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Working With Multiple CSS Anchors and Popovers Inside the WordPress Loop

I know, super niche, but it could be any loop, really. The challenge is having multiple tooltips on the same page that make use of the Popover API for toggling goodness and CSS Anchor Positioning for attaching a tooltip to its respective anchor element. Working With Multiple CSS Anchors and Popovers Inside the WordPress Loop originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...

Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Motion Highlights #2

A curated selection of the latest motion design and animation trends to keep you inspired and in the loop.

Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Rendering the Simulation Theory: Exploring Fractals, GLSL, and the Nature of Reality

An exploration of fractals, GLSL, and simulation theory, revealing their deep connections to art, mathematics, and the nature of reality.

Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

AI-Assisted Coding for iOS Development: CursorAI and Upcoming Swift Assist

Discover how AI tools like CursorAI are transforming iOS development, with practical tips and real-world examples for balancing AI assistance with developer expertise. Continue reading AI-Assisted Coding for iOS Development: CursorAI and Upcoming Swift Assist on SitePoint.

Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source: SitePoint favicon SitePoint

Meeting European Accessibility Act (EAA) Standards: A Developer’s Checklist

Ensure your digital products meet the EAA standards before the June 2025 deadline. This guide provides a practical checklist for developers to audit, fix, and maintain accessibility compliance while improving user experience. Continue reading Meeting European Accessibility Act (EAA) Standards: A Developer’s Checklist on SitePoint.

Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source: SitePoint favicon SitePoint

The What If Machine: Bringing the β€œIffy” Future of CSS into the Present

My thesis for today's article offers further reassurance that inline conditionals are probably not the harbinger of the end of civilization: I reckon we can achieve the same functionality right now with style queries, which are gaining pretty good browser support. The What If Machine: Bringing the β€œIffy” Future of CSS into the Present originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You...

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Implementing a Dissolve Effect with Shaders and Particles in Three.js

Learn how to create an emissive dissolve effect, a popular technique in games for smoothly fading or transforming objects.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

10 Common Web Development Mistakes to Avoid Right Now

Discover the top 10 common web development mistakes that can hurt your site’s performance, user experience, and SEO. Continue reading 10 Common Web Development Mistakes to Avoid Right Now on SitePoint.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: SitePoint favicon SitePoint

Best Payment Gateways in France for 2025

Discover the best payment gateways in France for 2025. Explore top payment methods and solutions to choose the best online payment service for your business! Continue reading Best Payment Gateways in France for 2025 on SitePoint.

Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source: SitePoint favicon SitePoint

Handwriting an SVG Heart, With Our Hearts

A while back on CSS-Tricks, we shared several ways to draw hearts, and the response was dreamy. Now, to show my love, I wanted to do something personal, something crafty, something with a mild amount of effort. Handwriting an SVG Heart, With Our Hearts originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: February 14, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Launching Interop 2025

Interop 2025 continues the mission to make the web more consistent across browsers, building on 2024’s 95% interoperability score. This year, 19 focus areas target key developer needs and long-standing issues, including WebRTC improvements, Storage Access API, and CSS Zoom. The post Launching Interop 2025 appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.

Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source: Mozilla Hacks favicon Mozilla Hacks

Designer Spotlight: Jhosue Mesias

Exploring the art of digital design with Jhosue Mesiasβ€”pushing boundaries, crafting experiences, and redefining creativity.

Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Scroll Driven Animations Notebook

Adam’s such a mad scientist with CSS. He’s been putting together a series of β€œnotebooks” that make it easy for him to demo code. He’s got one for gradient text, one for a comparison slider, another for accordions… Scroll Driven Animations Notebook originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Interop 2025: another year of web platform improvements

Discover the features included in Interop 2025.

Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source: WebDev Blog favicon WebDev Blog

Typecasting and Viewport Transitions in CSS WithΒ tan(atan2())

We’ve been able to get the length of the viewport in CSS since…checks notes…2013! Surprisingly, that was more than a decade ago. Getting the viewport width is as easy these days as easy as writing100vw, but … Typecasting and Viewport Transitions in CSS Withtan(atan2()) originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: February 12, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Building Efficient Three.js Scenes: Optimize Performance While Maintaining Quality

A comprehensive look at how to optimize Three.js scenes using Fiber, Drei, and advanced tools, ensuring smooth performance while retaining high-quality visuals.

Published on: February 11, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Creating My First Game Prototype in a Browser: The Journey So Far

An inside look at the creative process, challenges, and tools behind building a 3D game prototype from scratch.

