No. Creativity is involved in almost everything humans do. Now that we have the answer out of the way let’s discuss it. A design colleague of mine just inspired me to address this question that has been niggling at me for some time. We were casually discussing my latest AI-generated image experiment where I was generating… Continue reading Is UX Research Inherently Uncreative?
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The Humanization of ChatGPT and Its Impact on Trust
AI is the future, but we still know very little about it. We believe that understanding how people think about AI and how they use AI tools are key parts in being able to create proper AI-powered products and tools. This thought motivated us to do research on the topic. The research process itself was… Continue reading The Humanization of ChatGPT and Its Impact on Trust
Better Web Security Means Less Convenience – For Now
The web makes our lives more convenient. We can order a T-shirt or a pizza with a few clicks. We can conduct global research without leaving our seats. It has changed the way we do just about everything. As web designers, we seek to add even more convenience. We employ systems to “remember” users. We… Continue reading Better Web Security Means Less Convenience – For Now
How to Tackle Prompting Challenges with AI Writing Tools
With the rise of readily available generative AI tools, it is now possible to create large bodies of text in a matter of seconds. However, crafting the right prompts to achieve the desired output can be challenging. In this article, we will examine the complexities of prompting and how AI writing tools can simplify the… Continue reading How to Tackle Prompting Challenges with AI Writing Tools
Designing genAI-enhanced features
Elevating user experience through intelligent content enhancement and personalization. Futuristic workspace (Created with Dall-E) Chatbots serve as an accessible gateway to the realm of Generative AI features, a fact underscored by the success of ChatGPT. Their simplicity, requiring only basic instructions to engage in natural dialogues, allows them to integrate across various digital platforms seamlessly. Yet,… Continue reading Designing genAI-enhanced features
What comes after customer-centricity?
Read this and get ready for it. For many years now, I’ve been fascinated by the timeline shown below and pondering what lies beyond the Age of the Customer. These days, I’ve got a pretty good idea about what’s next. The Age of the Customer timeline. Source: Forrester Research First, let’s unpack this timeline and understand how… Continue reading What comes after customer-centricity?
Using a WooCommerce Related Products Plugin
When you run an online store, there’s no such thing as selling too many products. Just because the customer has found what they’re looking for, doesn’t mean you can’t convince them to throw a few more items into their cart. If you’ve ever spent any time on sites such as Amazon, then chances are you’re… Continue reading Using a WooCommerce Related Products Plugin
30 HTML Best Practices for Beginners
This tutorial is specifically for those who are just diving into web development. If you have one year of experience or less, hopefully some of the tips listed here will help you to become better, quicker! 1. Always Close Your Tags Back in the day, it wasn’t uncommon to see things like this: <li>Some text here.… Continue reading 30 HTML Best Practices for Beginners
20 Examples of Cool Sports Websites
January 21, 2021 by Noemi Editor’s note: This post is written by Julia Blake, a young passionate blogger interested in web design and everything connected with it. Currently, she works with MotoCMS – a progressive website builder. Sports-related websites are of many types: sports clubs, news portals, personal pages, fan clubs, and sportswear brands. The main… Continue reading 20 Examples of Cool Sports Websites
What to look for in an accessibility audit
If your organization is completely new to digital accessibility, an audit or assessment is a great place to start to see where your organization stands. An accessibility audit is a combination of automated and manual testing done by accessibility experts using assistive technologies in various testing states. A detailed audit is a thorough review of… Continue reading What to look for in an accessibility audit
'Knowing what you're looking at' – JS tips for new React developers
August 17, 2020 I have a confession to make. While I have been a professional web developer for over 6 years, I didn’t feel comfortable with JavaScript until a year and a half ago. I still don’t feel like I know a lot of things. There’s a lot that still confuses me. But I’ve grown… Continue reading 'Knowing what you're looking at' – JS tips for new React developers
9 Outstanding Features of the Divi Theme and Plugin
Despite what some people might think, the Divi theme isn’t new. It actually debuted in 2013 as the flagship product of the Elegant Themes team. But it has undergone so many updates that it looks and functions like a brand new product. Elegant Themes keeps refining their star product. They also offer Divi Builder, a… Continue reading 9 Outstanding Features of the Divi Theme and Plugin
