Dean Leigh
@deanleigh.bsky.social
Web designer specialising in CMS Templates, Design Systems, Component Libraries since 1996
🏠https://deanleigh.co.uk/
🔗http://colchesterdigital.org.uk
🏆Umbraco MVP
🐤deanleigh
🦋deanleigh
🐘deanleigh
🧵dean.leigh
📷dean.leigh
ℹ️ deanleigh
🏠https://deanleigh.co.uk/
🔗http://colchesterdigital.org.uk
🏆Umbraco MVP
🐤deanleigh
🦋deanleigh
🐘deanleigh
🧵dean.leigh
📷dean.leigh
ℹ️ deanleigh
Pinned
Dean Leigh
@deanleigh.bsky.social
· Nov 4
Me next year - "like band members starting their own solo projects". I knew we shouldn't have attempted that third album!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Me next year - "like band members starting their own solo projects". I knew we shouldn't have attempted that third album!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@kevinpowell.co is amazing - if you want to learn or improve he has the gift of explaining complex things in an accessible way. This is a real bargain.
My first Black Friday sale is here! 🎉
40% off CSS Demystified & Beyond CSS.
This is already the biggest sale I've ever done, plus I'm throwing Flexbox Simplified in for free with either purchase.
Sale runs through Dec 1st.
👉 cssdemystified.com?utm_source=b...
👉 www.beyondcss.dev?utm_source=b...
40% off CSS Demystified & Beyond CSS.
This is already the biggest sale I've ever done, plus I'm throwing Flexbox Simplified in for free with either purchase.
Sale runs through Dec 1st.
👉 cssdemystified.com?utm_source=b...
👉 www.beyondcss.dev?utm_source=b...
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
@kevinpowell.co is amazing - if you want to learn or improve he has the gift of explaining complex things in an accessible way. This is a real bargain.
My first conference was mkgeeknight.co.uk - I've been back once. I really should go again, I hear it's just as lovely an atmosphere.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My first conference was mkgeeknight.co.uk - I've been back once. I really should go again, I hear it's just as lovely an atmosphere.
Such a massive influence on my listening throughout my teenage year. 💔 #jimmycliff
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Such a massive influence on my listening throughout my teenage year. 💔 #jimmycliff
Reposted by Dean Leigh
Nowadays, we can do better:
```
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px
rgb(from currentcolor r g b/ .65)
```
Cross-browser since September 2024.
#tinyCSStip #CSS
```
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px
rgb(from currentcolor r g b/ .65)
```
Cross-browser since September 2024.
#tinyCSStip #CSS
#tinyCSStip
Want the shadow of an element or some other visual to be a semitransparent version of the `currentColor`?
Use `color-mix()`!
Cross-browser, btw. 😼
Want the shadow of an element or some other visual to be a semitransparent version of the `currentColor`?
Use `color-mix()`!
Cross-browser, btw. 😼
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nowadays, we can do better:
```
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px
rgb(from currentcolor r g b/ .65)
```
Cross-browser since September 2024.
#tinyCSStip #CSS
```
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px
rgb(from currentcolor r g b/ .65)
```
Cross-browser since September 2024.
#tinyCSStip #CSS
I am taking part in #Decembeard which involves the very difficult task of growing a beard.
OK it’s not running a marathon, but it is to raise money for a good cause, @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
OK it’s not running a marathon, but it is to raise money for a good cause, @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
Dean Leigh - Decembeard 2025
Help Dean Leigh raise money to support Bowel Cancer UK
www.justgiving.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I am taking part in #Decembeard which involves the very difficult task of growing a beard.
OK it’s not running a marathon, but it is to raise money for a good cause, @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
OK it’s not running a marathon, but it is to raise money for a good cause, @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
I think I listened to this everyday for an entire year when I was 18 years old
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I think I listened to this everyday for an entire year when I was 18 years old
Reposted by Dean Leigh
I would never usually recommend buying my book — or any books — from Amazon, but I’ve just noticed that they’re currently (in the UK at least) selling it for £12 (RRP £30), so if you’ve been holding off, or you want to grab it for a gift, I wouldn’t hold it against you!
amzn.to/47MOtNP
amzn.to/47MOtNP
Universal Principles of Typography: 100 Key Concepts for Choosing and Using Type (Rockport Universal)
We communicate with text every single day, but The art and science of typography combines subtle tweaks to line lengths with harmonious combinations of weights and styles; considered typeface pairi...
amzn.to
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I would never usually recommend buying my book — or any books — from Amazon, but I’ve just noticed that they’re currently (in the UK at least) selling it for £12 (RRP £30), so if you’ve been holding off, or you want to grab it for a gift, I wouldn’t hold it against you!
amzn.to/47MOtNP
amzn.to/47MOtNP
Cursed are the ones who revisit their old code...
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Cursed are the ones who revisit their old code...
First time I've had to prove this outside the fridge even though it's not that cold today.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
First time I've had to prove this outside the fridge even though it's not that cold today.
After a brief break, I'm back on my bread baking business
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
After a brief break, I'm back on my bread baking business
I know were still in Movember but I need an early start to get a decent santa beard!
Please help me raise some money for @bowelcanceruk #Decembeard no matter how small it all helps.
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
Please help me raise some money for @bowelcanceruk #Decembeard no matter how small it all helps.
