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GreenApe is breathing again

30. August 2017

After some downtime, GreenApe is breathing again. I revived the brand with a good friend of mine and we will be reopening shop options shortly.

Michael and I have been friends for a long time. We have been working on many different projects over the years.

He launched GreenApe in 2011 and I helped him with his first steps. A couple of months ago we decided to merge our competences and expand what GreenApe offers and stands for.

From the website: “The GreenApe brand was established in 2011. GreenApe’s career began with the 1st Single Malt Whisky Coffee.

As the first of its kind, our coffee is refined with Original Single Malt Whisky. To this day, he pampers many connoisseurs and gourmets with his unique taste. Now there is another reason to rejoice.

From now on, we are continuously expanding the GreenApe product world with several stylish gadgets and useful accessories. For you this means that you will be able to discover even more beautiful, special or practical things in the future.“

GreenApe is all about lifestyle & leisure products, fun gadgets and unique food & drinks.

Lets fix the short comings of current CSS integrations – EQCSS / Element queries

14. May 2017

“Element queries are a new way of thinking about responsive web design where the responsive conditions apply to elements on the page instead of the width or height of the browser.
Unlike CSS @media queries, @element Queries are aware of more than just the width and height of the browser, you can write responsive conditions for a number of different situations like how many characters of text or child elements an element contains.
Another concept that element queries brings to CSS is the idea of ‘scoping’ your styles to one element in the same way that JavaScript functions define a new scope for the variables they contain.”

Element Query Conditions

SpinThatShit is a set of SCSS mixins for single element loaders and spinners

11. October 2016

SpinThatShit is a set of SCSS mixins for single element loaders and spinners.

<div class="your-loader"></div>

1	<div class="your-loader"></div>

.your-loader {
 @include loader09($size: 10px, $height: 48px, $gap: 8px, $duration: 1s, $align: middle);
}

.your-loader {

@include loader09($size: 10px, $height: 48px, $gap: 8px, $duration: 1s, $align: middle);

}

SpinThatShit

SASS Bellmaker . a responsive media query package

11. September 2016

The Bellmaker is a library of device-agnostic and device-specific media queries that will complement your exisiting CSS.

.bellmaker_container {
    @media #{$da_baseline} {    width: $pw_baseline;}
    @media #{$da_2x_small} {    width: $pw_2x_small;}
    @media #{$da_x_small} {     width: $pw_x_small;}
    @media #{$da_small} {       width: $pw_small;}
    @media #{$da_medium} {      width: $pw_medium;}
    @media #{$da_large} {       width: $pw_large;}
    @media #{$da_x_large} {     width: $pw_x_large;}
}

.bellmaker_container {

@media #{$da_baseline} { width: $pw_baseline;}

@media #{$da_2x_small} { width: $pw_2x_small;}

@media #{$da_x_small} { width: $pw_x_small;}

@media #{$da_small} { width: $pw_small;}

@media #{$da_medium} { width: $pw_medium;}

@media #{$da_large} { width: $pw_large;}

@media #{$da_x_large} { width: $pw_x_large;}

}

Bellmaker

Use a Koala to compile Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript

28. August 2016

“Koala is a GUI application for Less, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript compilation, to help web developers to use them more efficiently. Koala can run in windows, linux and mac.”

Koala / GitHub

Angled Edges … Quickly create angled section edges using only Sass

10. August 2016

A Sass mixin for creating angled edges on sections by dynamically encoding SVGs.

@include angled-edge('outside bottom','lower right', #EE3924);

1	@include angled-edge('outside bottom','lower right', #EE3924);

Angled Edges

Transformicons … Animated icons, symbols and buttons using SVG and CSS

10. August 2016

Transformicons are animated symbols/buttons/icons that morph using a combination of SVG, CSS and HTML.
They also offer a builder to tweak the set.

transformicons.add('.tcon') // add default behavior for all elements with the class .tcon
              .remove('.tcon-menu--xcross') // remove default behavior for the first icon
              .add('.tcon-menu--xcross', {
                  transform: "mouseover",
                  revert: "mouseout"
              }); // add new behavior for the first icon

transformicons.add('.tcon') // add default behavior for all elements with the class .tcon

.remove('.tcon-menu--xcross') // remove default behavior for the first icon

.add('.tcon-menu--xcross', {

transform: "mouseover",

revert: "mouseout"

