Pro Blog DesignRSSTwitterFacebookEmailHustle HQWordPressDesignPHPCSSJavaScriptUsabilityReviewsSitemapRight or Wrong, Open Source Needs Opinionated LeadersOn Wed 23rd Jan |In Other |By Michael Martin17        There is a lot of debate going on right now in the WordPress world about the WordPress Foundation barring all ThemeForest/CodeCanyon (Envato really) authors from speaking at WordCamp events.I don’t want to rehash the argument here; the best place to get it is in the original post, and the comments on it.Instead, I want to make a different point: Regardless of whether he is right or not, it’s good for WordPress that Matt makes these bold choices.Read More »Authenticate Your Twitter API Calls Before MarchOn Mon 21st Jan |In WordPress |By Michael Martin12On the 5th of March, Twitter is going to retire version 1 of its API. The replacement, version 1.1 is very similar, but with one major difference; every single call must be authenticated.This means that come March, your existing API calls will break; including simple things like displaying tweets on your site. To fix this, you need to move to the new v1.1 API, and authenticate with Twitter.Read More »All About Cubic Bezier Curves & TransitionsOn Mon 14th Jan |In Coding |By Michael Martin4In the last post, we looked at the basics of CSS transitions, including how to use easing to control how your animation flows. In this post, I want to look deeper at a very powerful easing feature; cubic bezier curves.In short, they let you define exactly what path your animation will take, and thanks to some awesome community tools, they are extremely easy to use (No maths required at all). This gives you total flexibility with your transitions.One of the best tools is the free Cubic-Bezier.com by Lea Verou. It lets you make new curves and see them in action just by dragging the handles. We’ll use it for all of the demos in this post, and it’s well worth a bookmark!Read More »Get Started With CSS3 Transitions TodayOn Mon 7th Jan |In Coding |By Michael Martin2Transitions (basic animations) are one of the most popular additions in CSS3, and one of the easiest to implement for big gains on your site.A transition is simply an animation from one set of CSS properties to another. So for example; whilst before you may have had links with blue text, which suddenly turned orange when you hovered on them, you would now replace that sudden jump with a more graceful animation.In this post, we’ll look at the basic syntax, step through some examples, and finally take a brief look at current browser support.Read More »
How to Add a “Reading Mode” to Your Posts
On Wed 25th Jul |
In WordPress |
By Michael Martin
57
In this post, I will show you a simple way to add a distraction-free “Reading Mode” to your blog. You can see the end result on this Reading Mode demo site (Click the highlighted “Reading Mode” link).
The purpose of adding a