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)
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Sitejet: The Perfect CMS for Every Web Design Agency
If you haven’t already heard about Sitejet, it’s a new CMS, and it’s generating a lot of buzz among web designers. Sitejet is just like many other CMSs around, except for a few distinct differences a better dashboard, a client feedback system, and better project management capabilities. This post addresses the newbie that is Sitejet… Continue reading Sitejet: The Perfect CMS for Every Web Design Agency
Fifteen Ways To Create A Flawless Photo
Photography is rare among the fine arts, since it has remained relevant even throughout our advancement into the digital age, due to our love of beautiful photos. But how should you approach creating a ‘perfect’ photo? Here are fifteen possible ways to release your inner master photographer. Rule Of Thirds First of all, keep in… Continue reading Fifteen Ways To Create A Flawless Photo
What’s the Best Way to Share Your Work Online?
Thankfully, you no longer have to rely on a resume to try to communicate how talented you are to others. Your skills as a freelancer should be shared with others through visual media. It makes a lot more sense than writing up a one page summary that says, “I graduated from so-and-so university in 2010… Continue reading What’s the Best Way to Share Your Work Online?
How to Create a WordPress Gallery Using the Justified Image Grid Plugin
Displaying photos and videos on your website are essential for your website’s success. Photos and videos on a website can increase engagement by over 65% and encourage visitors to spend a longer period of time on your site. By increasing engagement and keeping your target audience on your website, you will have a much better… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Gallery Using the Justified Image Grid Plugin
Create an Interactive World Map With a WordPress Plugin
There are many options to choose from when you are looking to add a map to your WordPress website. There are even free options for plugins that use Google Maps. However, the problem with many of the existing WordPress map plugins and free options is the lack of customization available to you. In order to… Continue reading Create an Interactive World Map With a WordPress Plugin
Create Amazing Prototypes in No Time with the Envato Elements Sketch Plugin
The rise of prototyping tools in recent years is undeniable. Designers are harnessing these powerful, yet easy-to-use programs to build functional models of both websites and mobile apps. As such, they have become a vital part of the design process. Among the most widely-used and well-known prototyping apps is Sketch. This Mac-based program… Continue reading Create Amazing Prototypes in No Time with the Envato Elements Sketch Plugin
5 Steps to Start Working in Photoshop
Whether you’re a Photoshop beginner or a well-seasoned pro, making the perfect Photoshop composite can be a challenge. How do you do it? Will the instructor (if you have one) check plagiarism? Does photo manipulation automatically count as plagiarism? Especially for a new user, it can seem like a massive project, with many pitfalls and… Continue reading 5 Steps to Start Working in Photoshop
Build an Advanced Responsive Menu Inspired by Netflix
The other day I visited the Netflix Jobs website from my phone and had a look at its off-canvas menu. I really liked the staggering animations that fired every time you hit it. So I thought it might be a good exercise to take this menu as inspiration and show you how to build a similar responsive… Continue reading Build an Advanced Responsive Menu Inspired by Netflix
How to Make a Sports YouTube Banner With a YouTube Banner Maker
What You’ll Be Creating If you want to be a successful YouTuber, you need a professional banner for your channel. Placeit is an online tool that allows you to design your own creation with a special banner generator. It offers hundreds of YouTube banner templates that you can modify for your needs. In this tutorial, I’ll… Continue reading How to Make a Sports YouTube Banner With a YouTube Banner Maker
How to Add Live Chat Complete in WordPress
Online shopping has revolutionized nearly every industry. Having a chat feature on your business website not only provides an avenue for customers to contact you, but it also helps build confidence and trust. A real-time chat feature on a website lets customers get instant answers to their questions or concerns, without having to make a… Continue reading How to Add Live Chat Complete in WordPress
How to Make a Special Effects Photoshop Action
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to make Photoshop portrait actions to create your own Matrix effects. I will try to explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. If you want to create this Photoshop… Continue reading How to Make a Special Effects Photoshop Action
