“gridstack.js is a jQuery plugin for widget layouts. It allows you to build draggable responsive bootstrap v3 friendly layouts. ”
Favic-o-matic is a favicon generator, that transforms your png design into favicons and the required html to include them.
Favic-o-meter makes sure that every browser shows your favicon perfectly :)
In the past 2 years, the e-Learning market has been exploding. Online Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become very popular, to build e-learning platforms.
They not only offer text based content, quizzes, assignment management, course evaluation, social features, but also allow the integration of video, audio and other linked content. Many support SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model), allowing the exchange of learning content and results.
Over the past few years, I have been helping clients to build or transform their e-learning platforms. Sometimes its better to build a customized LMS solution from scratch :), than tweak or customize an offered solution. It all depends on the features you want to see integrated and on the budget available ;)
In this article I want to share current solutions offered for WordPress.
I will divide them into themes and plugins for now. In the future I plan do some feature comparison as well :
These are standalone plugins, that provide LMS functionality and integrate into your WordPress themes. Ease of integration and options differ.
These themes mostly dependent on one of the plugins above or offer only a simple subset of LMS functionality.
Integrated solutions, that are supposed to offer a tight integration of WordPress, theme and its own plugins.
A repository of over 1000 quality jQuery plugins in categories like UI, Forms, Media, Navigation …
All nice, as long as those plugins are being updated. We had respositories of jQuery plugins before, that had many outdated or broken solutions.
“Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates. Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.”
Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends
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Shepherd is a javascript library for guiding users through your app. It uses Tether, another open source library, to position all of its steps.
We should always try to make our apps as self-explaining as possible, but sometimes features need to be showcased or explained. This helps you to do a quick first-start guide for new users.
I almost completely switched to Sass in the past year. So organzing my CSS code has become a mission of mine :)
Structure is especially needed, when you are not the only one working on the design. So that everyone on the team can easily understand and contribute with ease. There are never too many files, as files get combined anyway.
Make your own life easier and for those you work with!
Currently applying the following structure on newer projects:
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sass/ | |– base/ | |– _reset.scss # Reset/normalize | |– _typography.scss # Typography rules | ... # etc… | |– components/ | |– _buttons.scss # Buttons | |– _carousel.scss # Carousel | |– _images.scss # Images | |– _dropdown.scss # Dropdown | |– _navigation.scss # Navigation | ... # etc… | |– utils/ | |– _variables.scss # Sass Variables | |– _functions.scss # Sass Functions | |– _mixins.scss # Sass Mixins | |– _utils.scss # Class & placeholders helpers | ... # etc… | |– layout/ | |– _grid.scss # Grid system | |– _header.scss # Header | |– _footer.scss # Footer | |– _sidebar.scss # Sidebar | |– _forms.scss # Forms | ... # etc… | |– sections/ | |– _home.scss # Home specific styles | |– _about_us.scss # About us specific styles | ... # etc… | |– themes/ | |– _front_base.scss # Parent theme | |– _front_child.scss # Child theme | |– _admin.scss # Admin theme | ... # etc… | |– vendors/ | |– _bootstrap.scss # Bootstrap | |– _bourbon.scss # Bourbon Mixins | ... # etc… | | `– app.scss # primary Sass file |
Which architecture fits your project & team will vary.