Zero-Dependency Lightbox Trigger
Loading heavy media elements only after user click inputs.
document.querySelectorAll(\u0027.grid-item\u0027).forEach(item => {
item.addEventListener(\u0027click\u0027, () => loadLightbox(item.dataset.src));
});Custom WordPress Theme
Tapout Girls
Developed a media-optimized community branding portal on a custom WordPress theme using raw CSS Grid and vanilla JS, solving page rendering blocks and reducing asset payloads on mobile viewports.
- Sector
- Custom WordPress Theme
- Timeline
- 3 months
- Role
- Front-End Engineer
- WordPress
- Custom Themes
- CSS Grid
- Zero-Dependency JS
- Lazy Loading
- Responsive Design
- 0
- Render Blocks
- 97/100
- Mobile Page Speed
Removed heavy external layout dependencies
Lighthouse performance audit result
The problem
Displaying heavy media portfolios and interactive social streams without triggering render blocks or page lag.
The solution
Developed responsive zero-dependency grid modules, image lazy-loaders, and modular lightboxes.
Approach
How it was built.
01
Zero-Dependency Image Grid
Engineered clean, responsive grids using modern CSS Grid rules, bypassing heavy external grid plugins.
02
Modular CSS Media Gating
Constructed lightboxes that load high-res assets only upon interaction, conserving user data.
Technical detail
The parts worth explaining.
What I took from it
- CSS Grid eliminates structural code overhead
- Lazy loading high-res assets is essential for media portals
Where it goes next
- Deploy optimized video streaming players
- Configure localized shop widgets
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