How to Code a Landing Page in Your WordPress Theme
What You’ll Be Creating If you’ve bought anything on the internet, you’ve probably come across a landing page. They’re a highly effective way of maximizing conversions from a website. But just what is a landing page, and how do you create one for your WordPress site? In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate what makes a landing… Continue reading How to Code a Landing Page in Your WordPress Theme
How to Make a Simple Flyer in Adobe InDesign
What You’ll Be Creating This simple flyer tutorial shows you how to create a rainbow-themed flyer template to promote IDAHOBIT at your workplace, college, or school. Perfect for beginners to Adobe InDesign, this is a quick and simple flyer design to put together. On 17 May, people worldwide are invited to celebrate IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia,… Continue reading How to Make a Simple Flyer in Adobe InDesign
Easy Form Validation With jQuery
In our previous tutorial, we discussed how to implement basic form validation using some input attributes in HTML5 and a little Regex. HTML5 Form Input Validation Using Only HTML5 and Regex Monty Shokeen In this tutorial, we will learn how to use a jQuery plugin to add form validation to your website. Using a jQuery… Continue reading Easy Form Validation With jQuery
Create a Custom Shipping Method for WooCommerce
What You’ll Be Creating WooCommerce is great. For a free e-commerce solution, it has an incredibly useful set of features. But sometimes you need something extra. One occasion when I often find WooCommerce doesn’t give me everything I need is when it comes to setting up custom shipping methods. Out of the box, WooCommerce lets… Continue reading Create a Custom Shipping Method for WooCommerce
How Choosing the Right Fonts Will Keep Visitors on Your Website
We’ve come a long way since Times New Roman was the norm. Now the Internet is populated by a diverse collection of fonts. Fonts which catch the eye and, most importantly, make it effortless to read a website’s content. Yet not all fonts cover those bases – something which plenty of aspiring web designers fail… Continue reading How Choosing the Right Fonts Will Keep Visitors on Your Website
Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone
What, did you think JPEG would live forever? It was introduced in 1992, more than twenty-five years ago! The modern generation of web developers uses WebP for images, not the archeological specimen that is JPEG. Here’s a quick introduction to WebP, SVG, and why they’re better. TL;DR: they’re way smaller, producing faster, and more responsive… Continue reading Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone
How To Fix ‘503 Service Unavailable’ WordPress Error
One of the few very frustrating errors you’ll ever encounter when using WordPress is the ‘503 Service Unavailable’ error. This error can be quite confusing to most WordPress users as it could completely render your website offline without giving you any clear reason to what caused the error. There can be a few different causes… Continue reading How To Fix ‘503 Service Unavailable’ WordPress Error
Turn Your Static SVG Drawings Into Interactive Widgets and Infographics With Vue.js
What You’ll Be Creating SVG is powerful and flexible graphic format, which fits perfectly into the web medium. Unlike raster image formats, such as JPG, PNG, or GIF, SVG is vector-based and consists of “real” objects, which you can select and manipulate in whatever manner you want. So even with some basic scripting a static… Continue reading Turn Your Static SVG Drawings Into Interactive Widgets and Infographics With Vue.js
Create a PHP Email Script and Form
Forms on websites can be used for a lot of purposes besides being a place to contact the website administrators. In previous posts, I covered how to create a fully functional contact form in PHP and how to build your own Captcha and integrate it in your contact forms. In this tutorial, our focus will… Continue reading Create a PHP Email Script and Form
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
How to Make a Banner With an Online Banner Maker
What You’ll Be Creating Need to create a banner design but don’t have the required tools or skills? Well, what if I told you that you can use an online banner maker that comes with a large selection of banner templates that you can choose and customize? If that sounds interesting, follow me in this… Continue reading How to Make a Banner With an Online Banner Maker
Review the Hoverwatch Phone Tracker
You can track a smartphone using phone tracker free because technology has made great strides to make it easy to get everything done. It is possible to track a smartphone whether it is Android and iPhone. There are quite a few phone trackers. We will review Hoverwatch phone tracking app here. What are spyware programs? Spyware programs… Continue reading Review the Hoverwatch Phone Tracker