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Kristarella Studios & new design
After finishing my honours thesis at uni last year I knew I needed a break from science… I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do this year, but then I started getting emails asking if I was...
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CSS Custom Headers
I’ve noticed that customising the your blog’s header is one of the best and simplest ways to make your blog unique. I’ve also noticed that folks not too familiar with CSS are are not too sure about the...
View ArticleHow to use Firebug for CSS
Firebug is one of the reasons that I changed to Firefox (from Camino, a faster, less memory intensive browser). It is so handy for checking under the hood of websites and anyone who does anything with...
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Page specific headers in Thesis
I’ve done several posts about Thesis headers before: Thesis full-width headers, Full-width headers in Thesis 1.5 and CSS Custom Headers. All of those lead you in the same general direction: a single...
View ArticleSkins by Kristarella!
Incase you missed it on Twitter and haven’t looked at my nav menu recently, last week I released a couple of free Thesis skins. Skins are basically a set of custom files to style and (sometimes) add...
View ArticleEdit EPS files in Inkscape on Mac
EPS files have their uses, for sure, but they seem to be a standard output of Adobe Illustrator, which is a bit sad, because Inkscape (the open source vector editor I use) can’t open them (without some...
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A new look for kristarella.com
kristarella.com is getting a new look! I imagine some of you will be sad to see the old one go, judging from the compliments it’s received in the past year and a half (which I genuinely appreciate),...
View ArticleMod TimThumb for WPMU and Thesis
WPMU media locations WPMU implements a URL rewrite for uploaded media so that the location of an uploaded file is given as http://www.example.com/files/2009/01/image.jpg, but the actual URL of the file...
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Position Your Thesis Nav
I’ve been asked this several times, so I figured it’s high time to write a tutorial on it: how to position your Thesis navigation next to your site title. Essentially this tutorial is about the CSS...
View Article5 questions to ask a Thesis designer
This article is targeted at users looking for a designer/developer, but if you’re a designer or developer feel free to take a look and make sure you’re giving your clients the best Thesis experience...
View ArticleOutlining some :focus
written by kristarellaI’ve been working with Gravity Forms A LOT lately and I’ve found that the default form CSS applies outline: 0; and outline-style: none; on form elements in focus. This is bad. For...
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Infographic: WordPress Posts vs Pages
written by kristarellaFor those of us that have been using WordPress for a while the idea of posts and pages, their differences and how to use them, might be pretty obvious. As I’ve been running...
View ArticleFloats & Inline-block
Should You Use Inline-Blocks As A Substitute For Floats? What a great article! One interesting point that I had not noticed when using inline-block: inline-blocks pick up html whitespace. If you have...
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Craft Icons: Free Download
I recently wanted to make a Keep Calm and Crochet On poster. I know the whole Keep Calm thing is a bit over, but that’s just how I was feeling that day. I was rather disappointed at the complete lack...
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