Logging with Laravel 5.6 and Loggly
When creating a website, it’s important to know what’s working and (even more importantly) what isn’t. That’s where logging comes in. Yes, logging, that oft-forgotten art. But, as Guillaume at Logmatic...
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LocoSound – sound effects for DC model railways
LocoSound is now available for mobile devices (no installation required) to provide sound effects for DC model railways. We all know there are plenty of options for adding realistic sound to a DCC...
View ArticleWelcoming Jesus
Whether it’s Palm Sunday or not, we need to welcome Jesus into our lives. Mark 14 shows us 3 ways we can do this: through sacrificial worship, like the woman who poured perfume on Jesus’ head; through...
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More scenery
In my latest few trips to the garage I’ve been working some more on various aspects of the scenery. The roads have now been painted in (though still waiting for appropriate white lines), Backwoods...
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Interactive SVG map
I recently needed to present a map on a website so that visitors could choose their region (i.e. a group of countries, which could be arbitrary) before going into the site. After a little playing...
View ArticleGoogle Analytics, EU Cookie Law and GDPR
Key question: do I need to ask permission from website visitors before using Google Analytics? This is a web developer’s guide, describing what GA is, how it relates to the law, and suggests some...
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The state of (my) web development in 2019
Seeing as it’s getting near the end of 2019 already (don’t get me started), this seems like a good opportunity to take stock of where I am right now in terms of my web development, looking at what...
View ArticleUsing custom HTML attributes to define CSS state
TL;DR If an element should only have one state at a time, don’t use classes, use custom attributes. <div class="tile" data-theme="dark">...</div> .tile[data-theme="dark"] {...} The old way...
View ArticleGLOO – structuring your CSS
Back in the day, I had all my CSS in one file. Then I discovered Sass, and started separating everything out into different files. Today, I have a tried-and-tested approach to structuring my CSS to...
View ArticleThe 10 Levels of being a Worship Leader
What makes a worship leader who they are? I’ve been leading worship in churches for a couple of decades, but I’m still learning and finding my way, and discovering more and more of what it means....
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