The first global pandemic of the digital era is upon us. We’re living in unprecedented and uncomfortable times. For our senior citizens, these past several weeks have been particularly discomforting. According to the CDC, men and women over the age of 65 are significantly more likely to develop complications from COVID-19. As we seek to… Continue reading Thanks to Covid-19, Website Accessibility Has Never Been More Important
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How to Make a Comic Book Cover
What You’ll Be Creating Truth be told, yes, you should judge a book by its cover, especially when it comes to comic book covers. Read this tutorial to learn some rules for designing a stand-out cover for your graphic novels. Want to create a comic book covers to attract readers and entice people to buy… Continue reading How to Make a Comic Book Cover
Ways to Improve SEO For Every Website That You Design
February 25, 2020 by Spyre Studios In terms of marketing, SEO and Google Ads services are two of the highest performing for businesses, and their websites need to be geared up for it. When it comes to a business website we all know that the better it looks and the smarter that it functions, the… Continue reading Ways to Improve SEO For Every Website That You Design
Popular Design News of the Week: February 10, 2020 – February 16, 2020
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: February 10, 2020 – February 16, 2020
5 Web Design Trends For 2020 That Are Here To Stay With Us
We are always looking for ways to improve our skills and services and what we create. Sometimes that desire to improve is a conscious one. Most of the time it’s in the back of our minds, yet active. Short term results can be OK, but good long term results are what you want if you… Continue reading 5 Web Design Trends For 2020 That Are Here To Stay With Us
10 ways to help Accessibility at Conferences as a speaker
November 26, 2019 Hey friends! Wedding planning is starting to heat up with five months left to go. I was pretty ambitious about my writing schedule when I started my second year of blogging. I figured I had so much more free time on my hands versus what I had six months ago. But I… Continue reading 10 ways to help Accessibility at Conferences as a speaker
How to Pick a WordPress Form Builder Plugin
If you own a WordPress site, you probably find forms to be indispensable for creating a satisfying user experience and increasing your conversion rates. You need forms for clients to get in touch with you easily, answer simple survey questions, leave feedback, write testimonials, and so on. But you don’t need to have coding experience to… Continue reading How to Pick a WordPress Form Builder Plugin
Avoid these 4 Website Redesign Mistakes that Sabotage SEO
As a freelance web designer/dev, one of the most common projects is a website redesign. Clients want their existing site (or specific pages) transformed into something superior. But this often comes with a price where SEO is concerned. Massive changes to site structure, architecture, and page elements can negatively impact their search engine optimization. And… Continue reading Avoid these 4 Website Redesign Mistakes that Sabotage SEO
Designing Websites Around Colorblind Users
Colorblind users are more common than you might realize. It’s not hard to design your website to make it easy for colorblind visitors to use. In fact, it will often make your designs more effective for all users, not just those with atypical sight conditions. Learn how to design your website around colorblind users to… Continue reading Designing Websites Around Colorblind Users
Useful Tips For Designing Great User Interface for Apps
Today mobile applications are playing an essential role in helping businesses in catering a large customer base. Having a visually stunning mobile app isn’t good enough. For a truly successful mobile application, a user-friendly interface must be in mind. Implementing best practices for mobile design is key to getting your app in stores and used… Continue reading Useful Tips For Designing Great User Interface for Apps
How to Compress Video For Online Streaming
Depending on where you’re uploading your video content, you’ll need to find the correct file settings to get the right result. Choosing a container format Source A video container format is a digital wrapper for your content. They determine the extension of your video file. Popular container formats include MP4 (.mp4), AVI (.avi), QuickTime (.mov)… Continue reading How to Compress Video For Online Streaming
Building a Legal Website: 5 Major Mistakes to Avoid
If you are a website designer, you probably already know that every niche is different and there are certain rules to follow if you want to meet the users’ expectations. Some designers have already learned from their own mistakes but if you have almost no experience designing legal websites, it is better to be safe… Continue reading Building a Legal Website: 5 Major Mistakes to Avoid
