Not Just a Pretty Face: How to design and build a cross-CMS CSS framework

MVC, which stands for Model-View-Controller, is a popular methodology used by modern PHP frameworks to separate the presentation (HTML) from the data and logic of an application. In this talk you’ll learn how to write plugins “the MVC way” while still doing things “the WordPress way.”

This document is a roadmap for web development created by Google DSC at King Abdulaziz University. It outlines sections for front-end development, back-end development, and design. Each section lists languages and tools to learn along with estimated timeframes and links to resources. The roadmap recommends spending 20% of time on crash courses, 30% applying knowledge, and 50% building projects. It aims to guide learners through a structured plan to become full-stack web developers.

This document summarizes the history and development of the Bootstrap theme for Moodle. It discusses how the theme was originally developed during a Moodle conference by several developers. The Bootstrap theme was later adopted into the Moodle core as the "bootstrapbase" theme in version 2.5. The theme allows other themes like "Clean" to be built upon it. It provides templates and styles based on the Twitter Bootstrap framework to help developers create interfaces without design skills. Future development of the Bootstrap theme for Moodle includes improved styling for editors, accordion layouts, course progress indicators, and search functionality.

This document discusses techniques for caching web applications to improve page speed. It covers using OPcache and APC for opcode caching, setting expiration headers with mod_expires, using a key-value store like Redis for database query caching, and reverse proxy caching with HTTP proxies. The document provides tips for caching like starting early, overwriting cache when possible, caching reusable elements, and automating caching processes.

This document contains notes from a WordCamp KOBE 2011 talk given by Takuro Hishikawa on WordPress theme development. It discusses WordPress template tags and functions like get_template_part(), query_posts(), and loop templates. Examples of themes like TwentyTen, TwentyEleven, Toolbox, HTML5Reset, and NCWhite are mentioned. Resources for WordPress theme development documentation and examples are provided.

This document discusses tools and techniques for making CSS and website development faster. It introduces CSS preprocessors like LESS and SCSS that compile into regular CSS. It also covers responsive front-end frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation that provide pre-built components for faster site building. Additional tips covered include icon sets, grid systems, responsive design, and techniques for building beautiful sites.

This talk was given by Nicolas Barbé, Magnolia, and William Paoli, Atlassian, at Magnolia Conference 2015 in Foster City, California. The recommended development process for Magnolia is based on a Java stack and its ecosystem. It provides the best foundations to customize the back-end or create new content applications. However, implementing a new template or modifying an existing theme with standard front-end practices can be a challenging task. In this talk, William and Nicolas describe how Atlassian, the creator of JIRA and Confluence, has built a modern front-end development workflow with Magnolia. How they decouple the back-end and front-end release process to deliver incremental changes to the user.

This document discusses using HTML/CSS in WordPress themes. It recommends using the Underscores starter theme to reduce time and effort. The Underscores theme provides default pages and structures that save developer hours. Key theme files like functions.php, header.php and footer.php are outlined. Styling elements with style.css is also covered. Child themes are recommended over directly modifying themes to avoid issues with updates. The document concludes with a practical example of creating a custom template file to build homepage slices directly in WordPress.

Responsive Web Design uses CSS3 media queries to make websites work well on different devices by adapting the layout. It has benefits like a single codebase that works across screen sizes, and better user experience. Drawbacks include more complexity in development and testing. Popular frameworks like Bootstrap use a grid system and components to help developers quickly build interfaces that work responsively.

This document provides an overview of WordPress plugin development. It discusses what WordPress plugins are and their uses. It then outlines important considerations for developing a plugin such as drawing a roadmap, choosing a unique name, file structure, coding standards, database usage, security, extensibility, translations, and distribution options. The goal is to help developers create effective, secure, and sustainable WordPress plugins.

Underscores is a starter theme that can help build the next great WordPress theme without needing PHP or programming knowledge. Foundation 5 is a front-end framework that uses a mobile-first and responsive grid approach. It has new features like fast click, off canvas, GPU acceleration and interchange. Foundation 5 emphasizes building interfaces for mobile screens first before larger displays using a bottom-up approach.

This document introduces cryptography concepts like encryption, integrity protection, and digital signatures. It discusses how Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) implements cryptography to encrypt tokens and protect against CSRF attacks. Specifically, AEM uses JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to encapsulate tokens, signs them with an HMAC key for integrity, and includes the token in non-GET requests to prevent CSRF without requiring changes to application code or dependencies on server-side sessions. Developers do not need to handle the CSRF token explicitly in their JavaScript code.

This document discusses why front end developers are needed. It begins by defining what a front end developer is and outlines some of their typical duties, which include working on the user interface, accessibility, testing, multimedia, design, and optimization of the front end. It notes that while back end developers focus more on the server side, front end developers ensure the client-side code and experience are effective. The document also discusses some of the challenges of front end development like different browsers, mobile environments, and JavaScript frameworks. It emphasizes that user interface and design are important aspects that should not be an afterthought.

In this talk at WordCamp Mumbai 2017, I shared what we learnt when we were hacked. Common type of attacks, how to spot them, some free tools and some Do's & Don'ts. You can find link to demo video here https://youtu.be/ErpZreeM4Z4

The document discusses using HTML frameworks to help with web design. It notes some benefits of frameworks like providing a simple foundation to start, saving time, and capitalizing on good code. However, frameworks can sometimes result in less semantic or readable code, and the design and code may not be separate. Several popular frameworks are mentioned like HTML Framework, Blueprint, 960 Grid System, and HTML5 Boilerplate. The document encourages exploring these frameworks and using techniques like CSS libraries and clips to work faster when designing with frameworks.

