15 Handy Tools for Smooth Web Development

We’re not ones to adhere to stereotypes, but it’s probably been a while since a (stereo) typical web developer shaved his damn beard, or changed his clothes, or took a bath, or shaved that damn beard… You really can’t blame them. It’s been a while since all developers took a breather. 2015 has been a… Continue reading 15 Handy Tools for Smooth Web Development

The Top 25 Free Minimalist WordPress Themes

First impressions are lasting impressions. Whether you realize it or not. Sites that rely heavily on photography and typography for their style cues tend to create a strong and lasting impression upon visitors. Whilst many trends and techniques soon become outdated, minimalist web design principles are being successfully applied to all sorts of different websites.… Continue reading The Top 25 Free Minimalist WordPress Themes

Simple to Use jQuery Plugin to Animate SVG Paths

jQuery DrawSVG uses the jQuery built-in animation engine to transition the stroke on every inside the selected <svg> element, using stroke-dasharray and stroke-dashoffset properties. It weights less than 2KB minified and 800 bytes gzipped. It’s easy to use with easing and stagger support. Best of all, it’s completely Free! Requirements: jQuery Framework Demo: http://lcdsantos.github.io/jquery-drawsvg/ License:… Continue reading Simple to Use jQuery Plugin to Animate SVG Paths

Why Responsive Web Design is a Small Business Must Have

Technology is advancing on a daily basis, and more and more people are using their smartphones to browse online rather than their PCs or laptops. Tablets have become much more streamlined than heavy laptops, and users can access everything they need from wherever they are. If you run a small business you should be very… Continue reading Why Responsive Web Design is a Small Business Must Have

Best Web Apps and Tips to Improve a Design’s Team Productivity

A design team can markedly improve its productivity, and the quality of its web and mobile designs, by following time-tested productivity guidelines and by taking advantage of what the best web apps on the market have to offer. Some of the apps described here cover web design, prototyping, and project management. Several focus solely on… Continue reading Best Web Apps and Tips to Improve a Design’s Team Productivity

20 Essential Plugins for Sketch App

There are many things to love about Sketch, but one of its most loved features is that it makes it super-easy to create plugins, made possible by JSTalk, that will extend its functionality even further. And the great thing is that the ever-growing Sketch community is chock-full of plugins that you can freely download and… Continue reading 20 Essential Plugins for Sketch App

45 Clean and Minimal WordPress Themes

Although there are thousands of different WordPress themes available, finding the right one can be a challenge. Sometimes the best choice is a theme that features a clean design without unneeded design elements and distractions. WordPress themes with a clean or minimalist design and layout are often easier to customize and use as a starting… Continue reading 45 Clean and Minimal WordPress Themes

The Web Development Resources You Need to Know About

The market for web development and design resources isn’t lacking in tools. Consequently, any web or design professional can spend days on end searching for what they need a seemingly endless repository. Everybody knows that the right tools can help you in your work immensely, so we thought we’d lend a helping hand and let… Continue reading The Web Development Resources You Need to Know About

25 Light Website Designs Which Make Perfect Use of White Space

Any web designer will tell you that white space is extremely important in order to have a beautiful, clean and user-friendly website design. That is why we selected today 25 light website designs which make perfect use of white space. Analyze these light website designs, see how white space is used in order to enhance… Continue reading 25 Light Website Designs Which Make Perfect Use of White Space

30 Web Design Portfolios That Impress Clients

The time of traditional print-based portfolios are gone. These days various technologies allows you to implement the craziest, most creative and outstanding of ideas on your design portfolio, online. From dabbling with bold color schemes and interactive effects, to utilizing unusual fonts or full-screen videos, many designers put a lot of thought and care into… Continue reading 30 Web Design Portfolios That Impress Clients

5 Things You Might Not Know About the CSS Positioning Types

These days front-end developers can build complex page layouts by taking advantage of different CSS layout techniques. Some of those techniques have a long history (e.g. floats), while others (e.g. flexbox) have gained popularity over the last few years. In this article, we’ll have a closer look at a few little-known things related to the… Continue reading 5 Things You Might Not Know About the CSS Positioning Types

25 Useful Front-end Frameworks & Libraries

Here are 25 useful front-end frameworks & libraries to save you from having to re-invent the wheel and help alleviate some of the overhead when you’re building a new site. Base A Rock Solid, Responsive HTML/CSS Framework built to work on all devices big and small. Wee Wee, a lightweight front-end framework for logically building… Continue reading 25 Useful Front-end Frameworks & Libraries

