Responsive Development – Less Framework 4
Today’s code snippet is a vital piece of rapid development. We all know that if we want to work quickly, we need to have a toolbox with our default start code. The files we start out with are very important if your trying to work efficiently. I wanted to take the time today to gather your attention on Less Framework 4. Less Framework is a grid system for designing adaptive layouts and includes a css reset. I have started using this as my default go to start for any new primary css files.
Obfuscate email addresses
Spam is a problem and we know putting email addresses on websites are not the best way to prevent it. This snippet will help keep those spam bots from violating your bubbles. First lets write out the short code in our themes function.php:
CSS Multi-Browser Support
We can all complain and yell about IE or the lack of cross browser support. The fact remains that we all have one thing in common, we still conform to the rules. The rules are to make your work look as good as possible in all browsers. Most of us just check whatever versions of Chrome, FireFox, and IE we have available to us. Versions are very commonly overlooked. As you can see by the screen shot I used as the featured image, you can see that version numbers are VERY important.
Use CSS To Control The Way A Link Is Displayed Based On The Type Of Link
I never thought I would see the day. The logic built into CSS is freaking amazing. Here we are using CSS to control links based on what the links are. For example, if you want all links going to anything that starts with http:// to be blink and blink, but links going to an internal .pdf file to be pink and fluffy, you can. Automatically. Here is the sample of all that is great about CSS slapping you right in the face!!! Do something!
Add a tripple click event in JQuery
Hey guys, I found this gem sitting at css-tricks.com. I thought it would be an especially great time to let this one out of the bag. As a developer, I like to leave little things behind. Things that I do not wish to show everyone, but maybe a secret page or something like that. The tripple click event is perfect for that.
Automatic Copyright Text
Ok, so this one is pretty easy, but it is something that is overlooked by a LOT of folks. If you don’t want to think about updating the one thing that doesn’t need to be edited on your site, like ever. Then make use of this snippet.
Sending an email from an Android App
Welcome to code snippet fridays at AlienDev.com. This week I am giving you a code snippet that can be utilized in a few ways. Sending an email from a program is sometimes very important. Especially if your app has data displayed.
Create Thumbnail of an image in Java
For those of you that are playing with Java lately. I know I have been. This is a great little snippet to keep around. This will take a image, and create a thumbnail from it. How cool is that?