String Concatenation in PHP

String concatenation is a very common and useful operation in PHP. There are many ways in which you might want to join strings together like prepending, appending, or combining them at some other point. In this quick tip, I’ll teach you string concatenation in PHP. You’ll learn how to prepend or append strings in PHP… Continue reading String Concatenation in PHP

22 Best T-Shirt Mockup Templates

22 Shares Best t-shirt mockups realistic look with many options. Professional photoshop t-shirt mockup templates are perfect to create a stunning t-shirt design presentation. These t-shirt mockups allow you to showcase your apparel design with a professional look. These PSD mockups are very easy to use, just drag and drop your apparel design on a t-shirt… Continue reading 22 Best T-Shirt Mockup Templates

The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The first part of the ‘Design Debt 101’ series. The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt Monday afternoon. Kick-off meeting. This new project looks very promising, you may have discovered a niche no one knew about. It turns out, you need notifications. “Great! We have a notification system. It shouldn’t be an… Continue reading The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt

How to Create Online Brand Consistency (for Email and Web)

In an economy that’s more digital than ever, one statement stands particularly strong:  “Brand consistency is the key to survival in today’s digital economy” – Marketing Week Brand consistency leads to brand recognition, and brand recognition leads to brand trust. Have you ever trusted a brand you didn’t recognise? The Challenge of Online Brand Consistency… Continue reading How to Create Online Brand Consistency (for Email and Web)

5 Innovative Web Development Strategies For Your Next Project

There are plenty of innovative website development strategies to ensure success on your next major project. The best website development tactics fuse your project goals with every component of the web design and development process. This way, you can obtain a clear direction, and successfully accomplish your programming objectives. As an experienced developer, the strategy… Continue reading 5 Innovative Web Development Strategies For Your Next Project

7 Bad Tips for a Newbie Designer

3 Shares It’s funny that some people look for write-ups on examples of bad web design online instead of directly learning from articles that show the good practices. It’s the reverse approach to learning the best practices, and it is even funnier to learn that other people even ask about popular websites with bad designs.… Continue reading 7 Bad Tips for a Newbie Designer

How to Trim Strings in PHP

There are a lot of times when we want to work with strings but they are padded with unwanted characters either at the beginning or the end. PHP has defined specific functions that we can use to trim such strings easily. In this quick tip, we will discuss to common string trimming situations that you… Continue reading How to Trim Strings in PHP

8 Easy Ways to Improve Your Website Typography in Under 30 Minutes

Typography is one of the most important elements of any site, having a measurably large impact on brand and experience. So fundamental is it that making wholesale changes to your typography — opting for a new font, changing the measure, increasing leading — is complex and fraught with potential time-sinks. But there are some simple… Continue reading 8 Easy Ways to Improve Your Website Typography in Under 30 Minutes

30 Passionate Valentine’s Day Graphics & Illustrations

With the season of love fast approaching, it seems only natural to celebrate this profoundly amorous occasion. Valentine’s Day is sprinkled with illustrative ideas of chocolates, flowers, pink hearts, and that dastardly matchmaker known as Cupid. Designers from around the world jump on this season with amity and congeniality towards their craft. To get the… Continue reading 30 Passionate Valentine’s Day Graphics & Illustrations

Create a Sticky Note Effect in 5 Easy Steps with CSS3 and HTML5

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to transform an HTML list into a wall of “sticky notes” that look and work like the following: The effect is built up gradually and works on all the up-to-date browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera. Older browsers simply get some yellow squares. Step 1: The HTML and… Continue reading Create a Sticky Note Effect in 5 Easy Steps with CSS3 and HTML5

11 Best WordPress Forum Plugin Options for Community Building (2021)

While WordPress is an incredibly popular content management system (CMS) for powering blogs and business websites, the platform’s versatility extends well beyond those basic uses. Through the use of plugins, WordPress can be used to create many other types of websites as well, including forums. In this article, we’ll take a detailed look at the… Continue reading 11 Best WordPress Forum Plugin Options for Community Building (2021)

38 Best Photo Collage & Polaroid Mockups (Using an Online Photo Collage Maker)

If you love the distinct look of polaroids and want to use them either on their own or combined with other elements to create terrific photo collage designs, then you’re going to love this article.  Find Out How to Make a Photo Collage Online Today Today we’ll introduce you to the online photo collage maker from Placeit… Continue reading 38 Best Photo Collage & Polaroid Mockups (Using an Online Photo Collage Maker)

Scrape the Web at Scale With the scrapestack API

Introduction to Web Scraping Businesses need better information to target and reach wider audiences. They get this information by scraping the web for content from social media platforms, eCommerce platforms, video platforms, travel platforms, review and ratings, and more. Web scraping is simply collecting information and data from around the web. It can be done… Continue reading Scrape the Web at Scale With the scrapestack API

20 Best Discord Custom Backgrounds (Using a Discord Theme Maker)

If you want to give your Discord account an update and are wondering how to get custom Discord themes, try out Placeit’s Discord theme maker. It’s simple and easy to use, and you can customise any of the wonderful Discord theme ideas on offer in no time at all. How to Get Custom Discord Themes Using… Continue reading 20 Best Discord Custom Backgrounds (Using a Discord Theme Maker)

Best SD cards options to buy from

0 Shares SanDisk Extreme pro It is with no doubt, one of the best options available in the market, as it gives a blend of high speed and durability. This SD gives you the best features at an affordable price. The SD card is available from 16GB all the way up to 512GB. The card… Continue reading Best SD cards options to buy from

The 5 Best Photo Editing Apps of 2021

If you dabble in photo editing, you must have used Adobe Photoshop – once or twice at the very least, if not a whole lot more. It’s been the industry standard for decades after all, deservedly or not. While Photoshop provides robust editing tools and a plethora of features, it’s too overwhelming for new users.… Continue reading The 5 Best Photo Editing Apps of 2021

Vector Mockups Library

Freebie of the week is a big collection of vector device mockups designed in Figma and Sketch. With this set you can enrich your designs and make them look amazing. The free download includes the following devices, in both light and dark versions: iPhone 12 iPhone SE 2 iPhone SE iPad Pro Samsung Galaxy S20… Continue reading Vector Mockups Library

Celebrating 20 Years of Wikipedia

20 years ago, Wikipedia was started with the ambitious aim of creating a free encyclopedia for the whole world. Looking back 20 years, the world was a very different place: the Dot Com Bust had just passed; the average US house price was just $136k; Jack Bauer was only 24 hours into saving the world;… Continue reading Celebrating 20 Years of Wikipedia

15 Clever Valentine’s Day Ad Designs

Ah, Valentine’s Day! Some love it, others don’t, but in the end, Valentine’s Day is still one of the most popular holidays all over the world. The approach of the world’s sweetest holiday is a great time for us to gather some inspiration and showcase a collection of the Web’s best Valentine’s Day advertisements. In Case… Continue reading 15 Clever Valentine’s Day Ad Designs

How to Use Variable Fonts on the Web

Are you wondering, “What are variable fonts?” Variable fonts were developed as the joint effort of the four biggest tech companies involved in type design—Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Adobe.  Download this and all the best variable fonts from Envato Elements As the name suggests, variable fonts allow designers to derive an unlimited number of font… Continue reading How to Use Variable Fonts on the Web

20 Best New Websites, January 2021

Here we are into a brand new year, and although we’re far from out of the woods yet, there is a feeling of renewed hope on many fronts. In this first collection of the year, we have a mix of retrospectives, brand new ventures, and business as usual. There is an eclectic mix of styles… Continue reading 20 Best New Websites, January 2021