My rule of thumb is to increment my version of the A-Z Directory module whenever I break backwards compatibility. For me, breaking backwards compatibility in Joomla means a change in the default layout of the module that would prevent the proper display of the module if a user is using a template override. This is something I try to avoid at all costs, but sometimes there are bug fixes and features that warrant these kinds of changes.
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In a previous blog post, I was extolling the virtues of the wp_localize_script function in WordPress as a way to pass PHP values to Javascript. It turns out that Joomla offers similar functionality.
Moving to HTTPS on WordPress: Images Within Legacy Content
This information is straight out of an excellent post on CSS-Tricks about moving to HTTPS on WordPress, but the information is so valuable that I felt it bears repeating.
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For the A-Z Directory module, I wanted a sensible and aesthetically pleasing approach to displaying contact images. Without knowing the width and height dimensions of the images people would be using for their contact images, I looked to the object-fit CSS property to avoid squashing and stretching the images. Object-fit has great support in modern browsers except for Edge.
Continue reading “Edge object-fit Fallback without a Polyfill or Modernizr”Working with Swedish Letters in PHP and MySQL
A user made a request to include Swedish letters in my A-Z Directory module for Joomla. A quick check on Wikipedia showed the Swedish alphabet consisted of the “modern 26-letter basic Latin alphabet (‘A’ through ‘Z’) plus, ‘Å’, ‘Ä’, and ‘Ö’, in that order.”
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