Tools and Resources for web designers and developers, May 2015

Hello, coders out there! We have an exceptional freebie pack for all of you today. Our team has been scouting for the best, freshest material over the last few weeks and this is what they’ve come up with, all kinds of sliders, plugins and other tools to make your developments easier are now at your… Continue reading Tools and Resources for web designers and developers, May 2015

40 Free CSS3 Animation Code Snippets

Nothing says modern web design quite like CSS-only animation. Just a decade ago this seemed like a common pipe dream. But thanks to some whizzes over at the W3C the world is now a better place with CSS-animated page elements. Below I’ve put together a huge gallery of 40+ open source CSS3 animation codes. Both… Continue reading 40 Free CSS3 Animation Code Snippets

10 High-Quality PSD Website Templates Free to Download

You can start your website using a free and quality website template. Today we collect some pre-designed and fully customizable free high quality PSD website template. You can edit colors, fonts, background, images and anything you want to change. So just check out the license / terms and conditions of each website template before download… Continue reading 10 High-Quality PSD Website Templates Free to Download

10+ Beautiful WordPress Themes for Media Websites

Today we’ve got twenty amazing WordPress themes united by a similar topic: media. So, if you are browsing the Internet for those, this list will surely help you in your quest. Also, these themes might be of some help for those who don’t have the inspiration, time or skills to create a custom design. We’ve chosen only… Continue reading 10+ Beautiful WordPress Themes for Media Websites

The Importance of Case Studies in a Design Portfolio

Modern case studies are built for design projects of all types. Studios and freelancers alike can put together case studies ranging from branding, web design, mobile UI design, or even After Effects compositing. The following tips & examples should help you understand the purpose of case studies in a creative portfolio. While they might not… Continue reading The Importance of Case Studies in a Design Portfolio

6 Social Media Plugins You Must Try to Boost Your Web Traffic

One of the ways to increase your website traffic is through social media. It’s actually quite an important method nowadays as Google is using the social media influence to rank your website as well. As a result, the more users share your content, most likely you will rank well and get good flow of incoming… Continue reading 6 Social Media Plugins You Must Try to Boost Your Web Traffic

Debugging and Testing your JavaScript with Vorlon.js

Vorlon.js is an open source, extensible, platform-agnostic tool for remotely debugging and testing your JavaScript. Powered by node.js and socket.io. You can install Vorlon.JS and add a single line of JavaScript to your web app. Run your server and start the Vorlon.JS dashboard. You can remotely connect up to 50 devices simultaneously. Run your code… Continue reading Debugging and Testing your JavaScript with Vorlon.js

20 Fresh and New Free HTML Website Templates

If you’re a web designer or web developer who wants to stay permanently updated with the latest freebies, then you definitely need to bookmark this post containing 20 new free HTML website templates! These are the best fresh and new free HTML website templates on the web! All of these have gorgeous designs and awesome… Continue reading 20 Fresh and New Free HTML Website Templates

How to Improve UX Design with A/B Testing

If you’ve kept up with design news the past 5-6 years then you should know about A/B testing. This is where two or more page designs are created and offered to a split percentage of visitors. Various metrics are tracked and designers can select a design style based on which features perform the best. It’s… Continue reading How to Improve UX Design with A/B Testing

New Web Design and Development Resources: #6 May Edition

We’re here once more to enlighten you with some of the best free resources for both developers and designers alike. This time, we have code snippets, poster designs, icons, coding tools and many other surprises in store for you. You’d better free up some time and hard drive space, because we’re sure you won’t be… Continue reading New Web Design and Development Resources: #6 May Edition

Marketing Tools To Use To Automate and Improve Your Website Conversions

Marketing is definitely one of the crucial elements of any business in any industry. You can have the best product and the best audience but if they don’t know a thing about each other’s existence you simply can’t succeed. Website serves your business as a communication tool online, its essential function is to present the… Continue reading Marketing Tools To Use To Automate and Improve Your Website Conversions

What To Keep In Mind When You Use Typography in Your Design

One of the most common elements of your website is typography. After all, it is for reading the content that visitors typically look to visit your web-pages. Undoubtedly, graphics and layouts are also key components of a webpage but you simply cannot ignore line heights, type size, and column width in their favor. When it… Continue reading What To Keep In Mind When You Use Typography in Your Design

