Design Systems Teams: Understand Your Users So They Can Serve Theirs

Welcome to the next edition of my Design Strategy blog series. Today, I’ll be sharing a story from some recent client visits that will help y’all recognize WHY you should do things differently to mature and scale your digital accessibility program quickly. I will once again skip the “how-to” dry laundry lists of tactical “do… Continue reading Design Systems Teams: Understand Your Users So They Can Serve Theirs

9 Must-Install Craft CMS Plugins

Craft CMS is increasing in popularity, and as it does, the previously relatively scant range of plugins is growing rapidly. There are plugins for Craft ranging from simple field utilities to the full ecommerce solution provided by Pixel & Tonic — the makers of Craft. An early decision that has borne fruit for Craft has… Continue reading 9 Must-Install Craft CMS Plugins

10 Elements of Landing Pages That Convert

Landing pages are central to successful marketing campaigns; they allow you to target particular customers with particular solutions to particular problems. It’s easy to confuse what a landing page is because users “land” on many pages. When we talk about landing pages, we mean a page that is entirely dedicated to a particular type of… Continue reading 10 Elements of Landing Pages That Convert

Object.entries

Navigating and managing data structures is a really important skill for every level of engineer to have and improve upon. Over the years, the JavaScript language has continued to provide more methods for managing data structures, from Object.keys to Object.values and so on. One of my favorites is Object.entries, an API that provides the keys… Continue reading Object.entries

Apply for these Web Design and Development Awards for 2021

March 10, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine One of the best ways to buff up a portfolio is to sprinkle it with web design and development awards or recognition. Even the most prestigious recognition needs to be applied for. If not, another individual must nominate you or your work for you to be included in the… Continue reading Apply for these Web Design and Development Awards for 2021

Working With Tables in React: Part Two

In this two-part series, you will learn about the ins and outs of working with tabular data in React using the React Bootstrap Table2 component. You’ll be able to create sophisticated and professional-looking tables with little effort and yet be able to customize every aspect. In this part, we’ll continue the journey by expanding rows,… Continue reading Working With Tables in React: Part Two

All you need to know about an API for Global News Data

4 Shares Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) allow developers to take news stories from day to day and showcase them on their platforms. Media Stack’s global news data base allows its customers to the do the following: Gather information in many different languages and easily translate it for their better understanding Have access to over 9,000… Continue reading All you need to know about an API for Global News Data

Create a Contact Form in WordPress Using a Free Plugin

Today, we’re going to discuss the Formidable Forms plugin for WordPress, which allows you to create different kinds of forms easily. Specifically, we’ll look at how you could use this plugin to build a contact form for your site. We’ll start by exploring the basic settings provided by this plugin, and later on, we’ll go… Continue reading Create a Contact Form in WordPress Using a Free Plugin

Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared

Without a doubt, Quform and FormCraft are two of the most popular and highly rated WordPress form builders on the market, but which of these two giants is right for you?  Today, we take a peek under the hoods to see what makes these form builders so special. We’ll identify the best features of each… Continue reading Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared

Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins

If you run a WordPress site, you need a reliable contact form so that visitors can reach you with their questions and comments. However, with so many WordPress form builders on the market, it can be difficult to find the very best contact form WordPress has to offer. To save you the time-wasting and head-scratching… Continue reading Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins

Comparing the 5 Best PHP Form Builders

If you’re developer using PHP to build a website for yourself or a client, chances are at some point you’ll need to add a form to the site. The most common forms on the average website are contact forms. They enable visitors to contact you quickly and easily.  But other forms can come in handy… Continue reading Comparing the 5 Best PHP Form Builders

How to hack people loyalty with care?

First thing first: If you have a few friends in your life, care is not designed to fit your skillset. Having a lot of friends proves how much effort and time you have spent to build a loving community around you. Care requires the same effort and it should be mandatory for every startup. “Caring… Continue reading How to hack people loyalty with care?

4 Ecommerce Challenges For Luxury Brands

Have you ever noticed that luxury brands rarely sell online? Sure, big names have elaborate, appealing websites, but many of them have restricted ecommerce offerings because it’s just not exclusive enough. Ecommerce is for the masses and luxury brands thrive on the distinction between those who can afford a product and those who can’t. That… Continue reading 4 Ecommerce Challenges For Luxury Brands

The Best Email Design Hunt 2017 – Showcase Your Email Design Talent

Emails have paved a long way from being a plain text personal communication to an effective marketing channel with amazing animations and interesting interactive elements. The entire email industry is sure to experience many more revolutionary trends in the years to come. EmailMonks, one of the largest email template production company, is happy to announce,… Continue reading The Best Email Design Hunt 2017 – Showcase Your Email Design Talent

How To Design For Digital Products

It is really difficult to talk about static elements on the web: the design process is changing rapidly; and inefficiency is no longer allowed. The reason is competition; and designers’ will to plan their project in advance and to apply purposeful methods. The crucial discovery was the connection between design quality and experience outcome; and… Continue reading How To Design For Digital Products

General Design Elements For Basic Website Development

The concept of web design can easily appear to be intimidatingly complicated. Designers are expected to achieve versatility and visibility, deliver information in an enticing and enriching manner, and be technically sound as well as visually coherent in one robust package. It sounds like a pretty daunting task, especially when you recognize that many developers… Continue reading General Design Elements For Basic Website Development

The best new portfolio sites, October 2016

Hello readers! World events have been very interesting lately, but now it’s time for what we all know is really important: other peoples’ portfolios! Okay, it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things, but design is one thing we can all agree o… ahahaha. I can’t even properly finish that sentence. Not even… Continue reading The best new portfolio sites, October 2016

Genesis 2.0 — This WordPress Framework Manages To Impress

When it comes to frameworks for WordPress themes, the options are plenty but few names stand out from the crowd. One such name is Genesis. Genesis is an extremely popular and well-loved WordPress theme framework from the stable of StudioPress. It has its own share of loyal followers and users, which range from theme creators, designers and developers… Continue reading Genesis 2.0 — This WordPress Framework Manages To Impress