A Word on Minimalism

There were many good discussions on what is minimalism during the past years, , and yet it is quite a confuse notion. It is often described by expressions such as “less is more”, “bare essentials”, and, more specifically, “white space” or “typocentric design”. It is presented as a trend in every article summarizing the next

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Dynamic headings for the blog title

In this text I’ll present a little snippet  which allows to dynamically asign h1/h2 tags to the title of a WordPress blog, depending on the type of page. The code is very simple and intuitive and makes use of conditional tags. A story about headings Once upon a time, when I started blogging, there was

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How to easily change the widgets’ markup

When it comes to validation, one of the most challenging areas of a blog is the sidebar. For a HTML newbie, it isn’t always self-evident that a li tag must be nested inside of a ul or ol tag. Or the default markup for the widgets is

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24 online newspapers font stacks

In this article, I’ll present 24 font stacks used by major online newspapers based in United States and in France. I’ll compare the American and European typography under this respect and, hopefully, I’ll get to some conclusion. What are font stacks Font stacks are lists of font family names; they live in stylesheets; their members

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WordPress 2.8 for theme authors

This post is a mere draft. For the last couple of hours I’ve been reading some of the wp 2.8 beta 2 fliles and I finally decided to make a list of the features that are bound blow theme authors’ minds. 1. Theme installtion from within the admin area The analogue feature was available for

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This website was made by Delicia, who is deeply in love with WordPress. It is built on a 30x20px module, with Georgia and Helvetica/Arial. The design is the result of many years she spent reading Wittgenstein.