How to Create Presentations that Don’t Suck
The presentation is a convenient way to provide a short yet concise information about any of your projects whether you are a student, office manager, businessman, startupper, or financial advisor. Sad to say but bad presentation happens oftener than the good one. As a result, your audience gets bored and want the presentation to be… Continue reading How to Create Presentations that Don’t Suck
Dos and Don’ts of Designing the Perfect Website Form
When designing modern websites, it is important to bear in mind the criticality of creating a well-balanced, user-friendly form as visitors make their first impression about a business by looking at their online portal. In several cases, the design of the form can make or break the future of the website. User experience plays a… Continue reading Dos and Don’ts of Designing the Perfect Website Form
9 Handful Tutorials For Learning WordPress As Per Your Need
WordPress is fastest growing CMS around and by the time the thirst of it’s learning is increasing as well. To arrange the possibilities of learning WordPress for everyone, we have hand-picked some easy to understand and useful tutorials consist of tips, tricks and how-to guides. With the help of these tutorials, any WordPress learner can… Continue reading 9 Handful Tutorials For Learning WordPress As Per Your Need
How to Choose the Best Design for Your Blog
Selecting a design is the intermediate step to writing a blog. It serves to capture the reader so that one can be interested in reading through the entire blog. Therefore, the person who reads will be most likely captivated by the layout and information on the site. Take, for example, if you want more students… Continue reading How to Choose the Best Design for Your Blog
How to Write a Perfect Civil Engineering Resume
Look at the world around you. The buildings, the infrastructure, landscaping, cities, towns, roads and more. All of this is the result of civil engineers. The occupation of civil engineer often requires them to be ‘miracle workers’. Indeed, it often seems as if people want them to be able to fix anything just with duct… Continue reading How to Write a Perfect Civil Engineering Resume
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
Maximizing Marketing Videos (Tips & Tricks)
If you are a growing brand or business who want to engage your target audience, creating a marketing video is one sure-fire way to propel your business forward. Visual content is a key factor in connecting and reaching out to customers at a much deeper level. With the proliferation of online video content, you need… Continue reading Maximizing Marketing Videos (Tips & Tricks)
These 5 UX Mistakes Drive Visitors Away in Less Than 5 Seconds
Posted · Category: Best Collections The longer you can keep a visitor tuned into your website the better. But the time needed to fully engage a visitor is quite short. If your website UX isn’t up to snuff, you’ll be fortunate if a visitor sticks around more than 5 seconds. That isn’t much time to… Continue reading These 5 UX Mistakes Drive Visitors Away in Less Than 5 Seconds
How to Write Helpful User Tutorials and Onboarding Guides
Writing user tutorials is essential to launching any new software project. But writing helpful user tutorials requires a careful hand, with a correct understanding of the user’s needs and expectations. With a solid foundation of empathy and understanding, we can build user tutorials that will educate our users without losing their attention or going over… Continue reading How to Write Helpful User Tutorials and Onboarding Guides
Tips On Educating Your Web Design Clients
You’ll often find that your web design clients simply do not know web design the way you do. They don’t follow the trends, they don’t really understand the terminology, and they don’t understand the reasoning behind certain web design decisions. You certainly know all those things. After all, it’s your job. You’re a web designer.… Continue reading Tips On Educating Your Web Design Clients
How To Design Clean and Elegant Looking Websites
While a simple, clean website design might seem easy at first, the fact of the matter is the process is a lot more complex than you think. There’s a lot of stuff going on underneath the surface that makes the clean website functional. Most people don’t need or care about that makes these sites function,… Continue reading How To Design Clean and Elegant Looking Websites
How To Make Your Websites Look and Feel Original
There are hundreds of millions of websites active on the web. It can be hard to imagine how a single lonely website or brand can hope to make an impact. Decent inbound marketing can be help, and Search Engine Optimization can certainly play a role, but none of these efforts will help you get visitors… Continue reading How To Make Your Websites Look and Feel Original