javascript

15.12.2019

"Static" Comments with Gulp, Hugo & Netlify

“Static” comments…? Working for friends and family is always quite a bit of an extra challenge, as “no” generally doesn’t count. That’s probably how I ended up looking for what I’ll call “‘static’ comments” for now. Sounds weird at first, but refers to comments (= dynamically added feedback/discussion) within the context and technical limitations of a static website. There’s a fair amount of “out of the box” 3rd party services you can use, an overview can be found in the Hugo Docs . [...]

12.12.2018

jQuery Multiselect Filter

Filter requirements I spent quite some time working on a friend’s portfolio website recently. She wanted to get rid of some sort of hosted service, moving to her own website. Showcasing her work was clearly the focus of the site, so it also needed to provide some decent filtering of the portfolio items. The site itself was supposed to be built with Hugo that already provides a ton of functionality in terms of taxonomy and content metadata. [...]

03.09.2018

Using CSS Variables in Internet Explorer

Using CSS variables CSS variables (see: w3schools.com ) make working with stylesheets easier, no doubt about that. Defining a color, a breakpoint or even a font-family globally, makes changes easier and almost completely eliminates the copy/paste and the find/replace cycle when it comes to updates in your CSS. Now, having to support Internet Explorer 11 and below with your CSS makes this a little less exciting, as it simply doesn’t support CSS variables at all. [...]