Tricks to Overcome Common Development Problems

Everyone runs into a web development crisis at some point while working on a project. Either it goes over budget, you find unexpected security flaws, or you just run into a roadblock that keeps you from creating the kind of site you want your clients and users to appreciate. Knowing some tricks to overcome common… Continue reading Tricks to Overcome Common Development Problems

Essential Tips For Designing a Beautiful Website

A website can have the absolute greatest content and value on the internet, but it won’t succeed if it is poorly designed. Web design is an often-overlooked factor in the success of any business and having a great looking and intuitive website can give you a leg up on your competition. There are thousands and… Continue reading Essential Tips For Designing a Beautiful Website

How to Properly Load Test a WordPress Website

WordPress is without a doubt the most popular content management system in the history of the web. The power and versatility of the combination of technologies like SQL, PHP and web browsers have made it possible to produce a system that can be adapted for nearly any purpose including photo galleries, online comic books, and… Continue reading How to Properly Load Test a WordPress Website

Free Download : A Huge Set Of Valentine’s Day Backgrounds (exclusive)

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.February 14 is no doubt every couple’s favorite time of year all over the world.People plan different ways to celebrate this special day and surprise their partners and I’m sure you have plans too!!! Our friends from Freepik shares today on Designbeep with all our readers a complete pack… Continue reading Free Download : A Huge Set Of Valentine’s Day Backgrounds (exclusive)

Getting Started With Redux: Why Redux?

When you’re learning React, you will almost always hear people say how great Redux is and that you should give it a try. The React ecosystem is growing at a swift pace, and there are so many libraries that you can hook up with React, such as flow, redux, middlewares, mobx, etc.  Learning React is easy,… Continue reading Getting Started With Redux: Why Redux?

Bill Nye the UX Guy

Photo by chuttersnap It was a cold Thursday evening in February and I was less than stoked to be sitting in an 8th grade classroom at St. Catherine’s listening to Deacon Colin’s dry jokes and speech outlining the importance of this marriage preparation course. Trying to look engaged and interested in the conversation at hand,… Continue reading Bill Nye the UX Guy

Designing On The Go? 4 Apps And Add-Ons For The Mobile Creator

Are your design projects running behind schedule? Or are you just having trouble keeping track of team members while on the go? Whatever the issue, the fact is that web design is a mobile field today, and we all work from a range of locations. That means we need tools that go with us. Take… Continue reading Designing On The Go? 4 Apps And Add-Ons For The Mobile Creator

Free PSD Mockup Templates (32 Fresh Mock-ups)

Big list of fresh free PSD Mockup Templates for commercial use. All mock-ups are perfect to showcase your artwork with professional look. Easy to use mockup templates,  just put your photos, design into a smart object and choose shadow style for better presentation. There are different types of presentation mockups included in this collection such as  iPhone X mockups, branding, identity… Continue reading Free PSD Mockup Templates (32 Fresh Mock-ups)

‘Hire’ this article if you’re struggling to understand your customer needs

There are zillions of words written about how customer centricity leads companies to success. However, the “customer-centric” term is sometimes misused as a catchall for customer feedback or customer satisfaction results, but making people happy is not enough. To have sustained success, companies must genuinely understand what the customer wants and needs, and implement the… Continue reading ‘Hire’ this article if you’re struggling to understand your customer needs

How To Add A Navigation Menu To WordPress: Beginner’s Guide

Are you struggling with how to add a navigation menu to WordPress? WordPress actually includes a fairly user friendly interface to help you add menus to WordPress without needing to know any code. But unless you’re already familiar with WordPress, it can still be difficult to dive in and create your first menu. In this… Continue reading How To Add A Navigation Menu To WordPress: Beginner’s Guide

Pros and Cons of Infographics

Infographics are a great way of representing complex data in a manner which is easily understandable. Therefore, the advantage of infographics is that it translates complex data into a form which can be read and interpreted easily hence making the process of research an easy one. This is made possible by the fact that infographics… Continue reading Pros and Cons of Infographics

Finding Great Design Elements for Your Website

Fonts, images, logos, and videos are some of the most eye-catching elements of your website. While your content is what defines your site, the graphic elements act as the content setting — it helps it stand out. Design elements can quickly get expensive enough to affect any budget, which is why it’s so important to… Continue reading Finding Great Design Elements for Your Website

