This is a follow up to my previous blog post on “How we gamified our help desk with ‘Beer Cards’ and fuel productivity.” You can read more about it here. ‘Beer Cards’ is our attempt to introduce social prods in our workplace. Social prods are actions that require minimal effort to create a social interaction,… Continue reading Beer Cards – Creating a real-life Facebook 'Like' button.
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WordPress Gutenberg Block API: Creating Custom Blocks
The new WordPress editor (codenamed Gutenberg) is due for release in version 5.0. Now is the perfect time to get to grips with it before it lands in WordPress core. In this series, I’m showing you how to work with the Block API and create your very own content blocks which you can use to build… Continue reading WordPress Gutenberg Block API: Creating Custom Blocks
11 Super Simple WordPress Themes
As we most of the time looking for minimal themes for our websites, so, we have put our efforts to collect few most simple wordpress themes in one place. In this post, we are going to share with you some super simple WordPress minimalist themes that help you in creating your simple blogs. All these… Continue reading 11 Super Simple WordPress Themes
Must-know Skills For Web Designers
It’s easy to get demotivated. Not that it always happens. There are times when you feel you’re on a run, your work is going well, your clients love you, and you get a lot of referrals. Then there are times when your work halts, you feel uninspired and you lose motivation. This is particularly true… Continue reading Must-know Skills For Web Designers
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
Using CSS Pseudo-elements and Pseudo-classes like ::before and ::after
April 23, 2018 by Alex Fox CSS wasn’t always as flexible as it is today. By using CSS pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes, designers can target elements based on their dynamic states or positioning in relation to other elements. Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes There are two types of pseudo selectors: pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes. Either of these pseudo selectors… Continue reading Using CSS Pseudo-elements and Pseudo-classes like ::before and ::after
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
Database and API ― Scotch
To get paid for goods and services provided, companies/freelancers need to send invoices to their customers informing them of the services that they will be charged for. Back then, people had paper invoices which they gave to the customers when they contact them for their services. Right now, with the advent and advancement of technology,… Continue reading Database and API ― Scotch
Social Media Business Trends to Watch in 2018
There’s no question that social media was a dominant business marketing tool in 2017. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and, to a lesser extent, Pinterest, became the most cost-effective way to engage customers, build brands and lengthen reach. Facebook’s recent algorithm changes are a sign of things to come, however. As social media platforms make changes,… Continue reading Social Media Business Trends to Watch in 2018
Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices with an engaging user experience
Please note: This was a concept project undertaken as part of the User Experience Design Immersive course at General Assembly and is in no way affiliated with Nuffield Health. Nuffield Health is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organisations. They operate a wide variety of facilities and healthcare services, from gym and fitness centres… Continue reading Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices with an engaging user experience
How and Why to Optimize Images On the Site?
Everyone who runs a website knows that the loading speed is the most important factor for high convension, especially, if this is an online market. Studies made by Walmart clearly show that the longer it takes to load the page, the less operations made on the site by potential customers, because no one simply wants… Continue reading How and Why to Optimize Images On the Site?
Tips for Designing a Great Looking E-commerce Website + 20 Examples
If you’ve ever spent time buying from an online store, you know that a pleasurable experience would motivate you to return. Customer satisfaction is key to designing an effective E-commerce site. An effective E-commerce site allows the products to shine and then allows you to carry out purchases quickly and efficiently. When designing an E-commerce… Continue reading Tips for Designing a Great Looking E-commerce Website + 20 Examples
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
Stop blaming your digital tools for your problems
Jira, Trello, Basecamp, Sketch, Invision, Zeplin, Jenkins, Google Analytics — I could go on, but no matter the tool or how good it is there will always be a problem with it. Your tools are not the problem, your reliance and attitude towards them is. I’ve seen so many teams complain that “Jira doesn’t let me do this”… Continue reading Stop blaming your digital tools for your problems
Looking for the Best Productivity Apps For Designers? They are in this Article
Posted · Category: Best Collections Whenever one needs to spend excessive time juggling tasks, deadlines, etc., it’s time wasted. This is irrespective of the professional activity. The same goes for any team leader or a freelance designer. There are better ways to go about managing these tasks. These ways that are faster, more efficient, and… Continue reading Looking for the Best Productivity Apps For Designers? They are in this Article
How to Create a Website with a Drag & Drop Builder
Perhaps, nowadays it’s quite unnecessary to explain anyone the importance of the online presence. Fortunately, the majority of business owners have already realized the benefits it brings. That’s why the number of websites is increasing constantly. The best thing is that today you don’t have to hire a professional for building a website. You can… Continue reading How to Create a Website with a Drag & Drop Builder
Five analytical components for a better user experience
User Behaviour Whatever someone does while on your website is called user behaviour. It includes the journey within your website’s pages, interaction with page elements, page scroll, form submissions, link/button clicks, and others. Analytics will help you understand the user behavior of your website better. How far are they scrolling down the page? Which forms… Continue reading Five analytical components for a better user experience
How to Change the Background Color of a Button on Mouse Click When Using jQuery
In this article am going to illustrate how you can change the background color of a button after it has been clicked when using jQuery. This kind of functionality makes a website or web application more responsive and interactive with the user especially when you have many buttons or links and you want your users… Continue reading How to Change the Background Color of a Button on Mouse Click When Using jQuery
How to turn user journeys into high-end highways
Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash When we need to get from point A to point B, we usually choose from several roads. And let any of them somehow lead us to the destination point, most likely we will get different impressions from this trip. Similarly, when we need to get any online service, we choose… Continue reading How to turn user journeys into high-end highways
How to Build Own Mobile App For Conferences?
Nowadays it’s possible to find a mobile app for any purpose. Need to book a hotel? Just a few taps and you can choose from hundreds of them from all over the world. Decided to organize a party but forgot about snacks? Fifteen minutes and a delivery guy will appear on your doorstep with a… Continue reading How to Build Own Mobile App For Conferences?
How to Make Amazing UI/UX Design for Mobile Apps?
Nowadays there is a trend of using mobile phones or smartphones as billions of people are now using them daily for doing various tasks across the world. Due to the high demand for mobile phones, mobile apps which run on them are also in high demand. Now people do most of their activities using mobile… Continue reading How to Make Amazing UI/UX Design for Mobile Apps?
Freelance Web Designers: Giving Your Productivity a Meaningful Boost is Easier than You Think
There is one sure thing you can say about most productivity hacks. It’s that what works for one person, doesn’t necessarily work for the next. In fact, achieving meaningful results requires a big change in one’s lifestyle. However, this is also something that most of us are reluctant to accept. Many of these so-called productivity-enhancing… Continue reading Freelance Web Designers: Giving Your Productivity a Meaningful Boost is Easier than You Think
Freelance Web Designers: 3 Delightfully Easy Ways to Increase Your Productivity
Posted · Category: Best Collections Have you been struggling with bouts of procrastination and lack of focus? Maybe it appears hard for you to find a way to make some positive changes in your work habits? Then take heart! It’s not as difficult as you might have been led to believe. It is possible to… Continue reading Freelance Web Designers: 3 Delightfully Easy Ways to Increase Your Productivity
10 Best and Worst Fonts for Emails
You are reading this article about fonts, it means you completely agree with us: there’s nothing more important than details. Besides, today’s trends call us to use less pictures, more texts in the newsletters unless it is a greeting one. We’ve done some research and analysis, and now we want to share the results on… Continue reading 10 Best and Worst Fonts for Emails