Peter Tasker on creating blocks right now:

It’s fairly straightforward these days to get set up with the WP CLI ‘scaffold’ command. This command will set up a WordPress theme or plugin with a ‘blocks’ folder that contains the PHP and base CSS and JavaScript required to create a custom block. The only drawback that I noticed is that the JavaScript uses the old ES5 syntax rather than modern ESNext. Modern JavaScript allows us to write more concise

… Read article “How to Create Custom WordPress Editor Blocks in 2020”

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WordPress 5.4 was released not so long ago and, along with other improvements and bug fixes, it introduced a feature called Block Variations. I had a chance to use it on one of my recent projects and am so pleasantly surprised with how smart this feature is. I actually think it hasn’t received the attention it deserves, which is why I decided to write this article.

What is a Block Variation?

Block Variations allow developers to define instances of existing … Read article “How to Use Block Variations in WordPress”

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The other day in “Static or not?” I said:

[…] serving HTML from a CDN is some feat.

What I meant is that serving resources like images, CSS, and JavaScript from a CDN is fairly straightforward. The industry at large has been doing that for many years. An asset with a URL can be moved to a CDN and served from it. Changes to that asset are usually handled by changing the URL (e.g. style.324535.css, style.css?v=345434 or the like) … Read article “Static Hoisting”

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MDX is a killer feature for things like blogs, slide decks and component documentation. It allows you to write Markdown without worrying about HTML elements, their formatting and placement while sprinkling in the magic of custom React components when necessary.

Let’s harness that magic and look at how we can customize MDX by replacing Markdown elements with our own MDX components. In the process, we’ll introduce the concept of “shortcodes” when using those components.

As a heads up, the code … Read article “Working With MDX Custom Elements and Shortcodes”

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The accessibility trick is using <input type="range"> and wrestling it into shape with CSS rather than giving up and re-building it with divs or whatever and later forget about accessibility.

The most clever example uses an angled linear-gradient background making the input look like a volume slider where left = low and right = high.

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Michelle Barker notes that it’s been a heck of a week for us CSS layout nerds.

1. Firefox has long had the best DevTools for CSS Grid, but Chrome is about to catch up and go one bit better by visualizing grid line numbers and names.
2. Firefox supports gap for display: flex, which is great, and now Chrome is getting that too.
3. Firefox is trying out an idea for masonry layout.

Direct Link to Article — Permalink… Read article “Exciting Things on the Horizon For CSS Layout”

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It’s probably one part coronavirus, one part new-fancy-video setup, and one part “hey this is good for CodePen too,” but I’ve been doing more videos lately. It’s nice to be back in the swing of that for a minute. There’s something fun about coming back to an old familiar workflow.

Where do the videos get published? I’m a publish-on-your-own site kinda guy, as I’m sure you know, so there is a whole Videos section of this site where every … Read article “I’m getting back to making videos”

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Compared to the past, modern browsers have become really efficient at rendering the tangled web of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code a typical webpage provides. It takes a mere milliseconds to render the code we give it into something people can use.

What could we, as front-end developers, do to actually help the browser be even faster at rendering? There are the usual best practices that are so easy to forget with our modern tooling — especially in cases where … Read article “Let’s Take a Deep Dive Into the CSS Contain Property”

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I mentioned this the other day via Michelle Barker’s coverage, but here I’ll link to the official announcement. The main thing is that we’ll be getting gap with flexbox, which means:

.flex-parent {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1rem;
}
.flex-child {
  flex: 1;
}

That’s excellent, as putting space in between flex items has been tough in the past. We have justify-content: space-between, which is nice sometimes, but that doesn’t allow you to explicitly tell the flex container how … Read article “Chromium lands Flexbox gap”

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Ganguly had earlier announced a donation of Rs 50 lakh worth rice for the sufferers of COVID-19, which has left the world in disarray.

Having competed against quality cricketers, the 2005 Ashes stands out as special series for both Australian legends.

Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir seems to be making most of the lockdown across the country. The lockdown across India was extended till May 3 to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and East Delhi MP Gambhir is getting to spending time with his kids at home, even though they are not letting him catch up with his sleep.

But with increased focus on social distancing and personal hygiene to contain the spread of the virus, the sport stares at a changing landscape.

In this webinar, the tax lawyers of Minden Gross LLP will provide a practical overview of income splitting strategies available today. This webinar will review in detail the various attribution rules devised to thwart income planning, and guide participants to strategies still available for safe and effective income splitting.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1669, May 12, 2015

One of the objectives of a value-added tax system is to simplify the administration of taxes, and this is accomplished by taxing almost everything and everyone, but allowing input tax credits (ITCs) for those who are not considered to be the final consumer of supplies. While many accounting and finance professionals understand the basic rules for claiming ITCs for GST/HST paid on property and services acquired in relation to an organization’s commercial activities, few have the time to explore some of the more complex issues associated with ITCs.  

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1711, March 04, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1710, February 10, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

, February 04, 2015
, February 17, 2015

Objectives

The Projects course content focuses on features you use to assign employees to projects, enter and track budget information and track project due dates. Project Management list setup and creating projects are integral parts of this course. These features help make sure management has the most up to date information to make informed decisions. Expected prerequisite program knowledge includes the Time Entry module as well as filtering and navigating between modules. This course includes hands-on computer training.