This document discusses building custom blocks for WordPress and provides an overview of the process. It recommends that blocks be built as plugins and be self-contained components. It outlines the typical development and production setup, with source code in one directory and built files like minified scripts and stylesheets in another. The key steps are to make a plugin, set up the build process, build the block, and then use the block. Links to additional resources on the block editor and examples are also provided.

The web has evolved, and now it’s time our themes do the same. WP Rig is an evolution on the tried and true starter theme model: a modern build process and WordPress starter theme bundled together, created to simplify the process of building advanced, accessible, performant, progressive themes. WP Rig does the heavy lifting of optimization so developers can focus on what they do best: designing and building great user experiences. In this talk you’ll learn how to supercharge your theme development process with WP Rig.

The document discusses using CSS frameworks to speed up web development by avoiding having to repeatedly write CSS resets and layout code. It describes the Blueprint CSS framework, including how it provides a grid system, typography styles, and other components out of the box. The author explains how using a framework like Blueprint CSS can save significant time over building sites from scratch each time.

The document discusses a 5-step process for using a CSS grid framework called the 960 Grid System to design a website. Step 1 involves paper prototyping to define expectations. Step 2 is creating an unstyled semantic structure using the 960 Grid. Step 3 adds graphical elements in Photoshop. Step 4 finalizes production by slicing images and applying CSS. Step 5 focuses on testing across browsers before client delivery. Using this process and a CSS framework provides benefits like visual consistency and reduced cross-browser issues.

Continuous Integration gehört in den meisten Unternehmen mittlerweile zum guten Ton, oft aber nur mit Blick auf die Server-Seite. Dabei kommt heute keine Anwendung mehr ohne Frontend-Code aus. Dieser wird - gerade im Enterprise-Bereich - oft vernachlässigt. In diesem Vortrag wird ein CI-Setup mit Fokus auf das Frontend vorgestellt. Automatisierte Tests, Sourcecode Quality Management und andere typische Bestandteile sind für den Frontend-Code genauso wichtig wie für das Backend. Durch Asset-Optimierung kann die Performance, gerade für mobile Clients, deutlich gesteigert werden. Gezeigt werden Tools, Methoden und Best Practices für den Aufbau und die Umsetzung der Delivery-Pipeline. Zum Einsatz kommen dabei Grunt, ESLint, Mocha und Jenkins.

The document discusses replacing Photoshop comps with web-based comps and style guides for responsive design mockups. It outlines problems with using Photoshop, such as design changes being time-consuming and the inability to represent responsive designs. The document then presents the benefits of using web-based comps and style guides, such as allowing for realistic rendering and representation of responsive designs. It also describes a workflow for creating web-based style guides using tools like Markdown, Jinja templates, PhantomJS, CasperJS, and Dexy.

Structuring your CSS for maintainability: rules and guile lines to write CSS As you start work on larger stylesheets and big projects with a team, you will discover that maintaining a huge CSS file can be challenging. So, we will go through some best practices for writing CSS that will help us to maintain the CSS project easily.

A slightly modified version of the talk I first presented at Smashing Conference, now presented at Fronteers 2012. (http://fronteers.nl/congres/2012) Use of image editors for creating web design mockups has worked until now, but responsive design is forcing us to find alternatives, as we can't simply create more mockups as we design for more screens. Have no fear, there is at least one method of replacing Photoshop for web design. Let's take a look at one of the most important aspects of this method: the creation of clear, semi-automated, self-updating style guides.

If you’re building Oracle APEX applications, there’s a good chance that they are business-centric applications that will mostly be used by employees of your organization. The main goal of the user interface of these applications is to be functional and intuitive, not flashy and eccentric. Throw in the challenges of cross-browser compatibility and mobile support, and designing a user interface gets pretty complex. This session will outline some techniques and tools that can be applied when designing user interfaces for these business-centric applications. All solutions will be presented in a format that does not require advanced graphics design experience.

The document discusses CSS frameworks and grid-based design. It introduces CSS frameworks as sets of tools and best practices that abstract routine tasks into reusable modules. Grid-based design uses a grid system to organize content spatially on a page in a clear, meaningful way for users. The document examines specific CSS frameworks, Blueprint and 960gs, and discusses advantages and disadvantages of working with grids, including how grids can facilitate creativity but also impose restrictions. It also explores using the 960gs framework with the Drupal CMS.

All about CSS and its framework. This covered the most important CSS frameworks with their sample code and working.

The document discusses CSS frameworks, which aim to abstract routine CSS tasks into reusable modules. It covers the frustrations of CSS development like lack of code reuse. Popular frameworks like Blueprint, 960gs and CSS Scaffold are examined. Frameworks provide advantages like increased productivity but also have disadvantages like creating bloated code and design restrictions. In summary, frameworks can help speed up development and improve designs but are not perfect solutions and building your own comes with further complications.

This document provides an overview of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and why it is important for web design. It discusses the benefits of CSS, including improved portability across devices, increased download speeds, and easier site maintenance. The document then provides steps for getting started with CSS, including planning layouts with CSS in mind, using simple building blocks, and testing designs across browsers. The overall purpose is to convince readers of the business and design advantages of using CSS for websites.

This document provides an introduction to the CSS Masterclass course by Arkmont.com. It discusses what CSS is and how it is used to style web pages. It also covers different ways to add CSS to a page, including external, internal, and inline styles. Additionally, it explains CSS selectors like tags, classes, and IDs which are used to target specific HTML elements for styling. The document provides examples of CSS properties and values that are used to define styles.

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