Envato Free Files May 2015

Each month the Envato marketplace brings you free premium files. Envato is a web marketplace where you can get premium files for different areas of your website. My favourite marketplaces are the script marketplace CodeCanyon and the theme marketplace ThemeForest. Here are the files which you can get for free for May 2015. Facebook Events… Continue reading Envato Free Files May 2015

Free Goods of the Week from Creative Market (mockups, font, HTML template and more)

Every week Creative Market releases free web or graphics design elements (graphics, templates, themes, fonts, addons etc..) for a limited time and here is this week’s ”Free Goods of the Week” collection. Display Screen Mockup Pack This Display Screen Mockup Pack allows you to quickly display your designs and layouts into a digital device showcase.… Continue reading Free Goods of the Week from Creative Market (mockups, font, HTML template and more)

What Is An Effective Web Design And What Makes Good User Experience?

The Importance of User Experience We live at an age and time where everything is accessible but also in an era where people’s attention span gets shorter. Therefore, in a race to attract prospective customers, companies of all sizes and shapes come up with ways and means to do that. In the process, the World Wide… Continue reading What Is An Effective Web Design And What Makes Good User Experience?

Qards: Build Beautiful Websites Faster

Building websites is not a full-time job anymore. At least, it could be this way. Thanks to the evolution of technology and the strong desire to obtain quality results as fast as possible, now almost anyone can create beautiful websites. Why Qards could be the tool you need No matter the profile of the clients… Continue reading Qards: Build Beautiful Websites Faster

40 Premium Bootstrap Themes & Templates

Over the last few years, the ability to rapidly create responsive web pages using Bootstrap has taken the development community by storm. Although other front-end frameworks like Foundation exist, Bootstrap has no doubt become the most popular. With such a large following, it’s no surprise that many web designers and developers are using the framework… Continue reading 40 Premium Bootstrap Themes & Templates

25 Free jQuery Plugins for Custom Tabs & Accordions

Modern web designers simply adore dynamic page elements. Dropdown menus, carousels, tabbed links and accordion menus are just a few examples. All of these effects can be recreated using free jQuery plugins without much code. The toughest part is finding the perfect jQuery plugin to fit with your current project. In this gallery you’ll find… Continue reading 25 Free jQuery Plugins for Custom Tabs & Accordions

5 Must Have Free eBooks for Web Designers

We have gathered 5 ebooks regarding web design for you to download and read. In the era of Internet, you can get good quality free content instead of buying with cash. Here we have a list of ebooks that’s worth reading. Enjoy. 1. Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton This snappy, extensive book from… Continue reading 5 Must Have Free eBooks for Web Designers

Interactive Drag and Drop Coloring Concept

This is a little fun experiment where you can color a website mockup by dragging and dropping a color droplet from a palette.(by Codrops). The idea is to simply drag a color from a color palette to a website mockup and color designated areas of it (like sections or texts). And this is how it… Continue reading Interactive Drag and Drop Coloring Concept

10 Tools for Collaborating on Design Projects Remotely

Remote collaboration with clients or with remote team members can be a pain. There are two main options, email or Skype. But we all know that it takes time and choosing between Reply and Reply All is sometimes complicated and some won’t be able to keep up with all the discussion. Sure, you can email files around,… Continue reading 10 Tools for Collaborating on Design Projects Remotely

Freebie: 300+ Free Flat Color Icons

Today we are very excited to be sharing something amazing with you guys. the folks at Icon8 have released an amazing free consisting of more than 300 Flat color icons. Every web designer will tell you that there is nothing better than getting something for free, not only will it save you a lot of… Continue reading Freebie: 300+ Free Flat Color Icons

How to Create a Digital Photo Illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS6

In this tutorial, it will show you the steps to turning a regular photo into an eye-catching fashion illustration using lighting effects and colour correction in Adobe Photoshop CS6. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop CS6 with the size 1000px… Continue reading How to Create a Digital Photo Illustration in Adobe Photoshop CS6