Imagine the public excitement when, in 1951, William Edmund Hick (“Hickey” to his friends?!) and Ray (with an “a”) Hyman published research about people’s responses to a bunch of flashing lights. I’m sure no-one could imagine how important this work would be for the information age since, of course, at that time, a bank of… Continue reading Less is (Almost) Definitely More: An Introduction to Hick’s Law for Web Designers
How to Add a Drop-Down Menu in WordPress
WordPress features a built-in menu management system that makes it easy to add menus to your website. However, as you add more and more pages, posts and other miscellaneous content, it may become impossible to include every destination in your standard menu bar. In these scenarios, you can provide easy access to every section of… Continue reading How to Add a Drop-Down Menu in WordPress
The one thing I learned in engineering school that I use every day
Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash Or, looking for data and boundary conditions Engineering problems are typically well-bounded. That is, we only need to solve for particular conditions, and problems often give us the values of critical variables. Undergraduate engineering problem-solving lies less in mathematical derivation and more in recognizing the shape of a problem,… Continue reading The one thing I learned in engineering school that I use every day
20 Best Membership Plugins for Your WordPress Site
Do you want to start earning money from your WordPress website? There are lots of ways that you can turn your site into an additional revenue stream, but many of these options revolve around one-off payments. You could build an online store, sell advertising space, or fill your website with affiliate links—or you could sell membership subscriptions that’ll guarantee… Continue reading 20 Best Membership Plugins for Your WordPress Site
50 Best Websites of 2019
From some very tough competition, these are the 50 sites we liked the best this year. Each one has been chosen either because it took a unique approach, or because it was central to a design trend that was a big hit in 2019. There’s a lot of fullscreen video, a lot of illustration, and… Continue reading 50 Best Websites of 2019
8 WordPress Plugins for a Faster Website
Speed is one of the most important features of every website. With only one chance to make a great first impression, your website must be on top of its game. Always. If you want your site to be successful, to have a lot of visitors, and your voice to be heard, you need to work… Continue reading 8 WordPress Plugins for a Faster Website
Stumped on a Logo? Lettermarks are Simple to Create and Look Great
December 15, 2019 by Spyre Studios It can be really difficult to design an original logo from scratch, especially for designers who are just starting out. There are always websites like Hire the World to give you a boost in your logo designs, but if you want to hone your craft, the task of inventing… Continue reading Stumped on a Logo? Lettermarks are Simple to Create and Look Great
Ferrite Core: A free futuristic font
Ferrite Core is a free typeface designed by Froyo Tam, a young and talented artist working across many disciplines in design, photography, and animation. This display font is built with geometric shapes lending it a futurist look. It’s a great choice for headlines, graphic design and more. Download font
Popular Design News of the Week: December 9, 2019 – December 15, 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: December 9, 2019 – December 15, 2019
How to Recover SEO Ranking and Traffic After Website Restructure?
So, you’ve completed a major overhaul of your website and are now finally satisfied with the way it looks? Great! However, introducing new pages, making significant changes and all that kind of stuff can have a significant impact on your SEO ranking. And not in a good way, unfortunately. You can expect your ranking and… Continue reading How to Recover SEO Ranking and Traffic After Website Restructure?
