John Russell Blog

Tag: JavaScript

  • Developing for Gutenberg vs Beaver Builder

    I want to start by saying that I didn’t want to do a Gutenberg vs Beaver Builder comparison, since in their current state I don’t see them as direct competitors. However developing for both tools is different enough I decided to write a comparison between developing for Gutenberg vs Beaver Builder, and why my preference […]

  • WordPress Gutenberg Review

    I think it’s important to know the history of my experience with WordPress in order to understand the basis for opinions, so this is where I will begin my WordPress Gutenberg review. I had my first real introduction to WordPress in 2012 when I made a site for a client that needed an easy to […]

  • JavaScript Scroll Into View

    There are times when you may want to add interactivity to your website based on the scroll position relative to an elements position but don’t want to use yet another jQuery plugin. This can be useful to check to see if an element has scrolled into view. So, below I’ve added a very simple function […]

  • Fancybox Position Problem

    When it comes to web design and development it’s always nice to be able to use well established libraries and frameworks to speed up development and deployment. JQuery is probably the best example of how a framework can be used to speed up development, and through its success many plugins have been built on top of […]

  • JavaScript Implicit and Explicit Context

    Several years ago I was having a conversation with a friend about the future of the web and if it involved Abobe Flash or if it would eventually be replaced by HTML5 / JavaScript / CSS. The argument between the two went many different directions, however by the end of the conversation it was obvious […]