Soft Skills Designers Should Have

To be a professional in the creative industry, there are several things that you have to have. Obviously, you will need the necessary technical skills and the talent. However, to be successful in your craft, there are other skills that you need to learn – like soft skills. In this article, we will be talking… Continue reading Soft Skills Designers Should Have

24 Best jQuery Image Sliders

Add a full-featured and easy-to-implement jQuery image slider to your website to help you keep your visitors’ attention.  CodeCanyon offers some of the best jQuery image sliders available on the web for a low one-time payment. Slider Revolution is one of the best-selling jQuery image sliders available on CodeCanyon. Images are an integral part of… Continue reading 24 Best jQuery Image Sliders

10+ Best PHP Learning Management System Scripts

Whether you run an in-person school or an online learning platform, you need a learning management system (LMS) that will help you run your enterprise efficiently.  PHP learning management systems are a great option. Classes, courses, and training are now commonly delivered and administered through learning management systems. Lessons are created and uploaded on these… Continue reading 10+ Best PHP Learning Management System Scripts

Comparium: Automated Website Testing Tool

Are you running a business online? And worried about creating the best website for attracting a large number of people? Are you a website developer and need help in designing an error-free website? So you are on the right track as we provide you the complete knowledge of the best tool to test your website… Continue reading Comparium: Automated Website Testing Tool

6 Best Practices for Building Responsive Dropdown Menus

Creating a responsive dropdown menu is a tricky task. There are many decisions you have to make, in both the design and development phases. Recommended solutions usually depend on the characteristics of the website or application you’re building. However, there are also some general best practices that are recommended for all types of responsive dropdown… Continue reading 6 Best Practices for Building Responsive Dropdown Menus

The Psychology of Fonts (Fonts That Evoke Emotion)

Designers have used powerful fonts to give designs a certain mood and feel for decades, but the power of font psychology to shape individuals’ emotional responses to a brand or logo has only been fully realised in recent years. Fonts that provoke a psychological reaction can be used to make a brand feel more trustworthy,… Continue reading The Psychology of Fonts (Fonts That Evoke Emotion)

The Best Note-Taking Apps for Android and How to Make Your Own

Note-taking is a simple yet essential activity for businesses and general consumers as well. There are tons of note-taking apps for Android, ranging from simple to advanced.  Some of the uses of note-taking apps include: recording meetings jotting down ideas shared editing of a document In this post, I’ll show you some of the best… Continue reading The Best Note-Taking Apps for Android and How to Make Your Own

How to Open PHP Files

In this quick post, we’re going to discuss different ways to open and edit a PHP file. If you are a novice to PHP programming, this article should help you to choose among the best tools available for PHP programming. PHP is a server-side scripting language which is mostly used to build web applications—these may… Continue reading How to Open PHP Files

10 Web Designers/Developers to Follow on Instagram in 2020

February 23, 2020 by Spyre Studios Why would anyone follow certain web designers and developers on Instagram? For people of their ilk, it’s staying on top of trends, learning about the latest advancements in tools, designs, processes, and languages, and staying connected in the industry.  For lesser mortals, it’s getting inspiration for a project, having… Continue reading 10 Web Designers/Developers to Follow on Instagram in 2020

10 Best WordPress Star Rating Plugins

Star ratings are used by websites to review all kinds of products and services. You can use them to rate pretty much anything your users are interested in: a movie, the food in a restaurant, the quality of service provided by a mechanic, etc. One of the reasons star ratings are so popular is that… Continue reading 10 Best WordPress Star Rating Plugins

What Does 5G Mean for Web Designers?

However, 5G isn’t just set to have an impact on mobile browsing. Changes in mobile connectivity will have an impact on web design too. As a web designer, it’s up to you to consider how the latest connectivity tools will impact the way users browse the web. Additionally, you may find that you have more… Continue reading What Does 5G Mean for Web Designers?

Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2020

We typically start the month with a roundup of new tools and resources for designers, but with the start of a new year (and new decade), we thought a roundup of things to help you get more organized would be appropriate. Some of these tools have been around for a while with features you might… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2020

New Creative Business Card Templates – 29 Print Design

New business card templates that can take your business and brand to the next level. All business cards are well organized and easy to edit with Adobe Photoshop without knowing professional skills. The creative clean business card designs have been crafted for the true professionals. Fully editable templates available in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign & MS Word versions.  You can use… Continue reading New Creative Business Card Templates – 29 Print Design

How to Add a Drop-Down Menu in WordPress

WordPress features a built-in menu management system that makes it easy to add menus to your website. However, as you add more and more pages, posts and other miscellaneous content, it may become impossible to include every destination in your standard menu bar.  In these scenarios, you can provide easy access to every section of… Continue reading How to Add a Drop-Down Menu in WordPress

Add a Live Ajax Search Bar to Your WordPress Website

Regardless of whether you’re typing a search query into Google, YouTube, Amazon or any other major website, live search has become an essential element of modern web design.  Live search is when you see a list of suggested search terms that updates as you’re typing, and it can be a valuable addition to any website.… Continue reading Add a Live Ajax Search Bar to Your WordPress Website

Create Adverts For Your WordPress Site

Advertising is one of the main ways that websites generate revenue. Perhaps you created a blog specifically to drive people towards your website’s Store page, and want to give visitors that extra little push? Maybe you run several websites, and want to promote your biggest-earner across your entire portfolio? Or maybe you don’t have anything… Continue reading Create Adverts For Your WordPress Site

How to Use HTML5 “picture”, “srcset”, and “sizes” for Responsive Images

<picture> is an HTML5 element designed to give us more versatile and performant responsive image functionality. Instead of loading a single image and trying to resize it to suit all possible viewport sizes and layouts, the picture tag loads multiple images of different sizes and resolutions, choosing the best fit for different scenarios. How Does <picture>… Continue reading How to Use HTML5 “picture”, “srcset”, and “sizes” for Responsive Images

How to Add an Appointment Booking Calendar With a WordPress Plugin

The internet has revolutionized many services that before were tedious or time-consuming. Booking an appointment is a great example. Booking online not only saves time for the user but also the service provider. An appointment booking plugin makes it easy to manage their visitors, appointments and schedules in a well-organized manner. Business such as salons,… Continue reading How to Add an Appointment Booking Calendar With a WordPress Plugin

How to Make a Galaxy YouTube Banner (With a YouTube Banner Creator)

What You’ll Be Creating So you’ve decided to start your own YouTube channel, but don’t actually have the required tools or skills to design the actual banner? Well, if that’s the case, don’t worry since I’m going to show you how you can easily make a galaxy YouTube banner using Placeit’s YouTube Banner Maker. From… Continue reading How to Make a Galaxy YouTube Banner (With a YouTube Banner Creator)

Eliminate Old Technology to Declutter Your Space

Developing and accomplishing a total decluttering plan for your home or workspace can be overwhelming. So many books and videos instruct you to tackle an entire room or more all at once, and who has that kind time? This all-at-once approach also leads you to get rid of things you need, causing you to spend… Continue reading Eliminate Old Technology to Declutter Your Space

10 Best Mobile Apps for Learning to Code

What’s even better is that you don’t have to spend years mastering programming either. Thanks to numerous coding apps available for both Android and iOS devices, you can easily level up your coding skills even when you’re on the go. In this post, we’ve rounded up the best coding apps that will help you learn… Continue reading 10 Best Mobile Apps for Learning to Code

10 Best Directory Plugins for WordPress

Directories are a popular and profitable kind of website. Directory websites list products and services for users to browse. They are databases that deliver information based on location and category. They can contain a large amount of data in the form of listings under different categories.  Directory websites come in all sizes and shapes: complex,… Continue reading 10 Best Directory Plugins for WordPress

Create a JavaScript Contact Form With the Smart Forms Framework

In our earlier posts, we listed some free plugins and tools that you can use to create your own forms. One major downside to using free tools to create forms is that the end product might not look as professional and polished as you expect. Similarly, using free libraries to code your own forms might… Continue reading Create a JavaScript Contact Form With the Smart Forms Framework

How to Make a Newsletter Email Subscription Popup with the ConvertPlus WordPress Plugin

A newsletter is a report sent by an organization or business containing any recent news. In an e=commerce business, it might contain news or sales on products which might interest the subscriber. Newsletters allow you to encourage website visitors to return to your site and can be a powerful tool for boosting sales and viewership.… Continue reading How to Make a Newsletter Email Subscription Popup with the ConvertPlus WordPress Plugin