Gumroad is an insanely easy way to create customizable products and start selling electronic and physical goods within minutes. It’s not meant to be a replacement for all shopping systems, but it can definitely handle selling your music, art pieces, t-shirts, PDFs, and much more. Why Gumroad? I literally think your grandmother could use Gumroad… Continue reading Super Simple eCommerce With Gumroad
Super Smooth CSS Transitions for jQuery
Transit is a super-smooth CSS transitions & transformations for jQuery. You can make transition on any CSS property. They will happen much smoother than if you were to use jQuery’s default .animate(). You can easily translate, rotate, scale, skew and etc.Transit degrades older browsers by simply not doing the transformations (rotate, scale, etc) while still… Continue reading Super Smooth CSS Transitions for jQuery
What Creative Cloud Means to You
Last week, Adobe announced that they were discontinuing the physical versions of the Creative Suite, and moving their entire operation to what they’re calling Creative Cloud (CC). This means that from here on out, if you want to use Photoshop, Illustrator or any of the other great Adobe programs out there, you’ll have to pay… Continue reading What Creative Cloud Means to You
10 Extremely Gorgeous Google Web Fonts
We all know how important a good typography is on any type of design; it acts as a non verbal connection between the viewer and the message which must be delivered. Even if we are able to create the most intricate and amazing designs which can boost the interaction to the sky, if you don’t… Continue reading 10 Extremely Gorgeous Google Web Fonts
The Best Free Books, Videos, Tutorials and More for Learning jQuery
jQuery is undoubtedly the most popular JavaScript library on the web today. It is used by 70% of the top websites and is becoming a defacto standard in web development. If you are looking for a programming job, knowing the library is a big plus. Things have progressed as well in terms of the quality and availability… Continue reading The Best Free Books, Videos, Tutorials and More for Learning jQuery
The Linux Firewall
There are several firewall applications for Linux, but what you may not realize is that, at the heart of all these programs is a single all-mighty application that is built right into the Linux Kernel: iptables. This is the Linux firewall. No matter which program you use to configure your firewall under Linux, it ultimately… Continue reading The Linux Firewall
Design Patterns in WordPress: The Simple Factory Pattern
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Design Patterns in WordPress In this series, we’re taking a look at design patterns and how we can leverage them to our advantage when building products on top of WordPress. The nice thing about design patterns is that they aren’t explicitly limited to themes or… Continue reading Design Patterns in WordPress: The Simple Factory Pattern
20 Beautiful Flat Web and Mobile Designs
Every year in the design community, new trends come out of the woodwork — some simply being reworks of old ideas while others are completely new. Among the design trends like infinite scrolling, minimally-designed landing pages, and large photographic backgrounds, there is the design trend of flat design that is currently making the rounds. What is flat… Continue reading 20 Beautiful Flat Web and Mobile Designs
How To Make Your Usability Test An Engaging Experience
In my first usability test, I met a dear old woman who didn’t know how uses a mouse. She lifted it up and pointed it at the screen, encouraging the cursor in verbal tones! At the test’s conclusion I got completely nothing. But I quickly learned the importance of laying down very exact criteria for… Continue reading How To Make Your Usability Test An Engaging Experience
13 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers
With this collection, we want to share with you 13 great online HTML5 tools that have been designed especially for the web developers so that they can simplify their development work. These online HTML5 tools will be very helpful for the web developers to build awesome and new revolutionary web pages. Here is the complete… Continue reading 13 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers
20+ Best Free HTML Templates For Free Download
HTML templates help a lot when you have to create a cool web design in shortage of time and that’s why designers and developers always in search of creative and well coded templates. On the other hand free HTML templates come in handy for the beginners too. Our today’s showcase covers up some great and… Continue reading 20+ Best Free HTML Templates For Free Download
Freebie: 24 Ultra Faded & Light Leak Photoshop Actions
These faded film effects are popular with many wedding and portrait photographers. They work great on high-contrast photos and they’re useful whenever your clients want the the retro/film look. With the right effect, you can change the mood of your photo. Although the faded film can look drastic, they’re actually created with only 1-2 adjustment… Continue reading Freebie: 24 Ultra Faded & Light Leak Photoshop Actions
