In this month’s collection we’re seeing some minor trends, like the return of sliders, over-sized text, and liquid effects. But the biggest thing of note is a brand new trend: brutalist typography and layouts, made more appealing by soft, feminine color palettes. Enjoy! Wolff Olins Globally renowned agency Wolff Olins’ new site is engagingly simple,… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, November 2019
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Show an Event Calendar With a Free WordPress Calendar Plugin
Many businesses need to share event calendars with customers. For example, a restaurant can use an event calendar to advertise special musical events, or holiday menus. Similarly, schools can use event calendars on their websites to let students and teachers know about any upcoming activities in school related to sports, exams or other events. Event… Continue reading Show an Event Calendar With a Free WordPress Calendar Plugin
10 Common Regrets When Selecting WordPress Themes (+ Great Theme Examples)
Picking a WordPress theme can be overwhelming. There are so many to choose from that it’s all too easy to spend hours scrolling through endless options without ever settling on a theme. Sound familiar? You’re certainly not alone. I’ve made a huge mistake (via Twenty20) Rather than relentlessly scouring ThemeForest for a theme that fulfills… Continue reading 10 Common Regrets When Selecting WordPress Themes (+ Great Theme Examples)
3 Essential Design Trends, November 2019
There’s always a balance between visual design and functional design. Many of the “rules” of design as we know them exist to make visuals more functional. That’s not exactly true of all of the techniques that are trending right now. But sometimes rules are made to be broken, right? You can take these trends in… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, November 2019
Add a Calendar to Your Company Intranet With a WordPress Plugin
What You’ll Be Creating WordPress is a great system for building a company intranet. You may already be using WordPress for your public website, but it also handles intranets really well. From sharing news, to social interaction and collaboration, WordPress lets you add functionality to your company intranet that helps you communicate more effectively as… Continue reading Add a Calendar to Your Company Intranet With a WordPress Plugin
How to Add a Booking Calendar to WordPress With a Plugin
What You’ll Be Creating If you run a business that takes bookings or appointments, adding a booking calendar plugin to your WordPress website will win you more business. Here’s how to do it with the Bookly Pro plugin. This will help you get more business and reduce the time spent taking bookings manually. In the… Continue reading How to Add a Booking Calendar to WordPress With a Plugin
How to Make Instagram Stories in Seconds Without Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Need to create beautiful looking Instagram stories, but don’t have the required tools to start doing so? Well, what if I told you that there’s an easy way you can change that, using Placeit’s online Instagram Story Templates. Believe it or not, you can actually use templates for Instagram stories, such… Continue reading How to Make Instagram Stories in Seconds Without Photoshop
Photoshop Tutorials: 30 New Tutorials to Learn Amazing Manipulation Tricks
Latest Adobe Photoshop tutorials, video tutorials and amazing photo manipulation tutorials for beginners to expert Photoshop designers. There are 30 Fresh tutorials to learn tips and tricks on how to create Photoshop Actions, how to convert boring photos into dashing portraits, photo editing and much more. As we know Adobe Photoshop is the one of… Continue reading Photoshop Tutorials: 30 New Tutorials to Learn Amazing Manipulation Tricks
How to Build a MouseOver Navigation Slide Effect
Have you ever used the Slider Revolution WordPress plugin in a project? If the answer is “yes”, you might have noticed the mini toolbar that appears in the right corner of the plugin’s configuration page. Initially, only the icons are visible, keeping the whole thing nice and compact. Then each time you hover over an icon, its… Continue reading How to Build a MouseOver Navigation Slide Effect
Elegant Black and Gold Business Card Templates
A beautiful gold business card templates, clean professional metallic design cards perfect for any brand identity or individual business. Modern and fully customizable black gold business card templates come in a well organized Photoshop PSD file. You can easily change the color of the element itself in just one click. All elements, including the logo,… Continue reading Elegant Black and Gold Business Card Templates
How to Use the Free WordPress FooGallery Plugin to Create Image Galleries
Some websites require you to add many images in a single post or webpage. For example, you might want to upload a lot of images from an art exhibition or an event on a website. Similarly, any business that focuses on products and services might add a lot of relevant images on a single page.… Continue reading How to Use the Free WordPress FooGallery Plugin to Create Image Galleries
20 Freshest Web Designs, October 2019
You’ll find a few other trends, and sites that ignore trends altogether, in our roundup of the freshest web design this month, but it’s hard to ignore the vibrancy that’s taking over. Enjoy! Chevalvert Chevalvert is a French design agency whose site visually bombards you from the moment it loads. The maximalist approach is visually… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, October 2019