Published on: February 10, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Organizing Design System Component Patterns With CSS Cascade Layers

I enjoy organizing code and find cascade layers a fantastic way to organize code explicitly as the cascade looks at it. The neat part is, that as much as it helps with "top-level" organization, cascade layers can be nested, which allows us to author more precise styles based on the cascade and inheritance. Organizing Design System Component Patterns With CSS Cascade Layers originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is...

Published on: February 10, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Make Any File a Template Using This Hidden macOS Tool

Stationery Pad is a handy way to nix a step in your workflow if you regularly use document templates on your Mac. The long-standing Finder feature essentially tells a file’s parent application to open a copy of it by default, ensuring that the original file remains unedited. Make Any File a Template Using This Hidden macOS Tool originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...

Published on: February 10, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

How I Created A Popular WordPress Theme And Coined The Term β€œHero Section” (WithoutΒ Realizing It)

In 2013, Marcel Moerkens was working on Brooklyn, his WordPress theme, and he needed a way to make it stand out from the pack of other WordPress themes. Little did he know that the intro section he called a β€œHero” would become one of the most recognizable patterns in web design today. Here’s how the idea came to life and how it changed everything.

Published on: February 10, 2025 | Source: Smashing Magazine favicon Smashing Magazine

Developer Spotlight: Guillaume Lanier

Introducing Guillaume Lanier, a Creative & Frontend Developer based in Amsterdam, who crafts immersive digital experiences through innovative 2D/3D graphics and interactive design.

Published on: February 07, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

The Popover API is now Baseline Newly available

Why we thought popover was in Baseline last year, and how we're using data to improve understanding of interoperability.

Published on: February 07, 2025 | Source: WebDev Blog favicon WebDev Blog

Container query units: cqi and cqb

A little gem from Kevin Powell's "HTML & CSS Tip of the Week" website, reminding us that using container queries opens up container query units for sizing things based on the size of the queried container. Container query units: cqi and cqb originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: February 06, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Building a Playful Stop-Motion Crayon Cursor in p5.js

Create a playful stop-motion crayon cursor effect with p5.brush.js and smooth animations.

Published on: February 06, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Baseline Status in a WordPress Block

The steps for how I took the Baseline Status web component and made it into a WordPress block that can be used on any page of post. Baseline Status in a WordPress Block originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: February 05, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Players Club: A Free Astro Template for Showcasing Music Artists

Players Club is a free Astro template for showcasing music artistsβ€”an experimental proof of concept built in collaboration with Alex Tkachev.

Published on: February 05, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

How to Make The Fluffiest Grass With Three.js

A breakdown of the best techniques to create realistic grass in Three.js without killing performance.

Published on: February 04, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Compiling CSS With Vite and Lightning CSS

Are partials the only thing keeping you writing CSS in Sass? With a little configuration, it's possible to compile partial CSS files without a Sass dependency. Ryan Trimble has the details. Compiling CSS With Vite and Lightning CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: February 03, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Building an On-Scroll 3D Circle Text Animation with Three.js and Shaders

Learn how to create a circular text animation in 3D space using Three.js, shaders, and msdf-text-utils.

Published on: February 03, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

Nim: A Personal Website Template Built with Motion-Primitives

Nim is a free, open-source personal website template built with Next.js 15, React 19, Tailwind CSS v4, and Motion-Primitives, featuring subtle, pre-built animations.

Published on: February 01, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops

CSS scrollbar-color and scrollbar-gutter are Baseline Newly available

CSS scrollbar-color and scrollbar-gutter have landed in all major browser engines, making it Baseline Newly available.

Published on: February 01, 2025 | Source: WebDev Blog favicon WebDev Blog

CSS scrollbar-gutter and scrollbar-width are Baseline Newly available

CSS scrollbar-gutter and scrollbar-width have landed in all major browser engines, making it Baseline Newly available.

Published on: February 01, 2025 | Source: WebDev Blog favicon WebDev Blog

Chrome 133 Goodies

Did you see the release notes for Chrome 133? It's currently in beta, but the Chrome team has been publishing a slew of new articles with pretty incredible demos that are tough to ignore. I figured I'd round those up in one place. Chrome 133 Goodies originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Keeping the page interactive while a View Transition is running

When using View Transitions you’ll notice the page becomes unresponsive to clicks while a View Transition is running. […] This happens because of the::view-transitionpseudo element – the one that contains all animated snapshots – gets overlayed on top … Keeping the page interactive while a View Transition is running originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Developer Spotlight: Quentin HocdΓ©

In this spotlight, Quentin HocdΓ© shares his passion for creative coding, animations, and bringing interactive experiences to life.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Codrops favicon Codrops