Bootstrap, you are familiar with the following markup: View the code on Gist. The problem here is very common. You have to: Loop every 3/4/n items. Insert a separator or… Read more Loop list in batches using Twig (or plain PHP)
How to fix: MySQL not starting on MAMP (Pro)
I recently had to install MAMP Pro, in order to do some separate work from my Laravel Homestead VM. After a weird Mac crash, MAMP would no longer start the MySQL server. This was the data from the logs: To fix this, go to MAMP, File > Edit Template > MySQL > [version] and add the line… Read more How to fix: MySQL not starting on MAMP (Pro)
Open a chromeless browser
Today I saw a tweet from Das Surma, where it shows how you can open a chromeless Google Chrome browser. Like this: How to Open Terminal app type open -n -a ‘Google Chrome’ –args “–app=[URL]” where [URL] is something like http://google.com Done! If you’re curious about what those flags do, -n “Open a new instance of… Read more Open a chromeless browser
Use only grid system (or other component) from Bootstrap
PSA: You don’t need to add the whole Bootstrap code and a zillion dependencies and plugins just because it’s easier to use col-md-3 than hacking some CSS to float a few divs. Use the link below to download a customized version of Bootstrap. Need the Grid System? Perhaps the pretty Glyphycons or tooltips? This has you covered:… Read more Use only grid system (or other component) from Bootstrap