Drupal: Get the node/bundle when preprocessing a paragraph

January 20, 2022 at 9:42 am | blabbing.

If you need to preprocess a specific paragraph type for it’s content or fields but you need to know the node/entity type that the request is coming from you can use the following.

Make sure that you check to make sure the $node is not NULL before running methods against $node.

Here we are going to preprocess a PARAGRAPH_TYPE but only if that paragraph is part of a CUSTOMER node/entity type.

<?php

function MODULE_NAME_preprocess_paragraph__PARAGRAPH_TYPE(&$variables){

  // Get the paragraph
  $paragraph = $variables['paragraph'];

  // Get the Language
  $language = \Drupal::languageManager()->getCurrentLanguage()->getId();
  
  // Get the Node from the request.
  $node = Drupal::request()->attributes->get('node');

  // Check to make sure the node is NOT null before running something like $node->bundle();
  if($node != null && $node->bundle() == 'customer' ){
    // Code
  }
}

CSS selector for lang :not en/english

January 5, 2022 at 11:49 am | blabbing.

This type of CSS selector can be useful for when you have a multi-lingual site and some content or features may be different between the EN (english) site and other languages. Without having to explicitly name each language in the selector you just want to say “everything that is not EN”.

html:not([lang="en"]){
  .name-of-selector{
    // Updated attributes
  }
}

Load the fonts first for page speed

November 21, 2021 at 1:14 pm | blabbing, Design, Programming, web.

To increase page speed for blocking font rendering and to reduce the font rendering time when the page loads on your site, add your fonts as a preload at the top of your page.

This may seem counter intuitive to load an asset ahead of time for page speed, but it makes sense in two respects.

  1. When the CSS renders it will get to the fonts and then go fetch them and wait for them to come back and then go on to get other assets that are related to the CSS. This is referred to as a “Blocking call” which means nothing is going to happen until this comes back. Google does not like this and will penalize your page speed for this. Once you preload the fonts you will notice that your fonts are no longer listed as a block call and you can see this in your network tab in the inspector.
  2. If the fonts are not preloaded you might see a noticeable flicker or shift in the page once the font in rendered in the page. Many people will even set an opacity on the body tag and transition it in once the fonts are available to avoid this shift. Preloading avoids this shift because the fonts are immediately available in the document render.
<link rel="preload" href="PATH-TO-YOUR-OTF-FONT.otf" as="font" type="font/otf" crossorigin>
<link rel="preload" href="PATH-TO-YOUR-WOFF-FONT.woff" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>

For preloading Google fonts it’s usually recommended that you preconnect as well as preload the CSS

<link rel='preconnect' href='https://fonts.gstatic.com' crossorigin>
<link rel='preload' as='style' href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans|Roboto:wght@300&display=swap'>
<link rel='stylesheet' href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans|Roboto:wght@700&display=swap'>

Triggering javascript on change programmatically and have it bubble

October 28, 2021 at 10:01 am | Programming, web.

A problem I ran into recently is that updating an input value is a form using javascript or jQuery is fairly easy but sometimes this programmatic update of the field does not trigger an onChange event that another piece of code is listening for. Adding a dispatchEvent on the selector can accomplish this.

<script>
  // Get the selector
  const $emailField = document.getElementById('Email');
  // Update the selector value
  $emailField.value = "[email protected]";
  // Trigger a dispatchEvent on the selector
  $emailField.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
</script>

Working with Hubspot forms onFormSubmit

October 13, 2021 at 11:02 am | Programming, web.

Getting values from the hubspot form in it’s onFormSubmit handler can be pretty tricky so here is a quick tip.

Add the onFormSubmit closure function to the hbspt.forms.create script and then use .find() to get the value of individual form elements that you need. At that point you can use them to pass to tracking or cookies or whatever.

<script>
  hbspt.forms.create({
	region: "na1",
	portalId: "555121212",
	formId: "23845959d-1d80-4af7-81ae-5b3f5c52asf888",
	onFormSubmit: function($form) {

		var firstname = $form.find("[name=firstname]").val();
		var lastname = $form.find("[name=lastname]").val();
		var email = $form.find("[name=email]").val();
		var jobtitle = $form.find("[name=jobtitle]").val();
		var company = $form.find("[name=company]").val();
		
	} 
});
</script>

Finite and infinite games

April 15, 2021 at 12:05 pm | blabbing.

Something I ran across recently that I liked.

There are two types of games: finite games where rules are known and an end is set, and infinite games, where the rules can change and the end is unknown. Your outlook/beliefs will determine the game you believe you are playing.

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Fix for svg background images in IE11

June 2, 2020 at 2:17 pm | web.

Problem: Sometimes SVG images when used as background images do not show up correctly in IE11. This can sometimes show up as not covering the specified element background.

The trick here is the add the height and width back into the SVG as it might have been stripped out. Take the height and width from the viewBox attribute.

Before

<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
	 viewBox="0 0 2785.8 708.6" >

After

<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
	 viewBox="0 0 2785.8 708.6" height="708.6" width="2785.8">

Git and WordPress on a shared hosting environment

June 1, 2020 at 1:57 pm | Programming, web, Wordpress.

If you have a small blog or series on blogs on a shared hosting environment and and want to take advantage of GIT but still want to let your hosting provider keep your WordPress up to date, you can easily setup GIT repos and deployment to make your life easier.

Shared hosting services are great for a small site or if you have a bunch of small sites where you can setup different projects and not have to worry about the server environment or keeping WordPress or Drupal up to date. Hosting providers like Dreamhost, Bluehost, HostGator, SiteGround etc. are a great solution for some because they provide the hosting and upkeep of the WordPress install and you are free to add themes and plugins and do custom development on top. Most of these providers will automatically update the core WordPress on a regular basis. For business and enterprise class WordPress hosting I prefer Pantheon.

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