Tom J Nowell

Tag: CSS

  • Admin Colour Schemes

    I’ve built two Admin Colour schemes for WordPress. Both are based initially off of the themergency theme generator, but with extensive changes. Notably the split colours of the admin menu and the admin bar. I’ve also accounted for form highlights, selection, checkboxes, and the progress bar on videos. The first is called Tangerine: The second…

  • Theme Composition vs Frameworks

    For a long time, theme frameworks have been the primary alternative to building things from scratch in WordPress, and to a lesser extent, starter themes. There is a better way. Starter Themes & Frameworks Starter themes work on the paradigm of adding and replacing. You’re given a theme that represents the ‘halfway’ mark and add…

  • csswizardry-grids.less

    I’ve forked CSSWizardry-grids, a SASS based grid system, and ported it to LESS. Here is how you would use it: View the code on Gist. The only caveat is that at the moment you can’t use the generated classes as LESS mixins, but I’m looking to correct this. More details can be found at the…