3D Particle Explorations | Codrops

An inspirational set of demos that explores particle animations in 3D space with three.js. This type of animations could be very suitable for page loaders. This set of demos explores 3D particle animations using three.js and easing. All of the particles and shapes in these demos are made from basic geometry/material/mesh sets in three.js, such… Continue reading 3D Particle Explorations | Codrops

A Showcase of Great Typography Usage in Web Design

Good typography is vital to having an effective website. Visitors need to be able to read the info on a site, whether it is an eCommerce website or a purely informational website. If they aren’t able to read it, they will quickly leave. The site will not be linked to, so it won’t show up… Continue reading A Showcase of Great Typography Usage in Web Design

23 Best Booking Plugins in WordPress for Reservations (2024)

Are you looking for an automated booking or reservation plugin? These tools can help you and your customers save valuable time. Leave your competitors behind and streamline your appointments with premium booking plugins. Guests should find it easy to view, reserve, and book appointments on your website. This is where reservation plugins for WordPress can… Continue reading 23 Best Booking Plugins in WordPress for Reservations (2024)

Creative SVG Strokes Animation | Codrops

A creative strokes animation of a bike illustration powered by SVG and GSAP. SVG stroke animations are nothing new, but when using a more complex drawing that is basically made of strokes, then we can create a very original looking effect. Using many different colors and adding some other element animations, we can bring a… Continue reading Creative SVG Strokes Animation | Codrops

Canny Edge Detector Using Python

Edge detection is an essential image analysis technique when someone is interested in recognizing objects by their outlines, and it’s also considered an essential step in recovering information from images.  For instance, edge detection can extract important features like lines and curves, which are then normally used by higher-level computer vision or image-processing algorithms. A… Continue reading Canny Edge Detector Using Python

Mockplus Repeater vs. Adobe XD Repeat Grid, which one do you like better?

What do you think is the most tedious aspect of a designer’s workflow? I believe that’s to create repeating layouts and then make small adjustments over and over again. However, in the process of building a prototype, we often find a lot of similar parts need to be made. Although copy-and-paste is a good solution,… Continue reading Mockplus Repeater vs. Adobe XD Repeat Grid, which one do you like better?

9 Email Design Inspiration for a Killer Campaign

Email marketing has been rumored to be dead. Don’t believe that just yet. People still read emails. In fact, 80% of retail businesses say that email marketing is the number one customer retention, according to eMarketer. There are many factors for when an email is considered “good.” But right now, let’s talk about design first.… Continue reading 9 Email Design Inspiration for a Killer Campaign

Goal-based Sketching for UX design

Sketching and doodling can be fun, relaxing and has the power to expand your thinking. However when trying to solve problems, sketching can also distract your process. As a User Experience designer, I have found setting constraints like a timer or a whiteboard super helpful in putting pressure on the ideas being explored. Sketching up… Continue reading Goal-based Sketching for UX design

Get Started with iPhone’s Taptic Engine.

You’re a UI designer. You’ve heard about the Taptic Engine on the iPhones and watched the developer videos where Apple encourages you to integrate them into your design. At first you thought, it’s only on the iPhone 6S. It’s a small market. Then the next iPhone came and you procrastinated more. And now it’s maybe… Continue reading Get Started with iPhone’s Taptic Engine.

Different Strokes: How Brands Build Logos Using Typeface

The concept of something as intangible as a design calling consumers’ attention to a tangible product is a concept that goes back more than one hundred years with brands such as Pepsi, Valvoline and Jack Daniel’s. These logos of yesteryear might be largely unfamiliar, but the way designers chose how to construct a likable image… Continue reading Different Strokes: How Brands Build Logos Using Typeface

Top 7 Brightest WordPress Web Design Trends We Met in 2017

The year 2017 is slowly running to the end, so we can start drawing the first conclusions in regards to the trends that were in the biggest demand among the web audience. It’s become our good tradition to start every New Year with the series of predictions for the next 365 days and finish the… Continue reading Top 7 Brightest WordPress Web Design Trends We Met in 2017

The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills

In 13 years working in UX, I have joined a considerable number of meetings where UX Designers present their work to the rest of the team. More than I can remember, to be brutally honest. Consumer journeys, sitemaps, wireframes, benchmark audits, personas, user research reports — the list of deliverables designers are creating is huge. Presenting work… Continue reading The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills