This is a nice article by Andy Bell on how to build a button component. A solid approach with lots of CSS tips.

WordPress now has a core dev environment toolkit. It is a desktop app available on Mac, Windows, or Linux and comes with everything needed to work on core. Details and some video demos on the make blog.

This article argues that the designer focus on the home page is misplaced today as more and more people are entering the sites through shared landing pages, targeted search, and AI links. While I think the author goes too far and think that the home page is still very important, there is some truth to the argument and some of the article suggestions are worth considering.

This looks like it will expand the designer’s options. The corner-shape property is used in conjunction with border-radius to define the shape of the curve. Currently at about 66% coverage it is still experimental, but the article suggests using it today as a progressive enhancement.

The Divi team seems to be responding to user feedback that there is a learning curve to setting up Divi 5 by offering a free “Design System”. The download includes CSS variables, presets, section and page layouts, templates, and Customizer settings.

I have avoided adding a dark mode but after reading this think maybe I should consider it. I didn’t realize the possible extent of the difference, though it depends on the user’s display.

If you read the page source before reading the page copy, then this report on CSS usage might be of interest. This is an in-depth analysis of what CSS is used on the top 100,000 websites. There are some interesting numbers, for instance, for CSS size, in the 50th percentile sites have 309KB of CSS. Note, there is a navigator on right side of the page to see and jump between sections.

A look at the expanding features of CSS.

Here is an editorial on Smashing Magazine arguing that “pixel perfect” design goals no longer make sense and that instead the focus should be on design intent.