Topics

·         Set security settings that affect the Project Management and Project Tracking modules

·         Set up Project Management lists

·         Copy Templates to clients

·         Copy existing client projects to other clients

·         Assign staff to projects

·         Create budgets for projects

·         Schedule employee work load and manage resources

·         Use Project Tracking to build lists on-screen

·         Update a project status in the Time Entry module

·         Run project status and scheduling reports

·         Extend project due dates in the program

·         Roll forward or replicate projects for the next period

·         Use Project Management utilities and other helpful features

Attendees

Staff that create projects, monitor due dates, set time budgets, assign staff to jobs, and schedule staff workload

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1247, January 28, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1525, January 28, 2015

Join the tax lawyers of Dentons Canada LLP for an instructive overview and update of the tax rules in respect of foreign affiliates. Cross border holdings and debt require special consideration in tax filing, and Canada’s foreign affiliate tax regime has undergone some significant changes in the past couple of years. This webinar will examine the basics of Canada’s foreign affiliate taxation regime - as it applies to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – who already carry an international presence, or are considering expansion abroad.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1707, January 21, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1644, January 20, 2015

Objectives

 
The End User course content focuses on the key features that all employees use when entering time and expense transactions, updating the status of a project and finding client contact information. All of these features are designed to make sure that management has the most up-to-date information to make decisions.

Topics

·         Enter billable time or expense transactions in 30 seconds or less

·         Enter nonbillable time, expense, CPE and marketing transactions

·         Update project status when entering time and expenses

·         Review, edit and release time and expense transactions

·         Generate a reimbursable expense report

·         Review summary or detailed timesheet history

·         Monitor client and project alerts

·         Manage and review personal due dates

·         Look up client information

Attendees

 
All staff that enter time, expenses, lookup contact information, and update project status

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1244, January 15, 2015

Corporate Tax Forms

This Webinar is designed for Corporate Taxprep users who are new to filing Canadian corporate tax returns or need a refresher on the forms and filing requirements. The Webinar will explain the concepts of General Index of Financial Information (GIFI) and T2 Bar Code return. We will also look at some of the special forms that are unique to corporate tax returns and when they are required.

This webinar is approximately 1 hour in length.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1310, January 15, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1310, March 25, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1310, May 13, 2015

Objectives

 
The Biller course content focuses on billing practices and features that help to ensure timely, profitable billing. We follow the philosophy that having WIP, prior Invoice and A/R information at your fingertips saves time and money. Keeping management up to date on the status and progress of client accounts is the fundamental philosophy that drives the course. This course includes hands-on computer training.

Topics

·         Select clients to bill

·         Bill related clients (client engagements) together

·         Generate a Quick Bill

·         Correct WIP

·         Analyze, Select and Adjust WIP

·         Bill by Category or project

·         Use Billing Agreements

·         Partial Bill (apply a write up or write down to a specific WIP transaction)

·         Format invoices

·         Generate a Progress Bill

·         Generate Fixed Fee Bills

·         Review billing decisions on-screen

·         Print or email invoices in a batch

Attendees

All staff that select clients to bill, make billing decisions, correct or transfer WIP, generate, format, or process invoices, and review and approve bills.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1246, January 15, 2015

This Webinar will focus on how to prepare and submit your T-Slips using the new interface with FormMaster. Plus how to navigate around in the program when searching for extraneous forms.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1699, January 14, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1699, January 21, 2015

Objectives

The Administrator course content focuses on features in the Administration, Accounts Receivable, Reports and Report Writer modules. By learning how to work properly within these modules, you can better manage the program on a day-to-day basis. This course includes hands-on computer training.

Topics

·         Create new clients and prospects

·         Create custom fields

·         Maintain up to date client contact information

·         Lock releasing of time

·         Edit and update released time

·         Use Batch Time Entry

·         Correct WIP and update invoices

·         Select a Lock Reconciliation Date and WIP Approval date

·         Determine Security Settings for employees

·         Set up Alerts for assigned employees

·         Complete Year End Procedures

·         Use the Administrative Utilities

·         Enter A/R transactions

·         Apply Later Distributions (prepayments) to invoices

·         Update, Correct and Search A/R

·         Print A/R Statements and Dunning Letters

·         Calculate and update finance charges

·         Generate firm reports

·         Create and process report Queues

Attendees

Staff responsible for managing day-to-day operations in Practice Management, including clients, contacts, security, time, billing, A/R and generating reports.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1245, January 14, 2015

This webinar provides an overview of the Corporate Taxprep interface and explains the basic operations of the program, navigating the tax return and entering data.

While this webinar is designed primarily for new users, it may also be helpful to users that would like a refresher on the operation of the program.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1563, January 13, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1563, March 23, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1563, May 11, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1392, January 13, 2015

Objectives

 
The Setup course content focuses on a group of important options and features you must set up for the program to function properly. While there are many other important options and features in the program, this course focuses on some of the most basic functions you must set up in order to prepare for conversion.   

