5 Most Clever WordPress Tweaks to Improve Your Site (Without Plugins)

WordPress is one of the best CMS out there for a number of reasons. Aside from being flexible and highly customizable, you can supercharge it using powerful plugins. Regardless of your goals for your website, you can be sure there’s a plugin for that. However, it’s always better to forego plugins and hard-code them into… Continue reading 5 Most Clever WordPress Tweaks to Improve Your Site (Without Plugins)

How to Boost Email Conversions With Personalization and Dynamic Content

Did you know, that instead of sending the same email to everyone on your mailing list, you can improve your results and conversions by sending highly-targeted messages to laser-focused audiences? I’m not just talking about just personalizing the message subject line or the greeting–those things help, but what I’m talking about is using dynamic content… Continue reading How to Boost Email Conversions With Personalization and Dynamic Content

How to Upload a File in PHP (With Example)

In this article, I’ll explain the basics of file upload in PHP. Firstly, we’ll go through the PHP configuration options that need to be in place for successful file uploads. Following that, we’ll develop a real-world example of how to upload a file.  Configure PHP Settings There are a couple of PHP configuration settings that… Continue reading How to Upload a File in PHP (With Example)

Site Accessibility: Getting Started With ARIA

What You’ll Be Creating Using standard HTML alone, modern web apps can lock out users with accessibility needs.  HTML is the predominant markup language online, being used by nearly 83% of existing websites. While there have been some changes in the 25 years since its creation, even newer iterations, such as HTML5 and AMP, leave… Continue reading Site Accessibility: Getting Started With ARIA

MasterStudy – Revolutionary Learning Management System on Vue.js!

MasterStudy Major Update! Introduction to the exclusive development of the LMS for effective organization of online courses. What is MasterStudy? MasterStudy is an elegant WordPress theme for educational needs. It is full of premium plugins that are professionally integrated to save your money and create the best online learning site for both teachers and students.… Continue reading MasterStudy – Revolutionary Learning Management System on Vue.js!

Manipulating Images in PHP Using GD

The internet would be pretty dull without images. However, maintaining and manipulating hundreds or thousands of images for your web site can be a headache. As your site design changes, you might need to modify all your images—for example, you might need to convert all your images to grayscale or resize them to 50% of… Continue reading Manipulating Images in PHP Using GD

5 Practical Productivity Hacks to Improve Web Design Efficiency

When it comes to web design, creativity and productivity are central to your work. If you lack in either of these areas, it will be a struggle to come up with quality results. The challenge, especially with the productivity half, is that everyone is unique. What works for one designer might not work for you,… Continue reading 5 Practical Productivity Hacks to Improve Web Design Efficiency

Are you a designer? These Portfolio WordPress Themes Were Created for You

Posted · Category: Best Collections What does it take to have a decent portfolio? You will definitely need the right tools and a fair amount of creativity. Extra creativity isn’t something that someone can easily come up with. But there are some top-of-the-line WordPress themes that can help you. They are to some degree portfolio… Continue reading Are you a designer? These Portfolio WordPress Themes Were Created for You

Debugging Node Code in VS Code ― Scotch

Visual Studio Code has an amazing amount of functionality built in, including support for debugging applications. Although the functionality is there, it took me several tries to figure out how to get things configured to debug Node applications. It became even more tricky when using Nodemon, so I figured it was worth it to share… Continue reading Debugging Node Code in VS Code ― Scotch

WordPress Plugins: How To Talk Clients Out Of Hoarding Plugins

When you first connect with a client, it’s natural to be agreeable in order to build rapport with them. You’re going to be working closely with them for a while, and you need to earn their trust as well as their confidence. Especially when you’re working with a high paying client. Being too agreeable, however,… Continue reading WordPress Plugins: How To Talk Clients Out Of Hoarding Plugins

Create high impact work with these Abstract Tools and Textures

With the Creative Abstract Texture Bundle from Stock Cartel, you can easily bring a modern feel to your design projects with this massive collection of high-quality abstract products like textures, Photoshop brushes, smart PSDs, videos and more. From vibrant and energetic to moody and elegant, this bundle has you covered. Get a massive amount of… Continue reading Create high impact work with these Abstract Tools and Textures

Branding Web Strategy Mistakes Brand Identity Guru

Lack of overall strategy and clear definition of success Most people realize the need for a site, but don’t understand what it can/should do for the company. And when they do have a goal, they don’t measure it. We’ll often ask people, “What are the objectives of your site?” Answers vary from “the site is… Continue reading Branding Web Strategy Mistakes Brand Identity Guru

