Month: January 2014

Create Colourful Fiery Portrait in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this awesome fiery portrait in Photoshop.This is a beginner-intermediate level tutorial aiming to give some practices on layer blending, selection and coloring techniques in Photoshop. Some steps can be a little tricky, but why not have a try! Note: The Photoshop tutorial… Continue reading Create Colourful Fiery Portrait in Photoshop

13 Inspiring Examples of Textures and Patterns in Web Design

A lot of trends come and go in web design, but textures and patterns are always around. A good use of textures and patterns can add personality, depth and interest to a website. This is probably the reason why these are still popular among designers. Today, to prove that textures are still around, we’ve got… Continue reading 13 Inspiring Examples of Textures and Patterns in Web Design

40+ Most Creative Websites With Artistic Designs that will shock you

We live in an world of information immersion, and that interprets to web plan. In such a focused planet, it gets to be more critical to emerge by breaking meetings. In some cases its about layout, now and then about the representation and cool outlines or else other possibilities that might be not the same… Continue reading 40+ Most Creative Websites With Artistic Designs that will shock you

Get a Closer Look at 10 Outstanding Examples Of Website Navigation

Navigation is also known as button bar, which is an essential component of a website. The success of a website is directly related to its navigation. Website navigation is like a gateway into the different sections of content. Some general rules are mentioned below to design it effectively: Navigation should be easy and simple It… Continue reading Get a Closer Look at 10 Outstanding Examples Of Website Navigation

Browser Testing in the Cloud Redux

I’ve written quite a bit about browser testing solutions trying to help identify techniques and tools that make cross-browser development easier. My last article on the subject covered how to use BrowserStack to test any number of browsers all from one central tool; your own browser. I was on a Windows PC back then so… Continue reading Browser Testing in the Cloud Redux

Android SDK: Virtual & Physical Devices

Android OS is used on a large number of devices with different screen sizes, processing power, memory, sensors, etc. There is also a high possibility that your intended user base will have different versions of Android installed on their devices. This means that you will have to be very careful when developing Android apps and… Continue reading Android SDK: Virtual & Physical Devices

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know

In my previous article, we covered some of HTTP’s basics, such as the URL scheme, status codes and request/response headers. With that as our foundation, we will look at the finer aspects of HTTP, like connection handling, authentication and HTTP caching. These topics are fairly extensive, but we’ll cover the most important bits. HTTP Connections… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Learning the fundamentals of the World Wide Web is crucial, especially if you are planning to build web apps. And, HTTP is at the heart of any web application you could build. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the life of the web. It’s used every time you transfer a document, or make an AJAX request. But HTTP is surprisingly a relative unknown among some web developers. This introduction will demonstrate how the set of design principles, known as REST, underpin HTTP, and allow you to embrace its… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

The Best Way to Learn Python

Wondering how to learn Python on your own? There are plenty of Python tutorials and resources on Envato Tuts+! What Is Python? Python is more popular than ever, and it’s being used everywhere from back-end web servers to front-end game development and everything in between. Python is a true general-purpose language and is quickly becoming… Continue reading The Best Way to Learn Python

How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS

A few days ago, I received my invite to Google Music. While browsing the app, I noticed a tiny, but neat trick they use to create tabs and diagonal borders with plain-old CSS. I’ll show you how to do the same in your projects today! Prefer a Video Tutorial? Step 1: The Markup We begin… Continue reading How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS

20+ HTML Forms Best Practices for Beginners

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Working with HTML forms can be somewhat daunting. They not only use some niche HTML elements, but also blur the line between static content and user interaction. Let’s review some things to remember when creating your next form. Good HTML forms require attention on at least four… Continue reading 20+ HTML Forms Best Practices for Beginners

30+ PHP Best Practices for Beginners

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} PHP is the most widely used language for server-side programming on the web. Here are 30+ best practices for beginners wanting to gain a firmer grasp of the fundamentals. We have also written posts like these for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. HTML & CSS 30 HTML Best… Continue reading 30+ PHP Best Practices for Beginners

How to Create a PHP/MySQL Powered Forum From Scratch

In this tutorial, we’re going to build a PHP/MySQL powered forum from scratch. This tutorial is perfect for getting used to basic PHP and database usage. Step 1: Creating Database Tables It’s always a good idea to start by creating a good data model when building an application. Let’s see what we are going to… Continue reading How to Create a PHP/MySQL Powered Forum From Scratch

Top 20 Most Usable Content Management Systems

There are plenty of options when picking a content management system for a development project. Depending on how advanced you need the CMS to be, what language it’s built in, and who is going to be using it, it can be a nightmare trying to find the “perfect” CMS for a project. However, some CMSs… Continue reading Top 20 Most Usable Content Management Systems

What Needs to Go in It and What Doesn’t

In this tutorial, let’s talk about the header.php file, an essential file for any WordPress theme. I’ll show you a  header file example and give tips about what needs to go in it and what doesn’t. Introduction It’s important for you to know what exactly the header.php file should contain in a WordPress theme. We… Continue reading What Needs to Go in It and What Doesn’t

Add a Custom Column in WordPress Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

In this tutorial we will see how to add a new column to the WordPress Posts management screen and in this column we will show the Featured Image of each Post. This new column will also be added in the management screen of any active Custom Post Type. Step 1. Activate Featured Images In this… Continue reading Add a Custom Column in WordPress Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

36 Excellent Free Image Galleries: JavaScript, React, PHP, or CSS

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Here are some of our favourite free image galleries that you can quickly plug into a design. They’ve been built with everything from JavaScript to PHP to jQuery and more… A shout-out to all the developers involved in sharing their work with the community! JavaScript Galleries jQuery… Continue reading 36 Excellent Free Image Galleries: JavaScript, React, PHP, or CSS

How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

If you run a multi-author website, you may want to consider adding an author template to your website. Author templates help present more information about writers and make it easier for visitors to find other articles the author have written. In this post we will be breaking the author template down and showing you how… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

If you run a multi-author website, you may want to consider adding an author template to your website. Author templates help present more information about writers and make it easier for visitors to find other articles the author have written. In this post we will be breaking the author template down and showing you how… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

40+ Blog Web Design Examples

When it comes to blog web design there is no rights and wrongs in regard of style, layout and colors. As blogs are often highly personal the design tends to reflect the persons individual taste, interests and preferences. In the examples I have listed below you can see how different a blog can look depending… Continue reading 40+ Blog Web Design Examples

10 jQuery Lightbox Plugins

jQuery is a powerful tool for web designing. It can transform a web page to an entertaining and high quality. Today we collect some wonderful lightbox plugin with many variations. These lightbox plugins became very popular because it is very easy to implement. Quick & Simple LightBox Plugin For jQuery – Boxer Boxer is a… Continue reading 10 jQuery Lightbox Plugins

Simple Loading Spinners Animated with CSS3

Before CSS3 transition, we see loading spinners in flash website, and then AJAX component with animated GIF. Besides, animated GIF, we have seen VML & Canvas spinners too. Now, we have pure CSS animated loaders/spinners created with just HTML markup and CSS3.   Spinkit has a collection of good looking CSS spinners:   SpinKit uses… Continue reading Simple Loading Spinners Animated with CSS3