Foundation Framework - WordPress

I read an article in WP Tavern on WordPress themes based on the Foundation Framework. The article is from November 2013 and I followed a link through to the Swiss theme maker for one of the themes and I saw a notice on the home page that said 'We discontinue development of the required+ Foundation theme – here is why.'

tl;dr; We switched to _s and a custom grid system and therefore don’t use Zurb Foundation anymore. The docs will stay available until 2015, feel free to fork the project on Github. It’s been quite the journey and we learned a lot maintaining the required+ Foundation theme and it’s assets. We are grateful for all the people helping and using required+ Foundation as their WordPress base theme. Instead of releasing a version that we don’t use internally, we finally decided to discontinue required+ Foundation. This decision wasn’t easy and we tried to free some time for the project, but had to realise that it’s best to discontinue the project instead of letting you wait in limbo any longer. Thanks again for the support and understanding – Silvan & the required+ team

One of the commenters asked "I am curious as to why you switched to _s and a custom grid. What was not working for you with Foundation?" and the reply was "We ended up kicking out more and more styles and javascripts shipped with Foundation for most of our WP projects. _s gives us the the headstart needed and is now available as a SASS version too." ______________ In a free world, that is always the risk - that something the appears to be a good foundation upon which to build will peter out and be left siting on a disused track overgrown with weeds.

Mosul Libraries

The Independent newspaper reports today

Isis militants have reportedly ransacked Mosul library, burning over a hundred thousand rare manuscripts and documents spanning centuries of human learning. Initial reports said approximately 8,000 books were destroyed by the extremist group. However, AL RAI’s chief international correspondent Elijah J. Magnier told The Independent that a Mosul library official believes as many as 112, 709 manuscripts and books, some of which were registered on a UNESCO rarities list, are among those lost.

I'm going to follow this story and see how it develops.

Offline Editors and Bloated Code

I did an experiment today comparing a couple of offline editors, specifically for whether they introduced additional code into the posts. I wrote it up here with examples of the code. What I don't know is how much additional load the extra code introduces. Is it small compared to other things that add to the overhead of a site? How would one go about testing it?

'Mia' cards: Looking for information

These cards were printed in the 1940s in England.

Anyone know anything about the company?

Princess for a day

According to a YouGov poll, 11% of British women would like to experience the Duchess of Cambridge's life for a day.

Which means that 89% would not like the opportunity to experience something extraordinary.

That's strange.

How many people over 100 are there in Britain

There are 14,000 people over one hundred years of age in Britain today, according to an article in The Week.

I have found the week to be a reliable source of news and well worth the cover price. Actually, it's my wife who finds it worth the cover price because she is the one who gets the print issue on subscription.

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Reminders

From Conversion Scientist

What is your landing page selling?
You can answer this question in one of three ways:
It’s selling what I promised in an ad or email
It’s selling my company and its services
All of the above
The right answer is number one.
Number two is an About Us page. Number three is a typical home page.
If this was a poll, we’d see heavy voting for two and three. Why the disconnect?

From Out of The Blue in Leith

From its inception Out of the Blue’s mission has been to provide opportunities for artists and other people who face barriers to creativity, to meet, work, participate, enjoy themselves, learn and develop skills and knowledge. Out of the Blue has established a reputation as an independent, dynamic and innovative cultural social enterprise. Out of the Blue is one of Scotland’s leading community, cultural and arts development organisations working in partnership to provide economic, cultural, social and educational opportunities, to a significant number of people to make a real difference to their lives. 

From Guerrilla Mail

Guerrilla Mail
Useful to avoid spam - disposable email address.