}); // add new behavior for the first icon

Transformicons

iOS Apps for developers

14. March 2016

IDE – Integrated development environment

Koder is still my main solution, with a bunch of features I do not want to miss on the go.
- Syntax Highlighting
- Code Autocomplete
- Code Function list
- Access and Manage your Dropbox, (S)FTP, webdav and local files easily
- Built In Terminal (SSH Client)
- Built In Snippet Manager
- Tabbed editing
- Extra Keyboard with Custom Key
- iOS8 Document Picker Support to open/import/export other app files from/to Koder
- Find and replace code
- Previewer Browser with Firebug Support + View Source function
- Editor theme with Custom Theme Editor
- Extra Key / Additional Keys on Virtual Keyboard with open+close brackets keys
- Screen
- Lock, Manual and Auto Lock
- Extracting Zip File on Local project
- Sophisticated File Browser
- iOS “Open In” support, from Koder to other app
- vice versa
- Change file/folder permission (CHMOD) on FTP/SFTP projects
- Folder Synchronization between Local Project and FTP Project
- Uploading files from desktop from browser or iTunes sharing
- Expandable editing space
- Bluetooth Keyboard Support
- and many more
DraftCode PHP IDE is a complete PHP and webserver environment that works offline on your iPad or iPhone
Coda is powerful, and portable text editor.
- A stunningly full
- featured text editor
- Works on both the iPhone or iPad
- Editor features Clips, Find & Replace (with placeholder!), Context Keys, Super Loupe, much more.
- Syntax highlighting for Apache, C, CSS, Diff, Go, Haml, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, LESS, Lua, Markdown, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Sass, Scheme, Shell, SQL, Swift, XML and YAML
- Local or Remote file management
- Remote protocols include FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, DreamObjects, and FTP (Plain, TLS, SSL) support
- Preview
- Air Preview for use with Coda for Mac
- Playgrounds
- SSH Terminal
- Much more!
Textastic is an advanced code editor for iPad with support for syntax highlighting, (S)FTP and Dropbox.

FTP

FTPOnTheGo – A desktop class, award winning FTP client
iTransfer
FTP Client Pro

SSH Terminal

iTerminal – SSH Telnet Client
SSH Terminal
Serverauditor – SSH Shell / Console / Terminal

DOCUMENTATION

Dash is an API Documentation Browser that gives your iPad and iPhone instant offline access to 150+ API documentation sets.

REPOSITORIES

CodeBucket is the best way to browse and maintain your Bitbucket repositories on any iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
Git2Go is the first app which unleashes your full development productivity from everywhere.
GitLab Control is the best way to manage your GitLab projects on any iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad device

Enjoy coding …

Visual Composer to Bootstrap Grid Cleanup

24. February 2016

Simple way to do some Visual Composer Grid cleanup, when you are using Bootstrap within your theme. This removes and cleans up classes.

add_filter('vc_shortcodes_css_class', function ($class_string, $tag) {
  $tags_to_clean = [
	  'vc_row',
	  'vc_column',
	  'vc_row_inner',
	  'vc_column_inner'
  ];
  if (in_array($tag, $tags_to_clean)) {
	
	  $class_string = str_replace(' wpb_row', '', $class_string);
	  $class_string = str_replace(' vc_row-fluid', '', $class_string);
	  $class_string = str_replace(' vc_column_container', '', $class_string);
	  $class_string = str_replace('wpb_column', '', $class_string);
	  
          // replace vc_, but exclude any custom css 
          // attached via vc_custom_XXX (negative lookahead)
	  $class_string = preg_replace('/vc_(?!custom)/i', '', $class_string);
          
          // replace all vc_
          // $class_string = preg_replace('/vc_/i', '', $class_string);
  }
  $class_string = preg_replace('|col-sm|', 'col-sm', $class_string);
  return $class_string;
}, 10, 2);

add_filter('vc_shortcodes_css_class', function ($class_string, $tag) {

$tags_to_clean = [

'vc_row',

'vc_column',

'vc_row_inner',

'vc_column_inner'

];

if (in_array($tag, $tags_to_clean)) {

$class_string = str_replace(' wpb_row', '', $class_string);

$class_string = str_replace(' vc_row-fluid', '', $class_string);

$class_string = str_replace(' vc_column_container', '', $class_string);

$class_string = str_replace('wpb_column', '', $class_string);

// replace vc_, but exclude any custom css

// attached via vc_custom_XXX (negative lookahead)

$class_string = preg_replace('/vc_(?!custom)/i', '', $class_string);

// replace all vc_

// $class_string = preg_replace('/vc_/i', '', $class_string);

}

$class_string = preg_replace('|col-sm|', 'col-sm', $class_string);

return $class_string;

}, 10, 2);

Visual Composer for WordPress
Bootstrap / Bootstrap Sass

Enjoy coding …

Organizing Your CSS / SCSS Code

19. December 2015

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:

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

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

BASE holds files like resets, typography and foundation structures.
COMPONENTS holds specific module definitions, like buttons, navigation etc.
UTILS holds my own functions, mixins and configuration for the whole project.
LAYOUT holds the main files defining the different layout areas / grid of the project.
SECTIONS holds the definition of pages or sub sections defined.
THEMES holds files for theme switches or front / backend layouts.
VENDORS holds those files that are related to external includes.

Which architecture fits your project & team will vary.

Element Query Conditions

Width-based Conditions

Height-based Conditions

Count-based Conditions

Scroll-based Conditions

Aspect-based Conditions

Meta-Selectors

IDE – Integrated development environment

FTP

SSH Terminal

DOCUMENTATION

REPOSITORIES

Enjoy coding …

Enjoy coding …

Enjoy coding …