How to use wildcards with CSS selectors
The examples below show how to use wildcards in your CSS selectors. To use a selector you need to take advantage of the attribute selector, for example div[attribute='property']. The attribute…
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Is CloudFlare Pro worth getting?
CloudFlare is a popular service that speeds up websites by managing the websites DNS and routing traffic to a visitors closest cache of static content, such as images, CSS files and…
jQuery – How to get element text without child elements
The following jQuery script shows how to get the text from an element, without getting the text from any child elements. For example, if you have a label that contains…
Why CloudFlare’s flexible SSL is really bad
Back in 2014 CloudFlare, a CDN provider, announced free universal SSL for all their users. Which sounds pretty awesome, especially when you can sign up and use it on their…
How to make two column list items using basic CSS
The following CSS can be used to make HTML listed items use two or more columns. For example, Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Becomes this,…
Redirect non-www traffic to www address
Advertising website addresses without the 'www.' is a growing trend. It's smaller, concise and gives the domain name the first bit of attention. However not all websites are prepared to…
tabindex is not the enemy – when and why to use tabindex in your online forms
The tabindex attribute defines the navigation order for focusable elements such as links and form fields in a web page. The tabindex attribute is added to HTML elements, as in…
htaccess rule to force Internet Explorer to use the latest version
The following htaccess rule can be used to force Internet Explorer to display your website using the latest version. This should resolve Internet Explorer rendering your website in an older…
WCAG Colour Contrast Analyser
If you're assessing a design or a website for WCAG colour contrast compliance the Colour Contrast Analyser tool is for you. This tool allows you to pick any colour being…