26 Best InDesign Calendar Templates (New for 2020)
What You’ll Be Creating What do you have in store for 2020? Create a productive year with these InDesign calendar templates. 26 Best InDesign Calendar Templates (New for 2020) Add a little creativity and efficiency to your life with a stunning InDesign calendar template. Not only are they great for decor overall, but they also… Continue reading 26 Best InDesign Calendar Templates (New for 2020)
Four Examples of Beautiful Dental Sites
Private practice dental offices are starting to realize that people look at site design when they pick out the individual who will have the privilege of performing services for them. While this might not be the first thing that potential patients look for, it does play a fairly big role in the decision-making process according… Continue reading Four Examples of Beautiful Dental Sites
18+ Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes for 2020
Having a website that features your portfolio is crucial if you want to attract more clients. A WordPress portfolio site is also necessary when you’re trying to land a job in a creative agency or another business looking to hire a designer, illustrator, architect, or anyone else who needs to display their work. “56% of… Continue reading 18+ Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes for 2020
Tips On Designing Creative Websites That Will Wow Your Clients
The global market keeps getting bigger and bigger, which should be good news for web designers – but there’s a catch. The clients you can expect to serve are more sophisticated and want creative websites, not just the regular HTML and CSS. You can’t deliver just anything and expect them to be happy. You’ll also… Continue reading Tips On Designing Creative Websites That Will Wow Your Clients
Insert a Calendar Into WordPress With the Pro Event Calendar Plugin
Displaying a calendar on your website is a must for many business owners. Calendars are the best way to share all the upcoming events that your business has with your audience. However, the various calendar plugins available on the market often have too few features, expensive add-ons, or are too complicated to set up. In… Continue reading Insert a Calendar Into WordPress With the Pro Event Calendar Plugin
What’s New for Designers, September 2019
While there aren’t as many new tools out there to play with right now, the ones available are a lot of fun. From tools to help speed up workflows and manage productivity, to creative gamification and funky typefaces, these new tools for designers will make you want to stick to your desk. Here’s what new… Continue reading What’s New for Designers, September 2019
How Powerful Micro-Interactions Boost Your UX
Because of the sense of value users perceive from micro-interactions, they not only boost engagement, but also inspire positive feelings towards your brand, and ultimately, influence users’ actions. This article will discuss the basics of micro-interactions and how you can utilize them to enhance your UX design. What Are Micro-Interactions? In digital design, micro-interactions are… Continue reading How Powerful Micro-Interactions Boost Your UX
25 Best High Quality Photoshop Actions for Photographers and Designers
The Best Photoshop actions can instantly transform your photos into HDR photography. The hand-picked twenty five high quality Photoshop actions that will transform your Photography into Oily effect, newspaper print, abstract, watercolor effect, comic and dots effects within a seconds. Mostly Photoshop actions available with video tutorials that shows how to setup action files and how… Continue reading 25 Best High Quality Photoshop Actions for Photographers and Designers
How to Create Simple and Inexpensive Business Web apps with Great Design
Low-cost web solutions often have uninspiring or even, to put it mildly, primitive design. By looking at this kind of an interface, users would rather have a nap than commit themselves to work. Nevertheless, several decision-makers prefer to rely on the solution’s functionalities, which is surely wise. But at the same time, they miss the… Continue reading How to Create Simple and Inexpensive Business Web apps with Great Design
20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019
This month, there’s tons of color, and some elegant transitions. Video is huge this month, with a number of sites opting for video front and center. You’ll also find some delightful animated illustration. Enjoy! Bon Iver Visualizer This impressive site, built with Spotify data, visualizes all of the people currently streaming Bon Iver music, including… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019
6 Figma Plugins to Give You Design Superpowers (and How to Use Them)
Figma plugins are a recent addition to what’s becoming the go-to collaborative tool for UI designers everywhere. Plugins are built by the community (you can even build one yourself if you wish) and provide an easy way to extend your capabilities with Figma. Through this helpful update, designers can automate repetitive tasks, add accessibility features,… Continue reading 6 Figma Plugins to Give You Design Superpowers (and How to Use Them)
20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019
Every month we roundup the best portfolios launched by agencies, freelance designers, and other creative professionals, into one easy-to-digest collection. And now we come to September. The kids are off to school (the poor dears), the teachers are off to school (the poor dears), and you’re free to spend some time thinking about the most… Continue reading 20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019