There have been many eureka moments while developing my CSS "framework" (called CSS Blade). The first came when I decided to separate the modules into "classless" and "class-lite". That worked beautifully. The class-lite modules came together really well, I am proud to say. While I did not...
Reminder, here's what my classless form icons look like: I wanted a really simple pure HTML mock up with the CSS doing the work – and without using any classes at all. Just plain semantic HTML. The only class being used is the icon itself. I used the Font Awesome (v4.7.0) library in its default...
A lot easier than I thought. Icons on the left, icons on the right. And completely classless. I'm going to post the HTML code I expected to work. Tomorrow I will post the actual CSS. I have a bit of cleanup work to do (I use borders to give me visual clues for debugging purposes). Before I post...
A comment to start: watching the status of Classless and Class-light frameworks ... nice to see some major progress in this area. One Class-light framework has gone a bit too far though. The Class-light should not venture too far into the 12-grid mindset. Keep in mind that the 12-grid framework came...
I still can't figure it out. Why, why does anyone use kitchen sink CSS frameworks? The worst of them all is Bulma. It's now at version 1.0.4 and has increased in size – again. Unminified it is 747Kb (minified it is 663Kb). There's always someone that will come to the rescue and explain this piece...
Imagine, if you will, feeling a bit of numbness around your mouth. Go to the mirror and the shock of your life. Half of your face is drooping, your lower eye is a gap from the eye socket. Your eyebrow is hanging down, and you have no creases left anywhere on that side of your face. Try to get a...
I talked about this in a previous article ... writing your own CSS framework is not the greatest idea. It's always better to find something "close" to what you want and modify that. There are a ton of CSS frameworks floating around in every possible category you can think of. I ended up deciding to...
I was diagnosed with diabetes back in early 2011. Then came a diagnosis of Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis in September of the same year. That came about as a result of losing 112 lbs in roughly 4 1/2 months. I had been visiting the emergency department of our local hospital at least every two...
A Google search led to an AI answer: "In the context of CB2 receptors, an antagonist is a substance that binds to the receptor and blocks or inhibits its normal function, preventing activation by endocannabinoids or other agonists". An antagonist, then, is a trigger. One of the best "antagonist"...
There's an old joke that goes something like this: Q. How do you eat an elephant? A. One piece at a time. It's a joke, of course, but a lesson too. Break things down to small pieces. It's a lot easier that way. A navbar is the same. When you look at the HTML and the CSS as a whole, it's a...