A Look at Flat Design and Why It’s Significant
There has been a growing tidal wave of flat designs on the web, and recent trend reports have confirmed that they’re only increasing in popularity. Of course it’s easy to dismiss flat design as yet another fleeting aesthetic trend. But further investigation into this new philosophy reveals that flat design is a lot more than… Continue reading A Look at Flat Design and Why It’s Significant
Create a Better Responsive User Experience
The mobile market is exploding with unprecedented growth, and marketers are no longer hesitating to embrace responsive web design. As more and more businesses choose to adopt this new approach, it has become crucial for anyone in the web industry to understand the implications of creating a responsive user experience. It’s become our responsibility as… Continue reading Create a Better Responsive User Experience
10 Awesome Responsive Websites for Your Inspiration
The Benefit There are also several good benefits of using a responsive design website layout, below are some of them: Responsive design is SEO-friendly You’ll have a single URL for all content, this would mean faster load times which will enhance SEO efforts. Furthermore, Google and Bing endorse responsive design according to this article. It’s… Continue reading 10 Awesome Responsive Websites for Your Inspiration
Polishing up Your Creative Process
Today we’ll focus on increasing your creative capabilities through an introduction to a couple of creativity techniques. An important key issue to understand is that creativity techniques are not magic tools to increase your creativity as skill. Rather, they act as guides to help you find possible creative solutions for the problem you’re up against.… Continue reading Polishing up Your Creative Process
20+ Free Slider PSDs
Using free resources is something most designers do, because it saves them a lot of precious time that can be better used in their projects. Having these free resources will reduce the time spent on your next project and so you will be a lot more productive. We’ve selected 20 of the best free PSD… Continue reading 20+ Free Slider PSDs
Web Design Trends of Video Backgrounds
Websites do not have to be static all the time. Websites are not in hardcopy, rather softcopy which allows making them more dynamic and providing visitors an ameliorated user experience. With the ever advancing technology and designing techniques it is now possible to implement videos as backgrounds easily and quickly – thanks to HTML5. If this is… Continue reading Web Design Trends of Video Backgrounds
20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability
A site’s usability determines its effectiveness. If it loses the battle for usability, it won’t be able to attract a high amount of website traffic and suffer from increasing abandonment rates. In the cut throat world of the internet, such websites have no reason to be online. This is why designers must focus on building… Continue reading 20 Great Tools For Testing Your Website’s Usability
Making Complex Selections (Part 2)
Part 2 – Have you ever had to make a very complex selection and didn’t know where to begin? In this tutorial, we will show you to to combine vector and pixel masks to help you make a complex selection of a furry animal. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used… Continue reading Making Complex Selections (Part 2)
Responsive Retina-Ready Menu
Today we will create a colorful Retina-ready and responsive menu inspired by the colors of the Maliwan manufacturer of the Borderlands game. The menu automatically changes to one of three different layouts depending on the browser window size: a “desktop” inline version, a two columns tablet-optimized version and a mobile version with a menu link to… Continue reading Responsive Retina-Ready Menu
40 Popular Website Job Boards for Design Inspiration
Freelance job boards were not so common looking back 5 or 6 years. But nowadays modern businesses are more willing to work with each other and hire freelancers from anywhere in the world. This is great news for people who work online because the options are practically endless. But what about new webmasters who are… Continue reading 40 Popular Website Job Boards for Design Inspiration
40 Beautiful Flat Icon Sets For Web UI Design
This simple design school does not employ any three dimensional effects. This means no embossing, bevels, drop shadows, gradients or such tools that create a sense of depth. It is straight to the point and fresh. But flat design is not completely devoid of any effects. It adds some extras to create a sense of artificial… Continue reading 40 Beautiful Flat Icon Sets For Web UI Design
20 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Websites
With the right plugins and a bit of know-how, WordPress can be used to create almost any type of website imaginable. If all the portfolio themes are anything to go by, WordPress can often be a solid choice for photographers who need to put together a portfolio, the quick and easy way. Portfolio plugin and… Continue reading 20 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Websites