10 Tips for a Content Marketing Plan to Expand Your Business
15 Shares Content marketing is a marketing strategy plan that focuses on creating, sharing, and using relevant and engaging content. The purpose of content marketing is to attract users and clients to contribute to the sales and revenue of a firm. According to Statista, in 2019, a third of small businesses used content marketing as… Continue reading 10 Tips for a Content Marketing Plan to Expand Your Business
How to Update PHP in WordPress
Do you want a faster, more secure WordPress website? It’s important to keep your themes, plugins and even your WordPress software up to date, but what about PHP? WordPress runs on PHP, so upgrading to the latest version is just as important as keeping your plugins, themes and WordPress itself up to date. By switching… Continue reading How to Update PHP in WordPress
Get to Know the WordPress Admin Dashboard
The very first thing you’ll see when you open the WordPress back-end—also known as “the admin panel”—is the dashboard. This is the starting place for the majority of tasks you’ll be performing in WordPress. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the dashboard, and also how to customize it to fit your preferences and… Continue reading Get to Know the WordPress Admin Dashboard
How to Create a Form With the Quform WordPress Plugin
Forms are essential for any website as they provide an efficient way for your customers to communicate with you. Whether you are looking to receive feedback, complete an order, or receive an application from your website visitors, forms allow you to effectively collect all of this information. Many of the WordPress forms on the market… Continue reading How to Create a Form With the Quform WordPress Plugin
7 Essential Steps for Brand Identity Integration into Web Design
With the rising trends of user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) in web design, it is no longer enough to simply provide your visitors with a product and call it a day. Whether you are about to launch your business’ website for the first time or are in the process of a website redesign,… Continue reading 7 Essential Steps for Brand Identity Integration into Web Design
Tips to Enhance Your Blog With Design Thinking Approach
Design thinking is an innovative method of coming up with solutions to problems. Design thinking places the users at the heart to the problem-solving exercise with their experiences and opinions used to develop solutions to the problems they are facing. Once a solution to a problem has been found, it is tested on the users… Continue reading Tips to Enhance Your Blog With Design Thinking Approach
How to Get Your Newsletter Read
Being in the business of building websites, it’s easy to forget that no matter how great they look, how well they perform, or how optimized they are for search, a website alone will not attract visitors back to it. You have to give them a good reason to return. Blogging and other content generation is… Continue reading How to Get Your Newsletter Read
How to Clean Malware from a Hacked Website
Just the hint of a hacked site is enough to send jitters down the spine of every webmaster. In an event where something suspicious occurs on a website or where unexpected elements start to show up on the website, the doubt starts to pop up with a possibility inclined towards the absolutely negative event, i.e.… Continue reading How to Clean Malware from a Hacked Website
Tips for Using Location-Based Photos on Your Website
Photography can be one of a web designer’s most powerful assets. We can use it to transport users to another place and time. It can convey a feeling and amplify a message. Today, we’re going to focus on images that were taken on location. This can cover anything from a stunning skyline shot… Continue reading Tips for Using Location-Based Photos on Your Website
Inspire Others with the BeTop WordPress Theme
Inspire Others with the BeTop WordPress Theme If you have the ability to help other people, this is considered to be a gift. If you can motivate and inspire others to reach for their dreams, you are making a big difference in their lives. To accomplish this, you need a website that can show the… Continue reading Inspire Others with the BeTop WordPress Theme
How To Create An Amazing and Engaging Blog
Creating a blog is something that you shouldn’t take lightly. Why? Because if you want your blog to be successful you need to put time and energy into it to make it up to the level that you’re looking to get it to. If you’re new to blog platforms and blog creation, then this article… Continue reading How To Create An Amazing and Engaging Blog
Target CSS for Specific Content With WordPress Template Tags
What You’ll Be Creating Learning WordPress development isn’t just about learning to code PHP. You’ll also need some HTML and CSS skills if the sites, themes and/or plugins you create are going to work well. In this tutorial, I’ll show you an incredibly useful feature of WordPress that mixes PHP with some simple CSS. It’s… Continue reading Target CSS for Specific Content With WordPress Template Tags