How to Build a News Website Layout with Flexbox

What You’ll Be Creating It’s not necessary to understand every aspect of Flexbox before you can jump in and get started. In this tutorial, we’re going to introduce a few features of Flexbox whilst designing a “news layout” like the one you can find on The Guardian. The reason we’re using Flexbox is that it… Continue reading How to Build a News Website Layout with Flexbox

Placemat – Some Pretty Nice Placeholder Nouns for Sites

Placemat got some pretty nice placeholder nouns for your site. The three current endpoints are https://placem.at/people, https://placem.at/places, and https://placem.at/things. Any one of those will actually give you a valid image back on its own, but you probably want to do something a little bit fancier. The good news is that all three endpoints accept the… Continue reading Placemat – Some Pretty Nice Placeholder Nouns for Sites

How to Make Floating Input Labels With HTML5 Validation

TL;DR Replace your JavaScript validation with HTML5 validation. It’s easier than you think, and gives you a ton of markup and styling control. Try this demo: What We’re Doing Here So you need to validate a form. You do the right thing and start with server-side validation. Then, if you’re a good web-designer, you add… Continue reading How to Make Floating Input Labels With HTML5 Validation