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I know were still in Movember but I need an early start to get a decent santa beard!
Please help me raise some money for @bowelcanceruk #Decembeard no matter how small it all helps.
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
Please help me raise some money for @bowelcanceruk #Decembeard no matter how small it all helps.
www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...
Reposted by Dean Leigh
Adam is killing it! 🤩
a new #CSS enters the ring
try it
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
source
github.com/argyleink/cs...
try it
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
source
github.com/argyleink/cs...
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Adam is killing it! 🤩
Reposted by Dean Leigh
I just tested this on Windows with Microsoft Sans Serif and you’re right that it doesn’t include ss02 — but further, applying that font setting requires information in the font file. I don’t believe there is a faux ss02 😅 (an optional cc to @pixelambacht.bsky.social and a shout to wakamaifondue.com)
Wakamai Fondue
The tool that answers the question “what can my font do?”
wakamaifondue.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I just tested this on Windows with Microsoft Sans Serif and you’re right that it doesn’t include ss02 — but further, applying that font setting requires information in the font file. I don’t believe there is a faux ss02 😅 (an optional cc to @pixelambacht.bsky.social and a shout to wakamaifondue.com)
Reposted by Dean Leigh
👀 Navigation API will be available in all browsers soon 🎉
Completely redefines the APIs used to build client-side routers / SPAs
🫤 History API: popState, link click.preventDefault() ...
✅ Navigation API: clean, centralized way to intercept navigation events 👌
Completely redefines the APIs used to build client-side routers / SPAs
🫤 History API: popState, link click.preventDefault() ...
✅ Navigation API: clean, centralized way to intercept navigation events 👌
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
👀 Navigation API will be available in all browsers soon 🎉
Completely redefines the APIs used to build client-side routers / SPAs
🫤 History API: popState, link click.preventDefault() ...
✅ Navigation API: clean, centralized way to intercept navigation events 👌
Completely redefines the APIs used to build client-side routers / SPAs
🫤 History API: popState, link click.preventDefault() ...
✅ Navigation API: clean, centralized way to intercept navigation events 👌
Released Today - UmBootstrap 17.0.0.-rc1 (big thanks to @AaronSadlerUK for help updating)
www.nuget.org/packages/Umb...
www.nuget.org/packages/Umb...
Umbraco.Community.Templates.UmBootstrap 17.0.0-rc1
A project template for creating a new Umbraco site using the UmBootstrap Starter Kit
www.nuget.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Released Today - UmBootstrap 17.0.0.-rc1 (big thanks to @AaronSadlerUK for help updating)
www.nuget.org/packages/Umb...
www.nuget.org/packages/Umb...
Reposted by Dean Leigh
HEY HEY, the Design Tokens Specification is stable! This is absolutely phenomenal news for the design system community and the technology industry in general. www.w3.org/community/de...
Design Tokens specification reaches first stable version | Design Tokens Community Group
www.w3.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
HEY HEY, the Design Tokens Specification is stable! This is absolutely phenomenal news for the design system community and the technology industry in general. www.w3.org/community/de...
Reposted by Dean Leigh
Built on good old robots.txt, the new open content licensing standard Really Simple Licensing (RSL) adds licensing and royalty terms.
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up
The mission is to keep the web sustainable.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Built on good old robots.txt, the new open content licensing standard Really Simple Licensing (RSL) adds licensing and royalty terms.
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
Reposted by Dean Leigh
We're almost there..! 🥳 1️⃣ 7️⃣
The Umbraco 17 Release Candidate is out now 🚀
Read Head of CMS, Andy Butland's blog for all you need to know about the upcoming Umbraco 17 launch.
👉 umbra.co/4odtwRE
#Umbraco #ReleaseCandidate #Umbraco17
The Umbraco 17 Release Candidate is out now 🚀
Read Head of CMS, Andy Butland's blog for all you need to know about the upcoming Umbraco 17 launch.
👉 umbra.co/4odtwRE
#Umbraco #ReleaseCandidate #Umbraco17
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We're almost there..! 🥳 1️⃣ 7️⃣
The Umbraco 17 Release Candidate is out now 🚀
Read Head of CMS, Andy Butland's blog for all you need to know about the upcoming Umbraco 17 launch.
👉 umbra.co/4odtwRE
#Umbraco #ReleaseCandidate #Umbraco17
The Umbraco 17 Release Candidate is out now 🚀
Read Head of CMS, Andy Butland's blog for all you need to know about the upcoming Umbraco 17 launch.
👉 umbra.co/4odtwRE
#Umbraco #ReleaseCandidate #Umbraco17
Reposted by Dean Leigh
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
Quantity over quality...
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Quantity over quality...
Reposted by Dean Leigh
LOTRO is looking for a Temp QA Tester! Get more information and find out how to apply here: https://www.daybreakgames.com/careers?location=massachusetts&job=8224457002 #LOTRO
Careers at Daybreak | Daybreak Game Company
daybreakgames.com is Daybreak Game Company's ultimate online gaming destination, providing immersive entertainment for your PC and Console.
www.daybreakgames.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
LOTRO is looking for a Temp QA Tester! Get more information and find out how to apply here: https://www.daybreakgames.com/careers?location=massachusetts&job=8224457002 #LOTRO