A massive national oil pipeline was recently shut down amidst a secondary pandemic of ransomware attacks. This comes just as industries pivot to accommodate the virtual shifts brought about by COVID-19. For your website, this means a new and focused approach towards cybersecurity is more important than ever. Understanding the importance of cybersecurity is the… Continue reading Understanding Cybersecurity for Your Website
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5 Uses of Outsized Typography in Web Design
June 14, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine Leave a Comment Outsized typography in web design is one of the most recent trends. With the advent of simple, neutral, and minimalist designs, designers must find a new avenue of adding drama and effect to their concepts. It is through this that outsized typography has played a big… Continue reading 5 Uses of Outsized Typography in Web Design
The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Socially Conscious Web Design
June 10, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine Leave a Comment A socially conscious web design prioritizes the experiences of users over aesthetics. Design working hand-in-hand with social responsibility is a fairly new concept. It is only in the recent decades that we have started to call out stereotypes reflected in conceptualizing web design. Web design, or… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Socially Conscious Web Design
Key Tips to Creating a User-Centered Website
For quite some time now, Google has given priority to user-centered website and content experiences. More specifically, it wants search results to better reflect user intent, as opposed to just keywords. In the latest update, content expertise and quality may trump authority, earning higher rankings. That is directly in line with the idea of creating… Continue reading Key Tips to Creating a User-Centered Website
10 Essential Rules to Follow When Designing a Logo
14 Shares Logos are not just a simple image that refers to a certain brand or business. It is much more than that. Logos are the face of a brand. It encompasses the history, mission, and vision of a company. Creating a logo might sound very interesting, but it is a task that requires a lot… Continue reading 10 Essential Rules to Follow When Designing a Logo
How To Create A Great Ad To Showcase Your Web Design Skills
More often than not, web designers tend to create ads assuming that those who see their ads will immediately hire them for their services. It may work in the past, but times have changed, and there are many more web designers now. Web design services are no longer scarce. In fact, the internet has an… Continue reading How To Create A Great Ad To Showcase Your Web Design Skills
How to Create Online Brand Consistency (for Email and Web)
In an economy that’s more digital than ever, one statement stands particularly strong: “Brand consistency is the key to survival in today’s digital economy” – Marketing Week Brand consistency leads to brand recognition, and brand recognition leads to brand trust. Have you ever trusted a brand you didn’t recognise? The Challenge of Online Brand Consistency… Continue reading How to Create Online Brand Consistency (for Email and Web)
Creating a space for authentic connections within your design team
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Reflections on navigating 2020, and tools & techniques that have helped us intentionally design authentic virtual team connection. Continue reading on UX Collective »
How to Create a Portfolio Site that Well Represents Your Brand
No matter what it is someone might be looking for, the first place they are going to look is the internet. This means it’s extremely important for all freelancers, professional experts and business owners to have a website or blog of their own. However, more often than not, a single page About Me site or… Continue reading How to Create a Portfolio Site that Well Represents Your Brand
Popular Design News of the Week: November 30, 2020 – December 6, 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: November 30, 2020 – December 6, 2020
What Fonts Are Trending Now and Font Trends for 2021
With the end of the year fast approaching, it’s time for some fresh font trends. Next year looks set to be an eclectic and eccentric melting pot of type trends, with kinetic typography, distorted fonts, and Alpine display styles being just a few of the diverse and exciting font categories set to make their mark… Continue reading What Fonts Are Trending Now and Font Trends for 2021
Designing problems by designing solutions [Part 3]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The case of autonomous vehicles. This is the last publication about the Master's research I’ve conducted when studying in 2018 a Hyper Island in Manchester. In the first two publications, I’ve respectively explained why autonomous vehicles onboard experience is likely to reinforce behaviours harmful to society and what design requirements… Continue reading Designing problems by designing solutions [Part 3]
How to Paint Watercolor Flowers in Clip Studio Paint
