There are some truly stunning websites out there. But just because something looks pretty, doesn’t mean it will be functional and drive your target customers to action. “Most client web design requests will begin with a request for stellar web design, not a fully-functional one,” says an article from the digital marketing agency Active Web… Continue reading 5 Things That Significantly Improve User Experience
8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
Recently, I was part of a 3-person team of consultants who in 12 weeks built the foundations of a new design system. That design system is now used in multiple products and is contributed to by other developers and designers. In this post you’ll find some of the techniques we used to make the project… Continue reading 8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
New Fresh Free Fonts Download
New free fonts, 100% fresh and free fonts download and used in any commercial work. In this font collection we are gathered handwritten brush fonts, script fonts, calligraphy fonts and sans serif fonts which are perfect for logo design, badge, packaging, headline, poster, t-shirt/apparel, greeting card, and wedding invitation. The following fonts are ideal to make… Continue reading New Fresh Free Fonts Download
Definitive Guide to Installing a Free or Premium WordPress Plugin
What You’ll Be Creating Plugins are what makes WordPress special. Without them, WordPress wouldn’t be much more than a humble blogging platform. But by adding plugins to your site, you can turn it into so much more. Depending on what you need, you can use a plugin to make your site more efficient and to… Continue reading Definitive Guide to Installing a Free or Premium WordPress Plugin
How to Conduct a UX Card Sorting Workshop
The act of card sorting is a hands-on and quick way of creating a category tree (information architecture) based on users’ understanding of the topics of a product. The simple idea of the workshop is to ask users to organise cards that already contain written content into groups. In this tutorial you will learn how… Continue reading How to Conduct a UX Card Sorting Workshop
3 Top WP Tools and Services: Any of Them Will Make Your Site Better
Posted · Category: Best Collections With roughly 55,000 WordPress Plugins and Services to choose from, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding one or more that can take your business to the next level Right? The answer is “No”. Sifting through all 55,000 tools and services will not only take up a huge amount of your… Continue reading 3 Top WP Tools and Services: Any of Them Will Make Your Site Better
Stop blaming people: it’s a Design problem
Poor design sets people up for failure. But it’s not their failure. Quinn Keast Follow Jul 22 · 5 min read The New York Times just published a fascinating feature revealing the story playing out in the background during the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire. It’s a compelling look behind the scenes, from the moment smoke was… Continue reading Stop blaming people: it’s a Design problem
5 Ways Social Media Can Impact Your Web Design
There is no denying that the introduction of social media to the world has changed the way website developers and designers build sites. In fact, social media marketing helps you strengthen your brand’s online presence. Thus, it is important that you take social media into consideration whenever you are building (or updating) a website for… Continue reading 5 Ways Social Media Can Impact Your Web Design
How Color Impacts UX
Let’s start with a common example: You’ve just finished a website design for someone. It looks and functions exactly like the wireframe. Everyone on the design team has praised the project. The client hates it, but they can’t explain why. The culprit might be color. Different colors can evoke such strong emotions that people have… Continue reading How Color Impacts UX
Chat UI kit for Sketch
Today’s freebie is an incredible chat UI kit for Sketch designed and released by Stream. This is a complete messaging kit solution including components for building social and team collaboration chats, live streams, in-game chats, customer support, and more. And it’s totally free! You will find a lot of ready-made screens coming in light, dark,… Continue reading Chat UI kit for Sketch
How to Create an Instagram Post Template in Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Today we will be taking a quick look at how to create an Instagram post template in Adobe Photoshop! Whether it’s for a hot sale your site is having, you’re announcing a huge giveaway or maybe you just want to wish your followers a happy holiday, having a blank Instagram post template… Continue reading How to Create an Instagram Post Template in Photoshop
30 Creative Clean CV / Resume Templates with Cover Letters
Professional well structured CV / Resume Templates for lasting impression. In current employment market, only eye-catching clean and creative Resumes can stay in employers hands. So its very essential to pick only best simple and clean resume templates that can make big impact on employers. In this collection we are gathered Creative Clean CV/ Resume… Continue reading 30 Creative Clean CV / Resume Templates with Cover Letters
