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The State of UX in 2024: Enter late-stage UX

The 9th edition of The State of UX report by the UX Collective is here: a critical look at our industry based on more than 1k articles published and shared with our 500k+ subscribers in 2023. Illustrations by Fabio Benê Much like late-stage capitalism, late-stage UX is characterized by its market saturation, heavy focus on financial growth,… Continue reading The State of UX in 2024: Enter late-stage UX

Give Your Site Some Focus! Tips for Designing Useful and Usable Focus Indicators

What Are Focus Indicators? Have you ever noticed the blue outlines that sometimes show up around buttons or form fields? What about when you click on a menu item? Have you ever tried to make those outlines disappear? Here’s a hint: by default, browsers use the :focus css pseudo class to give outlines to form… Continue reading Give Your Site Some Focus! Tips for Designing Useful and Usable Focus Indicators

How to Build Your Own AI With ChatGPT API

OpenAI, the team behind ChatGPT, recently expanded upon their API and added ChatGPT. This means that you can call their API, get responses directly from ChatGPT, and include the responses in your own application. The API lets you integrate artificial intelligence into your own application. You can use it to build a question and answer… Continue reading How to Build Your Own AI With ChatGPT API

Getting Started With GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programming tool. This is a fancy way of calling it a “second programmer” that works within your source code editor. Copilot gives you autocomplete-style suggestions as you code, helping you code faster and more efficiently. This article will walk you through the steps for installing and setting up GitHub… Continue reading Getting Started With GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

The AI revolution for businesses and the customer experience

After scouring the web and experimenting with numerous AI tools I am sharing my predictions for 2030 and beyond. Image created by Midjourney AI using a prompt from Danny Bluestone. In this article I am outlining my 6 ‘I’s to how I see AI evolving over the next decade. They include AI’s impact on the Internet,… Continue reading The AI revolution for businesses and the customer experience

How to Quickly Edit a Robots.txt File in WordPress

Are you unsure of what a robots.txt file is? Do you need to make changes to the robots.txt file, but don’t know how to access it? WordPress makes it easy to edit the robots.txt file. A robots.txt file is crucial for any website as it helps to control the behavior of search engines and other… Continue reading How to Quickly Edit a Robots.txt File in WordPress

How to Use Block Template Parts in a Classic WordPress Theme

Sometimes, it’s the unexpected features that make WordPress so powerful. Those little things that you didn’t know you need can end up having a big impact. WordPress 6.1 has brought about one of these hidden gems: the ability to use block template parts within a classic theme. It takes the capabilities of block themes and… Continue reading How to Use Block Template Parts in a Classic WordPress Theme

HTML & CSS for Beginners (MEGA Free Course!)

In this free course, you’ll learn how to code with modern HTML and CSS, the main building blocks of any website. If you want to become a successful web developer, this is where you need to start! At the end of 32 lessons (more than eight hours of learning) where we cover everything from basic… Continue reading HTML & CSS for Beginners (MEGA Free Course!)

Make Smooth Transitions with Easing in Figma and After Effects

I love creating smooth transitions in Figma, both for concepts and final designs. But for extra finesse and control over easing types, you should export from Figma into Adobe After Effects and finish the job there—let me show you! Smooth(er) Transitions in Figma and Adobe After Effects Smooth transitions in apps and websites are where… Continue reading Make Smooth Transitions with Easing in Figma and After Effects

20 Best eCommerce Plugins for WordPress

WordPress does not come with built-in eCommerce capabilities. But it allows you to add eCommerce functionality so you can sell tangible products, digital products, or any kind of services and receive money for them on your website. To make this possible, there are a huge number of eCommerce plugins, both free and premium, that you… Continue reading 20 Best eCommerce Plugins for WordPress

How to Create a Digital Clock Text Effect

What You’ll Be Creating * { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;} In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a digital clock text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For this tutorial, you will need this digital clock font, so check out Envato Elements where you can find other designs and fonts that look… Continue reading How to Create a Digital Clock Text Effect

How to Generate APK and Signed APK Files in Android Studio

Android Studio allows you to create two kinds of APK files. First are the debug APK files that are generated solely for testing purposes. They will run on your Android mobile. However, they cannot be uploaded to the Play Store or made available to the public. Secondly, you can generate signed APK files. Signed APK… Continue reading How to Generate APK and Signed APK Files in Android Studio

Getting Started With the MStore Pro React Native App Template

Building a React Native app from scratch can be difficult. Setting up the initial project can be complex and annoying, especially for those who work primarily on web applications. How do you deal with the command-line interface? What is exporting your project? These questions pop up, and for your first few apps, they’ll seem like… Continue reading Getting Started With the MStore Pro React Native App Template

How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background

What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a pastel gradient background in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Cool and warm, this timeless trend will give a soothing effect to any design. All you have to do is look for the best gradient combinations.  Looking to download some pastel… Continue reading How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background

How to Fix Videos Not Playing in iPhone

You love your iPhone for everything it is. It won’t be wrong to say that watching high-quality videos on it is incredible. But imagine if your iPhone stops playing videos suddenly. It is annoying when YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat or videos from the Camera Roll don’t play, keep on buffering, or display error. However, you… Continue reading How to Fix Videos Not Playing in iPhone

Creating Pretty Popup Messages Using SweetAlert2

Every now and then, you will have to show an alert box to your users to let them know about an error or notification. The problem with the default alert boxes provided by browsers is that they are not very attractive. When you are creating a website with great color combinations and fancy animation to… Continue reading Creating Pretty Popup Messages Using SweetAlert2

Hosting WordPress With SiteGround: Pros and Cons and How To

There are countless WordPress hosting providers on the market, but which one is right for you? Find the provider that’s the best possible fit for your website, and you can look forward to faster loading times, improved SEO, protection against the latest security threats, and all the storage and bandwidth your website could ever need.… Continue reading Hosting WordPress With SiteGround: Pros and Cons and How To

Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2020

It’s fun to see new website design tools that reflect current times and the state of the world. That’s very true this month with new databases devoted to diversity and women in technology, as well and resources to make your design life easier. Here’s what’s new for designers and developers this month: Ztext.js Ztext.js is… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2020

How to Make a Rap Album Cover Art (Using an Album Cover Maker)

If you’re an aspiring rap artist, independent rap label, or an MC spitting lyrics, at some point you’re going to need a cool album cover design to promote your work.  The Placeit album cover maker app offers a wide selection of album covers that you can customise in a matter of minutes to create amazing… Continue reading How to Make a Rap Album Cover Art (Using an Album Cover Maker)

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

Exciting New Tools for Designers, June 2020

The best new tools for designers are ones that make your life easier and your workflows faster. You’ll find some of those in this list this month for sure. From tools to help you capture and manage color palettes to AI-powered design analytics to simple animations, there’s something for almost every designer or developer. Here’s… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, June 2020

How To Create Your Own Graphic Design Portfolio

Moving on from design school and attempting to land your first position can be one of the most baffling occasions in your vocation. You need a design portfolio to find a new line of work, yet you haven’t done some full-memory design work previously, so what are you going to place in it? Stress not.… Continue reading How To Create Your Own Graphic Design Portfolio