Did you know that the blockquote element has a cite attribute?

This is going to be a fairly quick post.  I was reading some developer documentation recently and noticed that the blockquote element in HTML has an attribute for citing the source for that blockquote. See the Pen Blockquote Cite by Joe Steinbring (@steinbring) on CodePen. It doesn’t seem to surface that citation in the rendered …

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Two ways to make a pure CSS image carousel

Recently, I was doom-scrolling twitter when I came across a tweet that claimed that you can build an image carousel using just two lines of CSS.  I liked the tweet and then thought to myself “I can’t sleep, right now.  Why not try it out?” CSS Tip 💡 Create image Carousel using two lines of …

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Create an accordion without any CSS or JavaScript

Did you know that you can not only create an accordion without writing any CSS or JavaScript but it also works in all modern web browsers?  Using the details and summary elements, it is pretty easy, too. See the Pen Pure HTML Accordion by Joe Steinbring (@steinbring) on CodePen.   [ Cover photo by Charlie …

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Fixing JWS.app: The “Superfeed” (Part 1)

One of the goals for JWS.app was for it to pull in activity from a bunch of sources and update itself.  That is the reason why I created the “superfeed”.  Let’s start by looking at its current state. See the Pen JWS.app – Superfeed (Before) by Joe Steinbring (@steinbring) on CodePen. Getting the content from …

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