Popular Design News of the Week: July 15, 2019 – July 21, 2019
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: July 15, 2019 – July 21, 2019
10 Benefits Of Using Postcards For Marketing
If you’re in search of a unique and innovative way to market your business, then you might consider using direct mail postcards. There are many good reasons why this traditional approach could attract many new customers as opposed to the fast-paced online strategies. Sometimes it just takes a little of the tried and true to… Continue reading 10 Benefits Of Using Postcards For Marketing
Best Free WordPress Quiz Plugins
Quizzes on websites can serve a lot of purposes. I am sure you have come across quizzes that simply ask random questions about celebrities or friends for fun. There are also quizzes for things like checking compatibility or aptitude of people. Some websites add quizzes in their posts at the end of courses to help… Continue reading Best Free WordPress Quiz Plugins
7 web typography rules
Want a flawless-looking website? Start with web typography, the secret to a killer website. Jessica Tiao Follow Jul 7, 2017 · 4 min read Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the thought of designing a website? With 100,000 different fonts and 16.8 million colors on the web, the possibilities are virtually limitless. For some people,… Continue reading 7 web typography rules
10 Best Mobile Apps for Learning to Code
What’s even better is that you don’t have to spend years mastering programming either. Thanks to numerous coding apps available for both Android and iOS devices, you can easily level up your coding skills even when you’re on the go. In this post, we’ve rounded up the best coding apps that will help you learn… Continue reading 10 Best Mobile Apps for Learning to Code
5 Steps to Start Working in Photoshop
Whether you’re a Photoshop beginner or a well-seasoned pro, making the perfect Photoshop composite can be a challenge. How do you do it? Will the instructor (if you have one) check plagiarism? Does photo manipulation automatically count as plagiarism? Especially for a new user, it can seem like a massive project, with many pitfalls and… Continue reading 5 Steps to Start Working in Photoshop
Balance Between Content and Web Design: How to Reach It
Just recently, I was given a very hard task – to find the perfect balance between web design and content. I have plenty of experience with both, but the combination of the two always gives me a lot of trouble. Still, for a website to be a success, it has to have the perfect balance… Continue reading Balance Between Content and Web Design: How to Reach It
JavaScript Remains the Queen of Programming Languages — SitePoint
This article was originally published on Developer Economics. Thank you for supporting the partners who make SitePoint possible. Take the Developer Economics survey and have your say on what the next programming language Queen should be. You could win amazing prizes and gear. Discover more. Welcome to another update on programming language communities. The choice… Continue reading JavaScript Remains the Queen of Programming Languages — SitePoint
Build an Advanced Responsive Menu Inspired by Netflix
The other day I visited the Netflix Jobs website from my phone and had a look at its off-canvas menu. I really liked the staggering animations that fired every time you hit it. So I thought it might be a good exercise to take this menu as inspiration and show you how to build a similar responsive… Continue reading Build an Advanced Responsive Menu Inspired by Netflix
Is Google Toast?
For those too young to remember, the Browser Wars entailed a tech rush by, among others, Netscape and Microsoft, resulting in useless features being implemented because they were fast to bolt-on, and useful features being rushed because they were hard. After the Browser Wars, the internet entered an era of stability as the last vestiges… Continue reading Is Google Toast?
How to Make a Sports YouTube Banner With a YouTube Banner Maker
What You’ll Be Creating If you want to be a successful YouTuber, you need a professional banner for your channel. Placeit is an online tool that allows you to design your own creation with a special banner generator. It offers hundreds of YouTube banner templates that you can modify for your needs. In this tutorial, I’ll… Continue reading How to Make a Sports YouTube Banner With a YouTube Banner Maker
Create an Online Community for Your WordPress Site With UserPro
When you think of social websites, chances are that social networks such as Facebook immediately spring to mind, but the ability to create a profile and connect with other users can be a valuable addition to many different websites. Imagine you’ve created a website for your business; you could use social features to build an… Continue reading Create an Online Community for Your WordPress Site With UserPro