PinnedMember-onlyAltering content based on the date using JavaScriptWhen you work for a company that sells things, you’re going to end up building landing pages that have sale prices or bonus points that are based on a date range. At first, we were coding and scheduling separate code blocks based on the dates. But! …Javacript2 min readJavacript2 min read
May 16, 2020Member-only7 tips for taking the train across Western Canada(The Canadian by Via Rail) In the summer of 2019 I took the VIA Rail train from Vancouver to Toronto, also known as The Canadian. After flying to Vancouver I spent a couple hours in the Museum of Vancouver and walking along False Creek. …Trains7 min readTrains7 min read
May 10, 2020Member-onlyRebuilding my happiness(this post was originally written 4 years ago but never published) After a couple days of random melt downs due mainly to shock and lack of understanding, I decided that I was done with it. I had to move on. …Happiness2 min readHappiness2 min read
Apr 16, 2018Member-onlyDifferent GEOs = Different $$ = JS for a fixWe build marketing landing pages for hot topic books and these landing pages can appear in different countries; sometimes it’s just CA and US, other times AU, NZ, and UK as well, and the fun fact about that is the book price is never the same. Sometimes the book cover…Marketing2 min readMarketing2 min read
Apr 6, 2017Member-onlyMore on This & SiblingsI’m obsessed with this, now that I understand how to better use it to my advantage. I’m even more obsessed with using it with it’s siblings. I wrote a blog post the first time I tried this and siblings on my portfolio website, here, but I’m back with an update…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Nov 20, 2016Member-onlyThis and their siblingsThat’s my skills section on my website. I like it but I wanted to add some hover effects to it, and yes I know I can do this in CSS but I wanted the colours to blend from one to another to a third. I also wanted the titles for…CSS2 min readCSS2 min read
Nov 2, 2016Member-onlyHow to add a Custom Theme Logo in WordPressI’m writing this after I realized that the Codex only gives you half the steps and not really in that great of detail for people new to WordPress. This is what the Codex gives you: Step 1: Open your function.php file in your theme folder and locate this line: add_theme_support( 'custom-logo' ); …Web Development2 min readWeb Development2 min read
Oct 27, 2016Member-onlyAdding Multiple Values to Radio ButtonsLast week, on Wednesday, we hit the half way point for the bootcamp. We also started working with APIs. And continued working with JavaScript. For my project, I wanted to use the LCBO API to sort out what beer people should take camping based on the chocolate type. But I…JavaScript2 min readJavaScript2 min read
Oct 10, 2016Accessibility & Hidden TextWhen I was looking for the way to edit title attributes I came across an article about how the title text is often seen as helpful for people that use screen readers but that it actually isn’t. Screen readers skip title text. They also skip display none items. This week…Accessibility2 min readAccessibility2 min read
Oct 1, 2016Member-onlyHow to make unsaved Sublime files stand outIt’s Saturday morning and I am playing Flexbox Froggy at HackerYou, sitting with two other students. I am stuck on the last level, which is proving that I am still not fully understanding flexbox. I want to go back to floats. Theoretically flexbox is supposed to be better than floats…Web Development3 min readWeb Development3 min read
