Dev Notes.
This is where I write about neat things I've built and learned. I may also throw in some tips and tricks from time to time.
March 06, 2024
Create a sitemap.xml for Your SvelteKit Website
In this post we'll go over creating a simple sitemap.xml in SvelteKit.
February 27, 2024
Build a Modal Component with Svelte
This post walks through building a simple modal component in Svelte. This modal component is the same modal I use on this website.
February 12, 2024
Adding Tailwind CSS to Your Shopify Theme
This post walks through the process of setting up Tailwind CSS in a Shopify Theme and running multiple terminal commands at once using Concurrently.
January 09, 2024
A List of Resources for Website Assets
A helpful list of resources for icons and stock images.
December 31, 2023
How to Trap Focus Inside a Modal to Make it Accessible for All Users
When a user has a modal open they should be confined to that modal until they decide to leave it, including when navigating the modal with a keyboard.
December 27, 2023
Fade in Elements as They Come Into View
Fading content in as it comes into view is a nice effect you can add to your website to enhance your users experience. Learn how to add this to your website.
December 25, 2023
How to Turn on Kid Mode on your iPhone
Learn how to enable kid mode on your iPhone so you can let your kids watch videos or play games on your iPhone without worrying about them calling 911.
December 23, 2023
Build a Custom Datepicker with Svelte
This post walks through building a basic datepicker using Svelte. This is a great starting point for building a more complex datepicker.
December 06, 2023
Block Specified WordPress Plugins from Receiving Updates
This code can be placed in your theme's functions.php to prevent the specified WordPress plugins from getting updated.
November 17, 2023
I Built a Game Called Flipping Bananas
I built a game called Flipping Bananas. It's a puzzle game with similarities to Minesweeper and Picross. Flip over cards to find bananas, but beware of Spike the Dog!
July 31, 2023
Run JavaScript Function Once a Condition is Met
A simple snippet that runs a function continuously until a condition is met. Once the condition is met it executes some code and the interval is cleared.
July 26, 2023
Require Double Clicking cmd+q to Quit Applications on macOS
Add a script that requires clicking cmd+q twice to quit applications on macOS. Never accidentally quit an application when you only wanted to close a tab again.
July 24, 2023
Add Custom Rewrite Rules to WordPress
Add custom rewrite rules to WordPress to replace a query string for a user profile page with a pretty url path.
July 21, 2023
How to Properly Hide an Element with CSS
You may think hiding elements with CSS is trivial but there actually is an incorrect way of doing it, and you've probably done it. I know I have.
June 23, 2023
Useful WP-CLI Commands
This code can be placed in your theme's functions.php to prevent the specified WordPress plugins from getting updated.
June 23, 2023
Magento 2.4.6 Bug: Could not validate a connection to Elasticsearch
Fix "Could not validate a connection to Elasticsearch. No alive nodes found in your cluster" error in Magento 2
June 13, 2023
Use PHP to delete all WooCommerce customers with zero orders
An easy way to delete all users in WooCommerce that haven't made any orders.
June 07, 2023
Getting New SHiFT Codes via SMS
Borderlands is one of my favorite game franchises. To make sure I never miss out on a SHiFT code, I created a solution that will send me a text any time a new code is released.