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
Meeting the New Twitter.Com
After months of extensive testing, the new design is a confident, and positive change for one of the web’s biggest names, albeit with some controversy that is bound to cause a ruckus. If you’d like to be among the first to have an opinion, you can opt-in right now, or Twitter will opt-in for you… Continue reading Meeting the New Twitter.Com
I went for an on-site design interview at Microsoft — here’s what it was like and how I prepared…
Vichita Jienjitlert Follow Jul 15 · 13 min read This is my first time trying out a diary style blog. I hope this provides more insight as to how I felt and what I was thinking throughout the whole experience. Note: I will not get into the specifics of the questions asked during the interview,… Continue reading I went for an on-site design interview at Microsoft — here’s what it was like and how I prepared…
Webdesign: Inspire Yourself with Modern Web UI/UX Designs
Inspire yourself with professionally designed websites. In this web design showcase, we’re picked up 36 examples of modern Web UI Designs with Amazing UX. You may read: 10 Important Rules to Make Creative Website Design. In past few years web design trend improvements very amazingly and growing up too fast like flat design and retro/vintage effect, big background, video with sound… Continue reading Webdesign: Inspire Yourself with Modern Web UI/UX Designs
What’s New for Designers, July 2019
It’s hard to stay focused this time of year. With vacations coming up (or having recently passed) it’s easy to get distracted from work-related tasks. For that reason, this month’s roundup is full of design tools plus a few design diversions that you can have fun with. 404 Illustrations Have you ever wanted to create… Continue reading What’s New for Designers, July 2019
Omega Sans: A classic sans-serif font
Omega Sans is a classic sans-serif typeface built with balanced Beziér curves by Anthony James. This pleasant font is very versatile and it does look great for headings and titles. The font family comes in 4 weights (regular is free to download, the other ones can be purchased for just $10) and it supports multilingual… Continue reading Omega Sans: A classic sans-serif font
Popular Design News of the Week: July 8, 2019 – July 14, 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 8, 2019 – July 14, 2019
Free Mockups: 31 Useful Realistic Photoshop Mockup Templates
Free Photoshop Mockups download for commercial design. New realistic 100% free PSD mockup templates easy to use and presentation your work smartly. These mockup design use smart object feature which help you present your design just in seconds. In this showcase there are thirty one professionally designed product presentation mockups included like iPhone mockups, Samsung S10+, branding, stationery… Continue reading Free Mockups: 31 Useful Realistic Photoshop Mockup Templates
Free WordPress Video Player Plugins
Videos have become a huge part of many major websites. This is due to the fact that the user experience provided by a video is much more immersive than text, images or just audio. Also, video can be a better medium for some kinds of content, for example software or development tutorials. If you have been… Continue reading Free WordPress Video Player Plugins
How to Add Live Chat Complete in WordPress
Online shopping has revolutionized nearly every industry. Having a chat feature on your business website not only provides an avenue for customers to contact you, but it also helps build confidence and trust. A real-time chat feature on a website lets customers get instant answers to their questions or concerns, without having to make a… Continue reading How to Add Live Chat Complete in WordPress
Experience strategy needs to be oblique
If truly the goal of your organization is about profit you are most probably dealing drugs or selling insurance. But if you are not in either of these businesses, what is a true strategic vision your organization has (or should have)? And, even more importantly, what is the optimal way to have it achieved? Aga… Continue reading Experience strategy needs to be oblique
How to Build an SEO Tool from Scratch
A quick Google search of the term “SEO tools” will give you a list of countless apps and software all claiming to help you get higher rankings. For SEO specialists and digital marketers, this can be both good and bad news. Good, because it’s a sign that the industry is constantly evolving. Bad, because finding… Continue reading How to Build an SEO Tool from Scratch
Is Dribbble Worth Your Time?
The online community has been around since 2010 and is one of the top platforms where designers can share work, or shots, and get feedback. The invite-only community is a showcase of portfolio projects and personal artwork for digital graphics and user interface design, illustrations, animations, and pretty much any other design work you can… Continue reading Is Dribbble Worth Your Time?
How to Create a Church Newsletter Template in InDesign
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a four-page newsletter template. We’ll put this template together in no time, and you’ll be able to reuse it for your future projects. Newsletter templates are great to communicate with your community and update them of… Continue reading How to Create a Church Newsletter Template in InDesign
Rethinking the Exploration Phase of Design
Starting off a project is often described as being the exploration phase of a design process–during this phase, you quickly diverge with lots of ideas, generating many potential leads on concepts and hypotheses to test with customers. However, the notion that conceiving creative ideas is more akin to sudden unexpected flashes of brilliance obscures the… Continue reading Rethinking the Exploration Phase of Design
The Evolution And History of the Instagram Logo
In the history of Instagram, there have been three logos. Yes, three. Not two like most of us may believe. Majority of people don’t remember the very first Instagram logo, the original icon of the app: a detailed polaroid camera fluctuating on a white background. The elements included in the design were so detailed that… Continue reading The Evolution And History of the Instagram Logo
Value Proposition Examples For Ecommerce Website
Many e-commerce specialists think about what a great value proposition is. The truth is it introduces you to the buyers and helps you make a significant and strong first impression. It should describe how your product or service can solve your buyers’ problems. This is also a chance to tell them what they may expect… Continue reading Value Proposition Examples For Ecommerce Website
How Much Are Your Memories Worth? Smartphone vs Digital Camera Photography
There’s no denying that smartphone cameras have come a long way since their grainy, low-res origins. The photos they produce are getting better and better, to the point where many people forgo a digital camera altogether. So it begs the question: is there still a place in your bag/pocket for a stand-alone camera? For serious… Continue reading How Much Are Your Memories Worth? Smartphone vs Digital Camera Photography
Complex user experiences
Famous philosophers of Ancient Greece Plato and Aristotle devoted their life to one goal– helping people to reach a state of what is termed as ‘Eudaemonia’. In Greek philosophy, Eudaemonia means a state of fulfillment or achieving the best conditions possible for a human being. But that’s the beauty of being human that we are… Continue reading Complex user experiences
ECommerce Metrics That Matter
It’s nearly 2020, and every eCommerce brand should be using key metrics to pinpoint advertising, boost sales and improve fulfillment. Emma Miller, Senior Editor at Bizzmark, calls metrics the “one thing that can make or break your online presence.” She goes on: “To succeed in the competitive online market, you need to set measurable goals,… Continue reading ECommerce Metrics That Matter
How to Create Custom Login and Registration Forms in WordPress
The login page is the first thing users will see when they need to access your site, so it needs to be beautiful and user-friendly. A boring login page can give users a bad impression of your site! Customizing the login to match your brand will lead to a better experience for users. In this… Continue reading How to Create Custom Login and Registration Forms in WordPress
The Ultimate WordPress Page Builder: WPBakery
Web development and design come at a high price. For many entrepreneurs just starting out or who are in the early stages of their business, they will have difficulties finding developers and designers who will build their website on this low budget. Thankfully, WordPress plugin developers have seen this need for fast and cost-efficient ways… Continue reading The Ultimate WordPress Page Builder: WPBakery