Would You Use IntelliJ for a Simple HTML and CSS Website?
While a simple HTML and CSS site can be built with a text editor and a browser, a simple project like this is a good way to learn professional tools.
Category: Coding
What Is an API?
An API comes in when two programs have to share information. It makes sure that the receiving program can use what was sent, without getting into the sending program’s business.
How Large a Suitcase Do You Need for your Programming Variables?
Where to put data being moved or process is much like packing bags for a trip.
Understanding and Using Timestamps
What Is a Timestamp? A timestamp is a value that generally includes year, month, day, hour, minute and second and time zone. Timestamps can show up in quite a few formats. But, in each case, they are recording the specific time that something happened in a digital device. The key …
Case Study: How Do I Put that on my Website?
There is knowing how to do a few HTML code tweaks, and there is knowing where the control panel writers put the place to add the code. And sometimes, where it seems like it should go and where it actually goes takes you down the merry path of wasted time …
Case Study: Ohio Woodlands Learns a Little HTML
As a website developer, I take the path less chosen: if my clients want or need to learn how to code, I teach them how to code. When Website Systems Don’t Make it Easy to Add Pages Many website tools, such as WordPress and other Content Management Systems, make it …
Fix it Quick or Fix it Right?
There is a lot to love about the WordPress Kahuna theme. But, one of the things I don’t like is that the inside page titles are over the banner image. I can customize the code with a child theme, so it’s not a big problem. Or is it? The quick …
Does a Bad Website = A Bad Company?
A bad manager once told me, “Perception is everything.” This was a man who lied a lot … at someone else’s expense to benefit himself. One of the problems with websites is that they really don’t tell you whether a company is good or bad. The Path to the Boiled …
Case Study: Themes and a Mobile UX Problem
Mobile Friendly is more than just squishing the theme down to the size of a mobile device.
When Website Elements Push Each Other Around
When Website Elements Push Each Other Around There is only so much room in that circle … and there is only so much room on your website … and there is only so much room in your banner. Often, a website owner will request a design change that presents a …