Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today, we’re catching up with four amazing artists from Jordan, a Middle Eastern country that is home to ancient monuments and an incredible history. I asked each artist how their country and culture influenced their work, and they delivered great responses. Moh’d M. Khatib Our first… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Jordan
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Logo Trends For 2019
Having a logo for your business is pretty much a no-brainer. It’s synonymous to your brand’s identity, a visual representation that people will recognize immediately even without the company or product name. Knowing, understanding and applying wisely chosen trends in logo design to your emblem shows that your brand is contemporary and relevant to the… Continue reading Logo Trends For 2019
4 Examples of Bad UI and How to Avoid Them
The easiest way to observe bad user interfaces is by keeping your eyes open. Every time you order something online, every time you visit a new website, every time you fill in a form, purchase a product or publish a post, think about how you’re being asked to perform that task. Where are the buttons… Continue reading 4 Examples of Bad UI and How to Avoid Them
International Artist Feature: Slovenia
Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today, we’re catching up with seven incredible artists from Slovenia, a central European country with vast mountainous scenes and landscapes. I asked each artist how their country and culture influenced their work, and they delivered great responses. Jernej Myint Our first artist, Jernej Myint, is a… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Slovenia
How to Maintain the Selected Option On Page Load
Imagine you’re using a <select> element to navigate between pages–ordinarily the select will return to its default option when the page reloads. Today we’ll learn how to maintain the selected option, ensuring that whatever page you’ve selected remains selected even once the new page has been served. To demonstrate it, we’ll use a demo project with… Continue reading How to Maintain the Selected Option On Page Load
How to Draw a Cartoon Nose
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll look at different ways of drawing cartoon noses. We’ll start with the nose’s construction, and then use this in the context of experimenting with stylistic renditions of this part of the face. When in doubt, I recommend looking at references, even when drawing stylistically! They can be… Continue reading How to Draw a Cartoon Nose
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
Should You Sell Web Hosting Services to Your Clients?
Web design is an industry that is loaded with opportunities for upsells and extra revenue. Odds are that your clients will benefit from services that go beyond basic design and development. However, just because you can offer extras doesn’t necessarily mean that you should. One such area is web hosting. While there is the potential… Continue reading Should You Sell Web Hosting Services to Your Clients?
How to Create a Mental Health Themed Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Although mental health is just as important as physical health, it’s often misunderstood and treated too lightly. After all, a person suffering from depression or anxiety looks completely fine on the outside, and nobody can tell what they’re really feeling. That’s where art can help—it allows the artist to show their… Continue reading How to Create a Mental Health Themed Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop
What Elements are Associated with Effective International E-Commerce Solutions?
It is estimated that the online e-commerce industry will enjoy more than £2.8 billion pounds worth of sales in 2018 (1). This figure is expected to represent an increasingly influential portion of the entire retail market. One of the reasons for this stunning observation is that the virtual retail community is associated with a global… Continue reading What Elements are Associated with Effective International E-Commerce Solutions?
