September 2, 2021

New Pinned Items UI

In the olden days (like, a few weeks ago), the Pinned Items UI was much less capable. You could certainly pin things, and open up a menu to see a list of what you pinned, but there wasn’t any context. There was no visual preview to quickly identify them. There was no metadata like when it was created or updated.

We’ve updated the UI so now you’re Pinned Items always open up in a modal (it’s the same everywhere now) and you can flip between grid view:

And list view:

We’re hoping this will make it much more convenient to get to items you want to really quickly get back to from no matter where you are on CodePen.

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September 2, 2021

Dispatch Updates its Delivery Infrastructure API

Dispatch, a delivery solutions provider, has announced updates to the company’s API that are aimed at simplifying data access and management throughout larger organizations that operate with a tiered approach. These companies can now be more flexible in how they offer API access.

September 2, 2021September 9, 2024

How to Accept Multiple Currencies in WooCommerce

As an online store owner, you want to grow your customer base. One way to do that is to start selling globally. In fact, almost 93% of online retailers accept international payments and offer international commerce. For this, you will need to set up your online store to accept multiple currencies in WooCommerce. In this […]

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September 2, 2021September 8, 2024

If I work really hard on my Open Graph images, people will share my blog posts.

Zach did that thing where each of his blog posts has a special URL with the design of social image card that is screenshat by a headless browser (like Puppeteer) and used as a true meta Open Graph image, meaning it’s displayed on Twitter, Facebook, iMessage, Slack, Discord, and whatever else supports that card look.

I like it. Even though I’ve got a pretty good solution cooking now (for WordPress), the templates aren’t controlled with HTML/CSS like I wish they were.

As bit of yang to the ying here, Jim has some thoughts on the not-so-great Aspects of Open Graph images:

I feel like they’ve been hijacked by auto-generated computer imagery serving as attention-grabbing filler more than supportive expression.
Jim Nielsen, “Quibbles With Social Share Imagery”

It’s kinda like… we can add Open Graph images, and we essentially get a totally free massive clickable target for hungry fingers, so we do add Open Graph images — even when that image is, well, boring. Just auto-generated computer barf of title text with branding. Jim’s post has examples.

I get where Jim is coming from, and I suppose I’m guilty to some degree. I feel like we’re a cut-above on CSS-Tricks though, if you’ll pardon a taste of defensiveness, because:

We have a variety of templates to choose from to switch it up, like a quote design.
We incorporate custom imagery into the final card, meaning most cards are somewhat visually unique.
We don’t just brand the cards, we usually incorporate the author for a little extra high five for the person, rather than just our brand.

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