The upgrade from Twitter’s Bootstrap 2 to Bootstrap 3 was not painless. The current 3.2.0. release will give you some insights for the coming v4 release of Bootstrap. The 3.2.0. already adds some new things such as the responsive utility classes now have variants for diferents CSS display property values. The most important change till
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Bootstrap 3.2.0 and Shrinkwrap
When running npm install with the latest 3.2.0. release of Bootstrap I found the following error: Loading “Gruntfile.js” tasks…ERROR >> AssertionError: args.type is required Warning: Task “dist” not found. Use –force to continue. This issue can be solved by running the grunt update-shrinkwrap task just after npm install. With version 3.2.0. Booststrap switch to the
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WordPress: How to reverse the comment order with paged comments
In the settings panel of the WordPress Dashboard you will find the Discussion Settings. These settings enable you to create paged comments. You can set the top level comments per page, if you want to show the first or last page by default and if the oldest or newest comments should be shown on the
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A11Y Buttons
The JBST WordPress Theme meets WordPress.org’s Accessibility Guidelines. I think accessibility support is important. Recently i got a e-mail from Nick, Co-founder of HKC radio. Nick told me JBST default navbar buttons don’t have a label or title. The login button has a title when logged in, but when not logged in the button only
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Brand Your New WordPress Website in 10 Minutes
If you need a WordPress Website quick (or you are lazy) and you already have a house style or at least a logo, than this tutorial is all you need to brand your WordPress website. If you don’t have a logo yet, you can order one at Jamedo Logo or simply use a picture that
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Send an invoice automatically with WooCommerce 2.x
The Question: “WooCommerce only sends invoice when triggered in the Dashboard. How to send these invoice automatically?”. Stackexchange.com WordPress Development does not allow WooCommerce questions any more. That is why i post the answer for this question here. Add an action to your woocommerce_order_status_completed_notification or woocommerce_order_status_pending_to_processing_notification in functions.php: function sendinvoice($orderid) { $email = new WC_Email_Customer_Invoice();
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WordPress theming, the comment_form() call, and the power of Less
When preparing the upload of the next version of JBST to wordpress.org I found the usage of comment_form(). The documentation of comment_form() can be found at Function Reference/comment form. The documentation of comment_form() doesn’t explain why you should have to use this comment_form() call instead of code your comment form’s HTML directly into your comments.php
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Adding a background gradient to Bootstrap’s navbar with Less
When writing a book about Less and have to answer a question about adding a background gradient to JBST’s navbar the answer was found easy. Bootstrap’s navbar is styled with two CSS classes the .navbar class sets it’s structure while the .navbar-default or .navbar-inverse classes add colors and other styling. Bootstrap’s mixins contain also mixin
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WordPress and PageSpeed Insights
Today i tested my WordPress Theme on Google’s PageSpeed Insights. The result was a little disapointing. The Desktop version scored above 90 out of 100, but the mobile version scored around 80. Based on Google’s suggestions i searched for some solutions. Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content Due to my own plugin Wp
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Integrate LESS in JBST WordPress Theme
The WP LESS plugin offers a good opportunity to integrate LESS in your WordPress theme. How does this fit JBST? First i try to set the requirements. JBST is based on Twitter’s Bootstrap, so we will have the option to update Twitter’s Bootstrap without changing any custom setting or extensions. JBST WordPress Theme can be
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