Working with Custom Post Fields in Custom Gutenberg Blocks.

Integrating Custom Post Fields with Gutenberg Blocks offers WordPress users a powerful method for extending the functionality and customization of their content creation process. Custom post fields, also known as post meta, provide a means to store additional data associated with posts or pages, while Gutenberg Blocks revolutionize content creation by introducing modular components. This …

The Unchanged Landscape of HTML Email Templates: A Decade Later

The Persistence of Tables in Email In the realm of web development, tables have largely fallen out of favor for layout purposes, replaced by more semantic and flexible techniques such as CSS Grid and Flexbox. However, in the world of HTML email templates, tables remain king. This is because tables offer a reliable way to …

Review of New Jerseys Top 10 Municipalities Websites

New Jersey is home to some of the largest and most diverse municipalities in the United States. From the bustling metropolis of Newark, to the picturesque beach towns on its coastline, New Jersey offers something for everyone. This article gives our ranking of the of the websites of the 10 largest municipalities in New Jersey. …

Drupal Camp NJ 2023

Just as a primer to those that are new to web design Drupal is a popular framework platform that is used by many web developers and designers. Drupal is used behind the scenes to develop many large scale sites including Major League Soccer (MLS), Pinterest For Business and is the platform of choice at Princeton …

How to make layered banners with multiple images and gradients

We wanted to create a banner that could give a layered effect, similar to a Photoshop compilation. Why would we take this approach you ask? The main reason is so that we could change the images on the website dynamically (another post), have the headings as text, and have the banner be responsive. In the …

Updating to Drupal 9 from Drupal 8

Drupal 8 is now end of life, and if you haven’t already upgraded your site to Drupal 9, now is the time to do so! We’ve finished the process with most of the sites we manage, and here are some notes on how to prepare and go about the upgrade. Check to see that your …

Easy editing with WordPress Gutenberg editor

Getting to know Gutenberg The Gutenberg WordPress editor, also called the WordPress block editor, is a new page builder included in WordPress 5.0+. The Gutenberg editor adds content blocks and page builder-like functionality to every up-to-date WordPress website. Essentially, Gutenberg allows you to take a post or page, and break up the content into various “blocks.” For …

Are you ready for Drupal 9?

We are finishing the process of upgrading Drupal 8 sites to Drupal 9, and can say that the process is a lot easier than it was upgrading 6 to 7. This is because starting with Drupal 8, Drupal switch to work with the underlying Symfony and Twig frameworks, and will remain on these going forward. …

What is Flexbox?

The Flexible Box Layout Module aka “Flexbox”, makes it easier to design flexible responsive layout structure without using float or positioning. Based on the article from W3 Schools, I provide some examples of how to use Flexbox. With Flexbox, the outer layer is called a flex container with its display parameter set to “flex” in …