20 Minimalist PSD Website Templates

Minimal design is all about white space and creating breathing room to let minimal content really shine and give the user’s eyes a place to rest. So here are 20 minimalist PSD website templates that remove all unnecessary design elements to create something usable without clutter. IDILI Halcyon Days Website PSD Square Free Landing page… Continue reading 20 Minimalist PSD Website Templates

10 Fresh & Time Saving Google Chrome Extensions For Designers

Here is the list of 10 best Google Chrome plugins for the designers. There is no doubt that Google Chrome offer many useful plugins for the designers that are mostly used to enhance the design and flexibility. Many designers and developers are using Google Chrome plugins and extensions to simplify their work and improve their… Continue reading 10 Fresh & Time Saving Google Chrome Extensions For Designers

11 CSS Filter Tutorials & Examples

CSS filters can be used to create some fantastic image effects. They allow you to modify the display of images in a variety of ways, some of those ways of displaying images as black and white, grayscale, sepia, invert, saturate, hue-rotate, blur and more. Though, this feature is not yet widely supported, but you can… Continue reading 11 CSS Filter Tutorials & Examples

A Useful Guide To Designing Website Footers

In order for any website to be truly successful, there are many different aspects that need to be considered and put into motion. For instance, aspects such as visual design, the consistency of your brand, and overall usability are all things that can determine whether or not a user is truly happy with your website.… Continue reading A Useful Guide To Designing Website Footers

Brunch is your premiere HTML5 Build Tool running on Node

I recently stumbled onto an interesting build tool by the name of Brunch. This seems to be made for constructing picture-perfect HTML files without a lot of hooey. Brunch is made to compile scripts, templates, and lint all of your code automatically. Modules can also be run during this time & applied to the compiled… Continue reading Brunch is your premiere HTML5 Build Tool running on Node

10 Great Tools For Mobile & Web UX Design

The amazing and intimidating thing is challenges in UX Design, and exponentially more potential solutions. The best kinds of solutions are ones that can be seamlessly integrated into the current tools of choice, and those that can be accessed at any point from the process. So without further ado, I present to you 10 great… Continue reading 10 Great Tools For Mobile & Web UX Design

Collection of Fresh Design Freebies – October Edition

The web is slowly but surely becoming a more dynamic place. Animations, subtle motion and various pleasant, tiny effects rule the roost this year. Along with them, iOs9 in tandem with iPhone6S and Plus as well as Material Design remain uppermost in creatives’ minds. So do not be surprised when you stumble upon motion engine… Continue reading Collection of Fresh Design Freebies – October Edition

Page Stack Navigation Template with CSS & JavaScript

Codrops has just published a Page Stack Navigation template for a simple page stack navigation based on the Dribbble shot by Ilya Kostin, Stacked navigation. The idea is to show a navigation when clicking on the menu button and transform all pages in 3D and move them to the bottom of the viewport. The next… Continue reading Page Stack Navigation Template with CSS & JavaScript

15 New HTML5 Responsive WordPress Themes

Powerful and flexible multi-concept responsive WordPress themes coded with  HTML5 and CSS3 technologies in accordance with the latest WordPress Coding Standards. Fits all popular mobile devices and tablets.. These themes are suitable for corporate site, blog site, ecommerce site, portfolio and many more. Themes are looking good with it’s colors combination. All sub pages are customized… Continue reading 15 New HTML5 Responsive WordPress Themes

Psychology Of Color To Improve Site Conversion

Studying the psychology of color is crucial for maximizing your site’s web design. Using the right colors can help put your customers in the frame of mind that compels them to take action. Color has the power to improve conversions by grabbing customers’ attention and triggering the right emotions for sales. Colors often define the… Continue reading Psychology Of Color To Improve Site Conversion

Project Comet – first all-in-one solution for UX designers

Debuted today at their own MAX conference, Adobe have just unveiled a brand new design system that could revolutionize the way we work over the next few years. Codenamed “Project Comet”, it’s an end-to-end UX design solution flagshipped by a dedicated desktop app, and a companion mobile app. Project Comet combines wireframing, design, prototyping, and… Continue reading Project Comet – first all-in-one solution for UX designers

How To Create a Flat Style Vector Planet in Illustrator

The flat style has been immensely popular in the web design scene, but it’s also a fun illustration style that results in cool abstract artwork which is perfect for infographics, icons or even branding. In today’s tutorial I’ll show you how to create a vector space scene and planet in Adobe Illustrator, using its powerful… Continue reading How To Create a Flat Style Vector Planet in Illustrator