We recently had to figure out how to use google fonts for a specific page on one of our sites. We did not want to load in a CSS file that would only be needed on one page, so we had to find a way to dynamically load the CSS and thought we’d share the solution. The script snippet that google included didn’t work for some reason (perhaps some conflicts with existing scripts on the site), so we found a jQuery solution to load a CSS file when you don’t want to add code to the <head> for the entire site.
<script type="text/javascript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
var link = $("<link>");
link.attr({
type: 'text/css',
rel: 'stylesheet',
href: 'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Architects+Daughter'
});
$("head").append( link );
/* ]]> */
</script>
Go here (http://www.google.com/webfonts) to select the font(s) you want to add, then it gives you the standard <link> you can add to your page if you want it in the head. But if you need to add that inside the <body>, use the above code and just replace the href attribute with the link google gives you.
Then just use CSS as normal:
.classWithGoogleFont {
font-family: 'Architects Daughter', cursive;
}
Enjoy!
One of the things we’ve been trying to figure out is how to use version control with CMS platforms like WordPress. We had several discussions on whether or not we should place the entire installation under version control, but ultimately decided that would be wasteful and unnecessary. We really only need to consider the themes and plugins that we deploy, but they are very intertwined within the WP folder structure with all of the WP files, image uploads, etc. So we are trying out the layout below and so far it seems to be working well.
We found a central location that was convenient for the teams at that campus, stocked those rooms with candy and snacks, and manned each one with members of our team so that we could provide face-to-face support. We do have some unique challenges because of the size of our staff and the fact that we are separated geographically, so being onsite allowed us to provide a personal touch, which went a long way to providing a comfort level to our ministries. We didn’t know how effective this would be, but it ended up being a huge success!
08.16.2011
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