FAQs
Q. What kinds of applications or sites does Maria build?
A. Maria's
specialty stack
isJavaScript
.Front
andback
. However, she also works withWordPress
(which also includesJavaScript
,HTML
, andCSS
), and uses her owncustom theme
. She can also provide acommmunity add-on
toWordPress
web sites. And coming fromdigital photography
andvideo
, she likes to work withdigital media features
within hersites
and/orapplications
.
Q. Where can I find some samples of her work?
A. To view
applications
and/orweb sites
she has built, visit theProjects
tab in theheader navigation menu
. To viewtechnical posts
she has written, visit theBlog
tab in theheader navigation menu
. She also has a voluminous amount ofcontent
that is in the form ofslide decks
,Github repositories
,markdown homework files
, to name a few. You will have to ask her directly aboutviewing
that kind of content. And then it would only be for professional purposes.
Q. What drives Maria in her work? What is her philosphy? Her mission? Her goals?
A. To learn more about
Maria
'swork philosophy
,mission
, andgoals
, visit theAbout
tab in theheader navigation menu
.
Q. What is the purpose of the crescent moon in desktop view to the right of the header navigation menu?
A. When you click on the
crescent moon
, you are transitioned intodark mode
.
Q. I see a sun in desktop view to the right of the header navigation menu. What does it mean?
A. It means that you are in
dark mode
. When you click on thesun
, it transitions you intolight mode
. Inlight mode
, thesun
transforms*** into acrescent moon
.
Q. Sometimes the active header navigation link's color changes AND contains an underline, and sometimes it only contains an underline. Why is that?
A. When the
color
of the activeheader navigation link
changes AND it contains anunderline
, it means that you are on atop-level page/path
. When the activeheader navigation link
only contains anunderline
, it means that you are on a nestedpage/path
.
Q. What is the "Load Comments" button about at the bottom of all the blog and project posts?
A. When you click on the
"Load Comments"
button, it will load thecomments
for thepost/project
you are on. This is useful for when you are on aproject
orblog post
and you want to seewhat comments
havebeen made
.
Q. What is the Comment box with the green that appears after I click on the "Load Comments" button?
A. The 1Comment1 box is where you can create and submit a
comment
. Therepositoary
for this site ispublic
onGithub
, because thecomment system
used here called Giscus, powered byGithub Discussions
, requires theowners
ofrepositories
usingGiscus
to make their sites'Github repositories
public.
Q. How exactly does Giscus work?
A.
Giscus
lets visitors
leavecomments
andreactions
on awebsite
via Github. So not only do thecomments
appear on theweb site
, but they also appear in thesite repository
'sDiscussions
tab.
Q. Is Giscus open source?
A. Yes. And it is free to use.
Q. Is a database needed?
A. No. All data is stored in Github discussions.
Q. Is there anything I need to do in order to be able to leave a Giscus comment?
Signing up with Github is
A. YES. First, you need to have a Github account.free
!
Q. Is there anything else I have to do?
A. YES. To comment, you must authorize
Giscus
to post on your behalfusing
the Github OAuth flow. You can also choose to comment on thesite
'sGithub Discussion
directly.
Q. When does the Giscus authorization process take place?
A. The
authorization process
kicks in when you try andsubmit
your first comment.