Author: Jacob Martella
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Looking at the Digital Shopfront CMS Repository
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Continue Reading: Looking at the Digital Shopfront CMS RepositoryAs work continues on creating Digital Shopfront CMS, I wanted to take a moment to explain the repository structure. So let’s dive into why I chose GitLab over GitHub and how the project is set up.
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What I’ve Learned with Laravel After a Few Months
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Continue Reading: What I’ve Learned with Laravel After a Few MonthsBecause of *gestures wildly* everything going on in the WordPress landscape, I’ve started taking a look at the web development world outside of WordPress. And I think I’ve fallen in love with Laravel. It’s reignited my passion for web development and reminded me of why I got into web dev in the first place.
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Why I’m Leaving WordPress
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Continue Reading: Why I’m Leaving WordPressThis is a blog post that’s honestly a half-year in the making and probably a couple of months too late, but here it goes anyway. I’m leaving WordPress. Well … mostly leaving WordPress, but we’ll get to the last surviving thread of WP connectivity at the end of this post. But yeah, with all of…
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Introducing Digital Shopfront Content Management System
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Continue Reading: Introducing Digital Shopfront Content Management SystemI’m building a new content management system. What started out as sort of a crazy idea I had while driving to the Great Smoky Mountains last fall is starting to turn into a real thing. Here’s what I’m planning with Digital Shopfront CMS.
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How to Add Alternative Text to Your Photos on Social Media
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Continue Reading: How to Add Alternative Text to Your Photos on Social MediaSocial media is a great place to share your photos. But in our rush to share our cool photos, we very often miss one crucial step: adding alternative text. So here’s how to add alt text to your photos on social media.
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Redesigning My Personal Website
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Continue Reading: Redesigning My Personal WebsiteAs a web designer and developer, there’s always a temptation to redesign your personal website. So, since it’s been over a year since I last redesigned this site, I think it’s time to redo this website again. Here’s the plan for the redesign.
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A Look Back at 2024 and Looking Forward to 2025
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Continue Reading: A Look Back at 2024 and Looking Forward to 2025Welcome to 2025! It’s that time of the year when people reflect on what happened in the past year and plan out what they hope to accomplish in the next year. So here’s what I’m hoping to accomplish this year.
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Sports You Should Watch During the 2024 Summer Olympics
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Continue Reading: Sports You Should Watch During the 2024 Summer OlympicsThe Summer Olympics are finally here. If you want to watch something other than the generic sports NBC thinks you want to watch, here are other sports to check out during the 2024 games.
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My Experience with Creating an Onboarding Sequence for the Crosswinds Framework
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Continue Reading: My Experience with Creating an Onboarding Sequence for the Crosswinds FrameworkIn addition to creating a new settings screen, the latest release of the Crosswinds Framework also saw an onboarding sequence added for anyone who is using the Crosswinds Blocks plugin and one of the Crosswinds Framework themes. Here’s how I built the Crosswinds Framework Onboarding Wizard.
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How I Created the New Crosswinds Framework Settings Screen
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Continue Reading: How I Created the New Crosswinds Framework Settings ScreenThe start of May brought the version 1.2 release of the Crosswinds Blocks plugin and with it came a new settings screen. Here’s how I was able to build the new settings screen using React.