Creating a color scheme

Creating a color scheme is both an art and a science.  There are places online that suggest color schemes like Adobe Kuler.  But what if you wanted to create your own color scheme?  Well, using LESS – it’s straightforward. Complementary @base: #663333;...

Web-sharing tools

I’m using this post as a reminder on which tools are helpful for improving social and search networks. Facebook Object Debugger: Use this to ensure that Facebook is scanning the website properly.  Especially useful for ensuring the preview image appears...

Escaping LESS parameters

For example purposes, here is a LESS mixin that looks something like this: .make-blue( @selector ) { @(selector) { background: blue; } }   To call it, I originally did something like this: .make-blue( ‘div’ );   That produced output like this:...

Repairing mail through CDN

A short while ago, I updated blueprintq.com to go through a CDN.  Today, I noticed that I was not receiving email; although, I was able to continue sending. CDNs inject themselves by updating the zone file’s “A” domain record.  Evidently, CDNs can...