The Github repository for the starter theme Underscores _s has been archived.

In this video Kevin Geary shows how to use container queries along with “has me” selector:

:has(> &)

to control layout based on container size.

The most recent Kadence Live was a good session. If you are new to Kadence Pro theme and blocks then watch the first half as there is an overview of some of the things you can do with Kadence elements. The link here is for the second half where Ben talks about FSE and what’s coming in Kadence Blocks 4. There is some frank talk about FSE and some of why it is in the shape it is. The main event though is about global styles and how CSS is being handled in basically a two level process – advanced CSS options (variables) in the Style Book reflected in easy to use controls in the editor. Some nice stuff in the UI also.

In this video Tomi Harvanek talks about a free tool that designers all too often overlook.

It is good to see ElegantThemes creating this type of tutorial so that their users will be ready to make full use of Divi 5.

Bricks 2.0 got a new visual grid builder. Paul Charlton takes this for a spin and shows how easy it is to use.

A new 3rd version of the PNG spec is out and it add better compression, animated PNGs, EXIF data, and HDR.

With the update to Bricks 2.0 CSS cascade layers are enabled by default. This video by Nick Arce explains what is going on and how to fix it. He also provides some insight into cascade layers.

Designing for flip phones and Apple watches? It is not something I’m doing now, but if you are, the author has some suggestions.