Topics

·         Make decisions on basic setup items such as timer rounding, AR payment entry method and labels  
      for Client Staff Positions and Project Status Dates

·         Create lists used in the program

·         Setup employees in the program

·         Set default security settings and security settings for individual employees

·         Create a list of Categories, Subcategories and Service Codes

·         Set up your default invoice format

·         Make decisions about how to enter a new client and client contact

Attendees

 
Staff involved in determining the firm's best practices and software setup. While this course does not expressly cover best practices, it is important to involve decision makers.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1243, January 12, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1393, January 08, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1393, January 22, 2015

This course focuses on using features within Practice Management to better track your marketing efforts.
The content helps you determine how your employees attain new business. The need for up to date information
concerning leads and prospects, as well as tracking Marketing Methods, Referral Sources and employee
marketing efforts drive the course content. The course also covers the use of mailing lists to generate
quick labels and letters.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1528, January 08, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1554, January 06, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1460, December 29, 2014

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1670, December 18, 2014
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1670, January 21, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1670, February 03, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1670, February 10, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1371, December 18, 2014
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1371, January 21, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1371, January 26, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1371, February 03, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1371, February 10, 2015

CCH Portal



The CCH Portal's bi-directional file exchange capabilities make it easy for you to securely deliver and receive client documents, facilitating collaboration and supporting the upload of even the largest files. In this webinar, we will show you how CCH Portal can help you and your clients to:

• Access vital documents immediately from any location with internet access via a secure, private repository.
• Organize documents electronically in cabinets and folders that mirror the way you store paper documents.
• Easily upload documents of all sizes without relying on an FTP server.
• Designate files as read-only or read/write for easier access and greater security.
• Check out documents to prevent other users from editing them while they are being updated.
• Maintain previous file versions in the document history.
• Search, filter, and display documents by file type, title, creator, keyword and more.

Register now for this FREE webinar and discover how CCH Portal can help you protect your clients' privacy and gain a competitive edge by delivering a new level of client service.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

, December 17, 2014
, January 07, 2015
, January 14, 2015
, January 21, 2015
, January 28, 2015

In this 90-minute webinar, we will show you how to get around in the software and what functions are available to make you more productive. Includes an in depth look at Family Coupling, File attachments and the Pathfinder, what they are and how to use them to improve your productivity. This session is intended for those who are new to the Cantax software and those who would like a refresher of all the menu items and their function.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1698, December 17, 2014
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1698, January 16, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1698, January 23, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1698, January 28, 2015

CCH Scan is a paperless software solution that effortlessly and electronically takes all of the disorganized and unsorted client information, determines what each item is, and outputs the organized documents to a single, organized, and bookmarked PDF file.

This webinar will provide an overview on the use of the product and illustrate how it:

• Delegates the work required to organize T1 source documents to an admin person
• Improves the tax preparation workflow by automatically retrieving the PDF related to the return.
• Speeds up the data entry and review process
• Reduces the risk of errors
• Reduces office space required to store paper documents.
• Reduces time required to retrieve work papers (eg. CRA’s EFILE requests in the summer).
• Saves money - no need to buy additional expensive software to improve scanning image.
• Reduces time for manual bookmarking process for those who are currently scanning.
• Can be used for all source document scanning (front-end scanning)

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

, December 17, 2014
, January 07, 2015
, January 14, 2015
, January 21, 2015
, January 28, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

, December 17, 2014

Our Best Practices consultation session is structured as a 2-day course.
 
Designed to ensure a smooth implementation, a knowledgeable consultant will guide your firm's implementation leaders through important decisions within the software.

Through the first day of this course, new customers gain a head start on using the software to its full potential while existing customers benefit from a detailed
review of their current use of ProSystem fx Practice Management.  Both new and existing customers learn how to implement CCH's recommended best practices.

Day two provides a more detailed look at the Implementation Checklist resulting in a customize Best Practices document that will suit your firm's workflow
and organizational structure. Additional time will also be available to discuss more complex technical, procedural and functional implementation issues.

Topics

    - Assess implementation goals
    - Discuss setup items you need to complete for a successful conversion
    - Use the implementation checklist to create a to-do list for conversion and implementation
    - Make assignments and set due dates in the implementation checklist
    - Begin updating the Best Practices guide to build best practices specific to your company
    - Ensuring an in-depth understanding of the implementation checklist and related best practices documents
    - Customizing a "Policies and Procedures Guide"
    - Working through complete multi-office or large-scale implementations

Attendees

Practice Management Champions Team, which should include representation from each department that will use the program.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1334, December 16, 2014

Join our CCH trainer for this interactive session on improving your Search Techniques using CCH Online platform - a great learning opportunity!This session is for those CRA clients who are comfortable with the platform, and would like to delve a little deeper into researching.You will learn more sophisticated methods of Boolean searching which will, in turn save you time and energy.Have you been searching for something specific, or not quite getting the answers with the searches you've conducted? Please submit examples that we can use to tailor our session to your specific needs.Please send your name, e-mail and the date and time of the session you have registered for to: wisam.mshati@wolterskluwer.com and we will use those examples during the session.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

, December 15, 2014