Understanding The Meaning of Webpage Not Found or 404 Error
Page Not Found Errors I’m sure I’m not the only person who has come across this error during their Internet browsing sessions: And of course, whenever this happens, you might say to yourself, “What the hell does that even mean?” Well, think of your place of residence. Whether it be a house, apartment, car, cardboard… Continue reading Understanding The Meaning of Webpage Not Found or 404 Error
8 Tips For Creating a Brand
Your brand is the face, the portrayed personality of your business, and a good brand is something that the consumer will connect with on an emotional level which will help your business become more visible and grow. So creating the right brand name is incredibly important, it could make or break your business. We’ve put… Continue reading 8 Tips For Creating a Brand
Take Control of Your Projects with these Design Collaboration Tools
Posted · Category: Best Collections You might be building a website for your own needs and doing all the work yourself. In this case, you may think there’s no need for a collaboration tool to smooth out your workflow. Still, having one or more extra pairs of eyes looking over your work can be beneficial.… Continue reading Take Control of Your Projects with these Design Collaboration Tools
7 Signs Your Web Designer Knows About SEO
A web designer refers to a person who is an IT professional. These are the people who are responsible for making the layout of your website. They are also responsible for the visual appearance and, of course, the usability of your website. You can consider that a web designer is good if they have the… Continue reading 7 Signs Your Web Designer Knows About SEO
Top uses for acrylic sheets
Acrylic sheets are often underrated. But, the handy slice of clear plastic has so many uses and that’s why acrylic sheets deserve a little recognition. What are these uses you ask? Follow along and you’ll soon find out. Oh, and if you’re in need of acrylic sheets by the end of this article, click here… Continue reading Top uses for acrylic sheets
Most common excuses for not doing user research
“We don’t have a usability lab” Well, sorry to be the one to break the news: but you don’t need one. First, there are tons of user research methods other than usability testing —user interviews, surveys, card sorts, A/B tests, scenarios, diary studies, intercepts, shadowing — so stop thinking about “usability testing” as soon as you hear… Continue reading Most common excuses for not doing user research
The Easiest Way To Add Input Masks To Your Forms
Input masks make it much easier for users to figure out the required format for filling out emails, phone numbers, credit cards and other data. Adding masks to your form inputs makes them so much better and its super easy to do, especially when using a JS library. In this article we’ve prepared for you… Continue reading The Easiest Way To Add Input Masks To Your Forms
What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards?
What are the WordPress PHP coding standards? In this video from my course, Learn PHP for WordPress, you’ll learn all about the coding standards and why they’re important. The WordPress PHP Coding Standards What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards? You can find the full WordPress PHP coding standards in the official WordPress handbook. They’re… Continue reading What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards?
Trying to Keep Up with All the Latest Trends? BeTheme Does
Posted · Category: Best Collections Web designers have a full plate when it comes to trying to keep up to date with the latest trends. This is especially true in 2018. These days, several different approaches to web design have surfaced. It takes time to acquaint yourself with each of these trends. This is the… Continue reading Trying to Keep Up with All the Latest Trends? BeTheme Does
Which Print-On-Demand T-Shirt Fulfillment Company Should You Use?
So you decided to start a print-on-demand t-shirt business. One of the most important decisions you will make is choosing the print-on-demand fulfillment company. You should take this decision very seriously because it can make or break or business. Can you imagine ordering a t-shirt online and getting a low quality product? You’d never buy… Continue reading Which Print-On-Demand T-Shirt Fulfillment Company Should You Use?
On UX Anxiety (Part I)
credits Starting new jobs make me nervous. Have I been a designer for a long time? It feels to me like forever, but comparatively it’s a definite no. The anxiety began when I realized I needed to quit my current job. At the time I was working in UX and front-end development as an offshore… Continue reading On UX Anxiety (Part I)
Freebie: 3 Amazing Bootstrap 4 Gallery Templates
In this article we share with you 3 amazing Bootstrap 4 image gallery templates with awesome hover effects. Just like all our freebies, these templates are completely free to use, fully responsive and very easy to integrate- just copy and paste. The Templates The templates are built with the Bootstrap 4 grid component. The HTML… Continue reading Freebie: 3 Amazing Bootstrap 4 Gallery Templates
Build A Pomodoro Timer ― Scotch
Last week on the code challenge #5 we looked at building a movie player using a provided API. Here is the solution to the challenge built with Vue.js. This week we’ll be building a Pomodoro timer. A Pomodoro timer is a time management tool which breaks down task completion time into intervals of about 25… Continue reading Build A Pomodoro Timer ― Scotch
Cross-functional Empathy for Designers
A human-centric approach for working with humans As designers, a huge part of our job lies in empathizing with users. It’s exciting to see how far we’ve come as a discipline in becoming more user-centric, more research-driven and better at tying our ideas to actual user needs. Yet many of us struggle with applying that… Continue reading Cross-functional Empathy for Designers