Web Development

WordPress using wrong template after AJAX loading
A tricky problem with my AJAX-search function. Wordpress decided to use front-page.php for loading extra AJAX-content. The problem was that this styled the content in a different way than I needed. After identifying the root of the problem (which takes time!), I looked around for a neat solution. What I came up with was overriding ...
PHP, Wordpress
Meteor
I played around with meteor yesterday and I have mixed feelings. First of all, I was impressed that the whole plaform (it is not just a framework but an end-to-end development platform for all devices and browsers that matter because of the power of JavaScript). It worked out of the box on my Windows machine ...
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Javascript
jQuery UI style hack
Some of us still use jQuery UI :) In fact, it wasn't too bad, is still supported by all modern browsers, and performs reasonably well on mobile. There is one issue: the graphics look horribly 2010. jQuery UI offers a user interface to cherrypick your own CSS (it's great and kind of works: look at ...
CSS, Quick Tips
Weekly changing random number
Simple task: How do we generate a random number that automatically changes every certain period of time. Of course, we use the week number when calculating the random number. Also, we have to cache a "large integer" that will not change until the end of the week to get a deterministic random-enough number. The result ...
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PHP, Wordpress
More.less
@base: 663333; @complement1: spin(@base, 180); @complement2: darken(spin(@base, 180), 5%); @lighten1: lighten(@base, 15%); @lighten2: lighten(@base, 30%); @lighter1: lighten(spin(@base, 5), 10%); @lighter2: lighten(spin(@base, 10), 20%); @darker1: darken(spin(@base, -5), 10%); @darker2: darken(spin(@base, -10), 20%); .opacity (@opacity: 0.5) { -webkit-opacity: @opacity; -moz-opacity: @opacity; opacity: @opacity; } .border-radius (@radius: 5px) { -webkit-border-radius: @radius; -moz-border-radius: @radius; border-radius: @radius; } ...
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CSS, Web Development