6 Tools Every Web Design Professional Must Have

Web design is both a science and an art – although you need much creativity to come up with beautiful designs, you also need tools to further perfect them or make them even more attractive. When it comes to tools, each web designer has his preferences. However, there are also tools that most, if not… Continue reading 6 Tools Every Web Design Professional Must Have

Design with the engineering constraints

No matter how good your engineers are, the application you are building will not feel the same between two devices. Internet speed, data usage, and device bandwidth are all technical limitations that result in distinct experiences. Network speed (3G, LTE etc) across the world and network quality across your living room may vary. In addition,… Continue reading Design with the engineering constraints

Looking for great WP Plugins for your website? They are in this article

Posted · Category: Best Collections Success breeds success. It’s an adage, but recent scientific studies have shown that once you achieve some success, more is apt to follow. That’s also true of WordPress, the premier website and blog creating platform. WordPress’s popularity continues to grow. More web design entrepreneurs and companies are turning out more… Continue reading Looking for great WP Plugins for your website? They are in this article

What I wish I’d known before designing digital products and user interfaces

2. Hick’s Law Delivering a good user experience requires that first you find out the functionalities that will answer their needs; second, you need to guide them to the specific functions they need most. If users end up stuck in the decision-making process of “what next?”, they may become confused, frustrated, or leave your website. Hick’s… Continue reading What I wish I’d known before designing digital products and user interfaces

Tips and Trick to Improve Your JavaScript’s SEO

JavaScript usage can have a surprising impact on SEO. But how? As you probably know, basic web crawlers are pretty dumb. They just read through the text files associated with your domain, following links and trawling through your code. But they can’t really “see” the website: only the code that comprises it. As a result,… Continue reading Tips and Trick to Improve Your JavaScript’s SEO

Flawless Website Navigation? Easier to Accomplish Than You Might Think

Website requirements sometimes require complex solutions, or so it would seem. Web designers, on the other hand, seek simple solutions. These “simple” solutions typically involve following best practices. They are basing an overall design on simple and logical structures. This is especially true for navigation paths. They often become difficult to keep simple and straightforward.… Continue reading Flawless Website Navigation? Easier to Accomplish Than You Might Think

Photography Training Course For Improving Photography Skills

Capturing stunning images of impressive landscapes and attractive portraits is a popular pastime as well as a serious occupation for numerous people. Maneuvering the camera is a skill that can be learned only from experts in the field. If you are interested in a career in photography or just want to enhance your dexterity as… Continue reading Photography Training Course For Improving Photography Skills

How to Design a Luxury Product Website

Luxury brands are all about projecting the right image. It’s a combination of taste and style that makes the brand appealing to people. Designing a website that successful captures the luxurious sense of a brand is a fine art, and one that must be practiced. Here are some tips on how to design a luxury… Continue reading How to Design a Luxury Product Website

5 Things Beginner Mobile Game Developers Must Know

For game developers, the dream is to create the next big hit, the Tetris of our generation. Since Tetris became a huge hit, there have been many spinoffs. It is interesting to note that the games we love the most aren’t very complicated. Just have a look at a puzzle game like Cube Blast. All… Continue reading 5 Things Beginner Mobile Game Developers Must Know

From a Handful of Beans to the Starbucks Experience

“A person’s hands holding a coffee cup and pouring cream into it” by Taylor Franz on Unsplash How much does a cup of coffee cost these days? Depending on where you buy your beverage, anything from $1 to $6. And while you’ve probably guessed right, that the $1 option is a McDonald’s special, likely you’re also… Continue reading From a Handful of Beans to the Starbucks Experience

​IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, FaaS – How Do You Choose?

Before your business can adequately take advantage of the opportunities that cloud services offer in infrastructure and application deployment, there is a need to understand the various categories of these cloud services and how each of them can help your business grow. Understanding the fundamental differences between them will help you choose which one would… Continue reading ​IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, FaaS – How Do You Choose?

Analysing Usability Testing Data

Gathering feedback from your users is a crucial part of any design process. The way in which you can gather this feedback varies depending on what kind of questions you are trying to answer, the resources you have available for user research and what stage of the product life cycle you are currently in. Qualitative… Continue reading Analysing Usability Testing Data