development tools
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
September 6, 2013
Increase upload file size on Media Temple (dv)
Are you having trouble increasing the maximum allowed file upload size on a site hosted on a Media Temple (dv) server? You've probably come…
January 30, 2013
Strikethrough without images
Looking to add a background strikethrough effect, perhaps for headers like we do here on Spigot? Look no further. // Markup <h2 class="strikethrough"><span>My Awesome…
January 15, 2013
Nested retina media queries with Sass
Since switching from LESS to Sass I've been excited to learn how Sass makes responsive web design easier with @content blocks and @media mixins.…
November 22, 2011
Text only StumbleUpon Stumble Link
After adding a text-based Facebook link to the site, it's seemed a sensible idea to add a similar text-only link for StumbleUpon. For WordPress,…
November 17, 2011
Faux Crop any size image with CSS
Here's a quick tip on how to crop any sized image through CSS and an extra div. This technique comes in very handy when…
November 8, 2011
Text only Facebook Share link
If you love sharing your posts on Facebook (and by gosh who doesn't?) but don't like the look of the standard share buttons, here's…
June 15, 2011
Don’t Minify on the Fly
In the name of speeding up your site you may hear that minifying your CSS is both awesome and easy. I'll agree that it's…
April 26, 2010
Fontsquirrel.com saves @font-face
Note: This post is a continutation of Sorry Typekit, you’re unusable (for now). With the launch of the new spigot17.spigotdev.com/ site I was very…
April 22, 2010
Webkit { background: transparent;} bug
I'm a Huuuuge fan of the Webkit Open Source Project. It's the engine behind Safari, Apple's browser for both OS X and Windows. If…
April 13, 2010
Sorry Typekit, you’re unusable (for now)
With the launch of the new site I decided to try once again to give @font-face another try. I've been disappointed in the past…