A quick search in any search engine will turn up Wix as one of the best website builders in 2022. And you have probably heard about WordPress and how it is one of the most popular platforms for creating a website. When you are just starting out, making the right choice for creating a website… Continue reading 5 Important Differences in 2022
Systems and Operations in the Design Profession
Systems and operations in the design profession Photo by Deva Darshan on Unsplash I always loved conceptualizing and visualizing processes. As a product designer, I ended up working with a design team, doing user flows, user testing, design sprints, etc. As I was growing as a designer, I did more facilitation, customer journeys, created big conference… Continue reading Systems and Operations in the Design Profession
3 practical uses of the UUP UX metric
Measuring perceptions and acting on findings. Early in 2019 I wrote, UX Metrics: Why not measure aesthetics? Extending proven user experience measures to account for aesthetic usability effect, which introduced UUP or “up score”. It received more attention than I expected, which spawned exchanges with other designers. Many were about ways to apply the UUP… Continue reading 3 practical uses of the UUP UX metric
What Is the functions.php File in WordPress?
Every WordPress theme comes with a function.php file or the theme functions file. In this post I’ll explain where to find it, and why it’s better to not modify it directly. Though each theme has its own functions.php file, it is only the active theme’s functions.php file that is activated when the site loads. Inside… Continue reading What Is the functions.php File in WordPress?
Learn React 18: Introducing JSX
We created a country component at the end of our previous tutorial on creating a first React component and it rendered as we expected. However, we wrote a lot of code to create a simple component. This tutorial will teach you about JSX. JSX is short for JavaScript XML and it allows us to write… Continue reading Learn React 18: Introducing JSX
Standing at the crossroads of authenticity and career advancement
The difficult decision of choosing the right path for professional and personal success Continue reading on UX Collective »
4 ways to prioritize work (in-depth)
Source: Images by author using getstencil Prioritization is the curious art of choosing what to do and where to focus. The question I keep asking myself is, “Is prioritization the most important thing that we do?” So before we dive into ways to prioritize let’s ask why picking a way to prioritize should be the… Continue reading 4 ways to prioritize work (in-depth)
42 Best Thick & Bold Fonts for Cricut
Using thick fonts for your Cricut projects is a great way to build confidence if you’re a new Cricut user because they are generally easy to cut. There are so many different types of fonts, and we will be also looking at some of the best thick script fonts for your Cricut projects—which is generally… Continue reading 42 Best Thick & Bold Fonts for Cricut
A masterclass in sharing Figma’s prototype interactions
Reuse interactions in your prototypes without losing Design System updates by using components, inheritance, and an Interaction Wrapper. Continue reading on UX Collective »
10 Confessions of a Product Designer
This article isn’t being written because I advocate or advise reckless design behavior, but let’s be honest, it happens, and we’re all guilty of it. I usually write articles about design best practices, so I thought it would be fun to share the opposite, the less advertised but common bad practices. Designers aren’t perfect, and… Continue reading 10 Confessions of a Product Designer
How to Export Posts From Your WordPress Site
Looking to move your WordPress posts to another WordPress site or even a new platform? Not sure how to export specific posts on your WordPress site? WordPress’s export posts feature allows you to quickly export posts of your choice. All your blog posts an be exported from the WordPress dashboard. If you need to export… Continue reading How to Export Posts From Your WordPress Site
How to Fix the “There Has Been a Critical Error in Your Website” Error in WordPress
As a WordPress site owner or administrator, any bug or error you encounter is frustrating. This one, in particular, is worrisome since your site will remain inaccessible to visitors and you won’t be able to access the admin panel. You’ll recognize it on account of this message and a link to the WordPress debugging guide. … Continue reading How to Fix the “There Has Been a Critical Error in Your Website” Error in WordPress
How To Fix The “There Has Been A Critical Error in Your Website” Error in WordPress
As a WordPress site owner, your site might occasionally suffer downtime caused by one or many critical errors in WordPress. When that happens, you’ll see the dreaded error message which says, “There has been a critical error on your website” when you try to log in or view the site. Critical Error Message in WordPress… Continue reading How To Fix The “There Has Been A Critical Error in Your Website” Error in WordPress
How to Use Font Awesome in WordPress
Need to add high-quality icons to your WordPress website? Have you heard of Font Awesome, but don’t know how to use it? In this article, we’ll show you how to use Font Awesome to add icons to your WordPress website. Sea Icons available on Envato Elements. Icons are an essential graphical element for any website,… Continue reading How to Use Font Awesome in WordPress
Learn React 18: Introducing Components
Components are the building blocks of a React app. They are somewhat similar a JavaScript function that you might define in a program. They are independent entities that make up the UI of your app and you can reuse them again and again. In fact, you can define a component using classes or functions. Functional… Continue reading Learn React 18: Introducing Components
How to embrace innovation: 3 essential approaches
At least in the workplace, these may be the three more important ones. Continue reading on UX Collective »
Learning to see problems from above to create new approaches and solutions
Adopting this mindset helps to acknowledge in a better way design problems. As an old and bad habit, one of the most common mistakes designers make is rushing to have a final solution as an immediate response to any request. Although this reaction may be good (questionable) because it allows us to visualize a final… Continue reading Learning to see problems from above to create new approaches and solutions
Are Modals In Web Design A UX Disaster?
Modals, a nifty little feature that allows you to display different messages at the top of your website, have been touted as extremely useful. Some even claim that they are helpful enough to completely replace the banner ads we all hate so much. But are modals in web design a UX disaster? If you are… Continue reading Are Modals In Web Design A UX Disaster?
How to Make a Monogram on Cricut
If you aren’t too sure how Cricut monogram fonts work and what is the best Cricut font for monogram, this tutorial will help you to overcome any intimidation you may have. This ready-to-use method to make a split letter monogram will have your project up and running in no time at all! Monogrammed clothing is… Continue reading How to Make a Monogram on Cricut
HTML & CSS for Beginners (MEGA Free Course!)
In this free course, you’ll learn how to code with modern HTML and CSS, the main building blocks of any website. If you want to become a successful web developer, this is where you need to start! At the end of 32 lessons (more than eight hours of learning) where we cover everything from basic… Continue reading HTML & CSS for Beginners (MEGA Free Course!)
Don’t have time to create formal personas? Build rough ones and iterate
Like other design processes, personas can be improved with iteration Continue reading on UX Collective »
What I learned while designing my own AI
To what extent do we feel compelled to give them a “human” appearance? See [1] These solutions are unimaginable until you see them. I am not going to decompose zero-shot and few-shot learning procedures. I will not give you a simple illustration of deep learning or machine learning theory. I do not have a perspective… Continue reading What I learned while designing my own AI
How to Create an 80s Punk Flyer
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an authentic 80s punk flyer with a ragged, rough, and messy look. If you’ve been wondering how punk influenced graphic design, the answer is that it broke many rules that came from classic and minimalist styles, and punk culture has had a big impact in other areas… Continue reading How to Create an 80s Punk Flyer
Figma next steps, is Design Thinking overhyped, the UX of Stable Diffusion
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “It’s 2022. Figma has completely taken over the Product Design world over the last four years. It’s rare to see a company gain such rapid adoption across an entire industry so quickly. With that kind of growth comes a lot of problems. The product accrues debt in different areas (both… Continue reading Figma next steps, is Design Thinking overhyped, the UX of Stable Diffusion