New Ecommerce Tools: May 20, 2026
This installment of our weekly rundown of new services for merchants includes rollouts for quick commerce, SMS…
Cross-Document View Transitions: The Gotchas Nobody Mentions
I wasted an entire Saturday on this. Not a lazy Saturday either, but one of those rare,…
What’s !important #11: 3D Voxel Scenes, Flying Focus, CSS Syntaxes, and More
If 3D voxel scenes (that you can style), flying focus animations, or new CSS syntaxes sound like…
Computing and Displaying Discounted Prices in CSS
CSS math isn’t just about how things look! It can also be used to work out useful…
rotateX()
The CSS rotateX() function rotates an element around the x-axis in a three-dimensional space. Specifically, it vertically flips the…
rotateY()
The CSS rotateY() function rotates an element around its vertical y-axis. Specifically, it horizontally flips an element from left…
Allegro enters partnership with OpenAI
Allegro has entered into a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. The Polish ecommerce company will…
A Scrollytelling Gift for Mum on Mother’s Day 2026
My mum loved logic because she was born at a time when nothing made sense. She was…
Making Zigzag CSS Layouts With a Grid + Transform Trick
Most grid layouts sit in neat rows, perfectly aligned, like soldiers in formation. But sometimes you want…
Fixed-Height Cards: More Fragile Than They Look
Fixed-height cards often feel like a safe choice. A designer hands you a mockup where every card…
Deals and Cashback Move Into ChatGPT Conversations
E-commerce platform Minty has launched an AI-powered shopping companion that delivers deals and cashback offers in ChatGPT….
The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS
Recently, I published a story about the new random functions that have landed in CSS and how…
contrast()
The CSS contrast() filter function increases or decreases the contrast of an element, either making colors pop out more…
Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now
“I think I’m done with reality.” — The Seventh Circle by Architects We’ve all, at some point,…
Choosing the best WooCommerce hosting in 2026: A practical guide
The right host is invisible. Your checkout loads fast, your site stays up during the campaign spike,…
Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS
Apple’s product animations, particularly the scrolly teardowns (technical term), have always been inspiring. But these bleeding-edge animations…
How to write product descriptions for SEO, AI agents, and shoppers in 2026
If your product pages were written for Google in 2022, they may not be working as hard…
How to prepare your store for AI-driven commerce
The way people find products has a new channel. AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Mode, Gemini,…
Alternatives to the !important Keyword
Every now and then, I stumble onto an old project of mine, or worse, someone else’s, and…
High-converting landing page design for ecommerce (with examples)
There’s no one-size-fits-all formula for the perfect landing page design. Converting visitors into customers is an ongoing…
Looking at New CSS Multi-Column Layout Wrapping Features
Multi-column layouts have not been used to their full potential, mostly because once content exceeded a limit,…
Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape()
Creating rectangles, circles, and rounded rectangles is the basic of CSS. Creating more complex CSS shapes such…
Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time
April Fools’ Day pranks on the web imply that we’re not trying to fool each other every…
Sniffing Out the CSS Olfactive API
A lot has happened in CSS in the last few years, but there’s nothing we needed less…