The Gutenberg Editor
Since I have just updated to WordPress 5, it seems appropriate to start investigate what changes do I need to keep in mind if I am to switch to Gutenberg.
Updating to WordPress 5.0
While I have been using WordPress 5 on my local test server for months, I still worried about possible breakage caused by an update. Anyway, if my Gentoo experiment is any indictment, then I should have come to the conclusion that “not updating your system” breaks the system worse than …
Switching Algorithm for Let’s Encrypt
Yesterday I received an email from Let’s Encrypt, the certificate provider I have been using and previously talked about in a previous post. The mail says: Your Let’s Encrypt client used ACME TLS-SNI-01 domain validation to issue a certificate in the past 60 days. Below is a list of names and …
SVG animation: a progress spinner
Now that I have an SVG image, that is, the site logo, it might be time to explore more ways to mess with SVG images. So, what if I want to create a “spinner” based on the site logo?
Creating optimized SVG with Inkscape
In the following few days, I will (hopefully) explore how to make interactive and animated SVG parts. There are a few goals behind this: To understand d3.js, one has to understand SVG first. I want to create a unique progress spinner component. Sadly, Inkscape does not seem to be a …
Print Style
Just realized that Kahuna has already included print style in their CSS, so that printed posts will be mostly black-on-white. It saves ink and promotes clarity. My CSS hacks had interfered with this and caused the printed pages to have a weird header. It has now been fixed.
Fixing the webfont kit
Anyone interested in typography will probably ask me this question: Why is there no ligature for “fi” in the site title, de finibus? And for some time I thought the answer was: “I would like to, but Adagio Serif does not come with one.” Which is completely wrong. Adagio Serif …
The Favicon, Part II
The first iteration of the site logo, or the favicon, has a few problems. It is monochrome black, meaning that it looks horrible on dark backgrounds. And for many situations, such as the favicon or an iOS/Android desktop shortcut, I cannot even control the background color. The two parts forming …
Reorganization
This is the first reorganization of posts on my blog. In the beginning, I said that I did not care about content organization, I just wanted to write something, and there are no intended readers at all. However, as of now I already have 17 posts, this post not included. …