Short note on the accessibility of styled form controls

Styling and accessibility are often at odds with each other. Scott O’Hara has this repo that shows how the two can work really well together in the context of form controls.

The trade-offs between native and styled controls reminds me of Eric Bailey’s case study on focus styles:

A common misconception is that the focus style can only use the outline property. It’s worth noting that :focus is a selector like any other, meaning that it accepts the full …

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Getting Started With JavaScript (And How It Compares to PHP)

JavaScript has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. There’s a growing need for WordPress developers to “learn JavaScript deeply.” However, making the switch from PHP can seem overwhelming at first glance. In our opinion, even if PHP is your only programming language, you should find the switch to JavaScript comfortable …
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Copper: The Customer-Centric CRM

Are you tired of your CRM? Or are you looking at CRM options, but just don’t know where to start? Do you want a tool that helps you connect to customers in a more authentic way? A strong customer relationship management system is less about records and data and more about a tool that can […]
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3D Typography: An Inspiring Design Trend

An injection of realism can take a design project to the next level. With so many VR and realistic style effects gaining popularity, it is no surprise that 3D typography is part of this design trend. Three-dimensional typography has extra depth and can be a great display option. While 3D type isn’t necessarily made for […]
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Let’s make a form that puts current location to use in a map!

I love shopping online. I can find what I need and get most things for a decent price. I am Nigerian currently working and studying in India, and two things I dread when shopping online are:

  1. Filling out a credit card form
  2. Filling out shipping and billing address forms

Maybe I’m just lazy, but these things are not without challenges! For the first one, thanks to payment processing services like PayPal and e-wallets, I neither have to type in my …

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Solving the Five Most Frequent WordPress Issues

WordPress is by far one of the most popular content management systems due to its flexibility and simplicity of use. In fact, it now powers over 30 percent of the web. However, like any other platform, it can have its problems. Here are the five biggest issues users deal with and how to solve them. …
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How Voice Search Will Impact SEO in the Future

In the world of search, the voice is an emerging trend and of course, something that should we should keep an eye on. Google algorithms change once or twice in a day. But rarely do we experience major ranking fluctuations in it. Those are actually the updates marketers are concerned about. We’re going to get …
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Using data in React with the Fetch API and axios

If you are new to React, and perhaps have only played with building to-do and counter apps, you may not yet have run across a need to pull in data for your app. There will likely come a time when you’ll need to do this, as React apps are most well suited for situations where you’re handling both data and state.

The first set of data you may need to handle might be hard-coded into your React application, like we …

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10+ Beautiful Letterpress Business Cards

Designing business cards can be tricky because it’s always difficult to make one which stands out from the hundreds of others in circulation! Letterpress definitely brings a new dimension to business cards. If you are looking to have a few printed, here’s a range of catchy letterpress designs for inspiration. The idea of adding depth […]
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