What You’ll Be Creating If you want to learn how to paint watercolor flowers digitally, in this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a watercolor effect in Clip Studio Paint. I’ll show you what brushes to use, how to shade the flowers, how to create a watercolor edge, and how to finish it all… Continue reading How to Paint Watercolor Flowers in Clip Studio Paint
Branding 101: Creating the Visual Identity for Your Business
There are so many things to think about when first starting a business. What will your business offer? How will this differ from existing solutions? Who will benefit most from your offering? And why are you so passionate about this? If you haven’t done so yet, work through this exercise to come up with your… Continue reading Branding 101: Creating the Visual Identity for Your Business
WooCommerce: Adding the Product Short Description to Archive Pages
What You’ll Be Creating WooCommerce comes bundled with archive pages and loops that do a great job, but sometimes you might need to display a bit more information on your main shop and other archive pages. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can add the product short description to your archive pages and display it… Continue reading WooCommerce: Adding the Product Short Description to Archive Pages
How to Implement Email Verification for New Members
Have you ever created an account with a website and been required to check your email and click a verification link sent by the company in order to activate it? Doing so highly reduces the number of spam accounts. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to do this very thing! Looking for a Shortcut? This… Continue reading How to Implement Email Verification for New Members
7 Key Strategies for Retail-Based Clothing Businesses to Increase Their Revenue
The apparel industry is big and continues growing every day. On a global level, the apparel and clothing market reached a value of more than $758 billion in 2018, having grown at an annual rate of 7.5% since 2014, and is expected to reach nearly $1,2 billion by 2022. But while the clothing industry can… Continue reading 7 Key Strategies for Retail-Based Clothing Businesses to Increase Their Revenue
How to Create and Run Successful Instagram Marketing Campaigns
Instagram is the perfect place to promote your brand, expand your customer base, and engage your target audience. Having a complete content marketing strategy for this social platform is crucial, but in some cases, you’ll want to achieve a specific goal, like connect with new customers, build brand reputation, or launch a new product. Enter… Continue reading How to Create and Run Successful Instagram Marketing Campaigns
Create Your First React Native Android App
React Native is an open-source mobile application framework created by Facebook you can use it to develop applications for Android and iOS devices with a single codebase. React Native powers some of the world’s most popular apps, such as Instagram and Facebook, and in this post I’ll show you how to create your first React Native… Continue reading Create Your First React Native Android App
The Most Appreciated Web Solutions of 2020
In this article you will find the most appreciated web solutions of 2020. To create this list we took into account the following considerations: The popularity of the product or the service; How many users it has; How many times it was downloaded or installed; The level of efficiency; What you get for your money.… Continue reading The Most Appreciated Web Solutions of 2020
Important Skills Every Web Designer Needs
July 24, 2020 by Spyre Studios Learning web design skills can lead to a fulfilling and exciting career, especially if you’re a problem-solver or are creative. But it can seem overwhelming to get started, especially if you don’t know what skills you’ll need. If you’re wondering if this is the right career, it’s easier than… Continue reading Important Skills Every Web Designer Needs
Photoshop Basics: How to Feather in Photoshop
July 20, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine What is ‘Feather’ in Photoshop? To ‘feather’ an image simply means to soften its edges. In some references, ‘feathering’ is also called blurred edges. Feathering is done to an image for a variety of purposes. This is usually used to isolate a certain part of an image, to use… Continue reading Photoshop Basics: How to Feather in Photoshop
The Anatomy of a Food Ordering System in Restaurants
As times change, so do the demands of people. Nowadays, it’s much more practice for people to stay in the comfort of their homes and wait for the food to arrive instead of the other way around. Food delivery is nothing new where people call in the restaurant to place their orders for delivery. But… Continue reading The Anatomy of a Food Ordering System in Restaurants
The Simplest Android App: Hello World
Learning to code Android apps is a great decision. It’s fun and it’s an in-demand skill for the tech industry. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build the simplest Android App: Hello World. It’s a great place to start making Android apps. Prerequisites for Creating a Hello World App Before you get started with… Continue reading The Simplest Android App: Hello World