Modern High Quality Stock Photos & Photo Mockups
Beautiful stylish Stock Photos and Photo Mockups are perfect for all your social media content creations. High quality Photo Mockups can save your time to create attention-grabbing Instagram posts, Pinterest posts and Facebook ads. Update your blog or website images, the possibilities are endless. The photos have been created using high quality goods and feature… Continue reading Modern High Quality Stock Photos & Photo Mockups
How to Add Plugins to WordPress
So you’ve just created your first WordPress website—now what? One of the best things about the WordPress platform is that you have access to thousands of free and premium plugins. Plugins allow you to enhance any out-of-the-box WordPress website with a wide range of advanced, powerful, and even niche features. With the right plugin, you… Continue reading How to Add Plugins to WordPress
How to Add Plugins to WordPress
So you’ve just created your first WordPress website—now what? One of the best things about the WordPress platform is that you have access to thousands of free and premium plugins. Plugins allow you to enhance any out-of-the-box WordPress website with a wide range of advanced, powerful, and even niche features. With the right plugin, you… Continue reading How to Add Plugins to WordPress
How to Create a Cyberpunk Photoshop Effect Action
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a cyberpunk Photoshop effect action to add amazing photo effects to your photos. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create the effect, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. The effect shown above… Continue reading How to Create a Cyberpunk Photoshop Effect Action
How to Boost Customer Engagement with Video Marketing
Simply defined, customer engagement is when a customer interacts with a brand through social media, mobile devices, or even direct communication. What makes customer engagement so important and necessary when it comes to marketing a clients’ business? Keeping in touch with your customers is critical and gives you insight on who your brand caters to… Continue reading How to Boost Customer Engagement with Video Marketing
Why are we in love with the color blue
It is often mistaken that the colors we use while designing are here just to please the eye and make something “look pretty”. Humans rely heavily on them to understand something and give a meaning to it. Based on a study by Stephen E. Palmer and Karen Schloss published in 2010, it is confirmed that… Continue reading Why are we in love with the color blue
How to Build an Animated Bootstrap Landing Page With Material Kit
In a previous tutorial, we discussed how to build a responsive landing page with Bootstrap 4. Today, we’ll learn how to create an animated landing page with Material Kit, a free Bootstrap 4 UI Kit based on Google’s Material Design. To implement it, we’ll use a combination of Bootstrap 4’s helper classes, Material Kit’s additional… Continue reading How to Build an Animated Bootstrap Landing Page With Material Kit
11 Best Weather WordPress Widgets & Plugins
Running a venue is difficult to deal with as the weather can have a negative impact on your business. For golf courses, wedding destinations, and even restaurants with patios, bad weather can really take a toll on attendance. Add a visually pleasing and powerful WordPress weather plugin on your WordPress website to let your potential customers… Continue reading 11 Best Weather WordPress Widgets & Plugins
Best Fonts for Your Next Logo Design
What makes a great logo? The colors, the novelty or the concept? If you think that all of these play an essential role in creating a solid logo design, then we’d suggest you add one more important factor that is often undermined. That important factor is generally known in the graphic designing realm as ‘font.’… Continue reading Best Fonts for Your Next Logo Design
5 Best Website Wireframe Tools in 2020 for UX/UI Designers
December 11, 2019 by Spyre Studios Wireframes are like the blueprints for the website, a landing page, or an app. They are quite important for creating the perfect UX/UI for the app or website. It’s a visual representation outlining the basic structure of any website or app. A wireframe is quite simple and it doesn’t… Continue reading 5 Best Website Wireframe Tools in 2020 for UX/UI Designers
Is The F-Pattern Still Relevant in Web Design?
It’s always good to have a set of guidelines to follow when designing a website — especially if you have little to no user data to go on. Over the years, we’ve been introduced to tons of these guidelines and design trends; some of which have fallen out of favor while others have persisted over… Continue reading Is The F-Pattern Still Relevant in Web Design?
Game Developments to Enhance Your Playing Rig
The majority of people are familiar with gaming. However, game enthusiasts have taken a step higher to get involved in the game itself. However, do they know how to boost their gaming experience to enjoy a limitless instance of a hiccup-free game session? Do you know how to increase your PC’s FPS to enhance the… Continue reading Game Developments to Enhance Your Playing Rig
Amazing Portraits Using Traditional Oil Style with Digital Painting By Ahmed Karam
An another Keanu Reeves (John Wick) portrait painting by Ahmed Karam. As i mentioned! I’m big fan of Ahmed Karam’s work specially his digital portrait illustrations, canvas painting and digital drawing work. In this collection I gathered his series of portraits using traditional oil style with digital painting work called “We Got Guns“. All portraits are… Continue reading Amazing Portraits Using Traditional Oil Style with Digital Painting By Ahmed Karam
Add a Live Ajax Search Bar to Your WordPress Website
Regardless of whether you’re typing a search query into Google, YouTube, Amazon or any other major website, live search has become an essential element of modern web design. Live search is when you see a list of suggested search terms that updates as you’re typing, and it can be a valuable addition to any website.… Continue reading Add a Live Ajax Search Bar to Your WordPress Website