Images are crucial, whether you’re running an e-commerce or portfolio website. How many sales you make or new clients you get depends a lot on the quality of the images of your products and services that you can showcase through your images. So it makes sense to highlight your images with a lightbox. Lightboxes make… Continue reading 10 Best Free Open Source JavaScript Lightbox Widgets and Plugins
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How to Auto Align in Photoshop
Today, we’ll be looking at how to use the auto align tools in Photoshop, as well as guides and snapping! Photoshops auto align tools are simple but powerful, and they’ll keep you from sending out a design with the always annoying uncentred text or misaligned words. If you’re looking to speed up your workflow, try… Continue reading How to Auto Align in Photoshop
How to Make Your Web Developer Portfolio Stand Out
The rise of the internet has changed how we interact with the rest of the world. We are constantly connected to one another and have access to vast resources for education, entertainment, and business. Yet, the continued practicality of these technologies relies on the talents of web developers to provide interfaces and structures. One of… Continue reading How to Make Your Web Developer Portfolio Stand Out
A Look at Its Impact on the Web
In the web design industry, it’s rare that a tool stays relevant for a decade or more. Things tend to change so quickly that the useful life of an app or framework usually isn’t very long. However, Twitter’s Bootstrap has defied those odds. Now in existence for over 10 years, the self-described “front-end open source… Continue reading A Look at Its Impact on the Web
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
3 Tips to Never Lose Smartphone Videos Again
You are a creator and you love to capture videos while traveling light so you choose to shoot your videos on your smartphone. You return to your room and realize that all your videos are missing. What do you do? Where do you find your lost videos? Did you have a backup? Questions pop up… Continue reading 3 Tips to Never Lose Smartphone Videos Again
Better Focus Styles with CSS Pseudo-Class :focus-visible
In this quick tip I’m going to show you how to create better focus styles on form elements with a CSS pseudo-class called :focus-visible. Or, in plain English, I’m going to show you how to get rid of this blue outline the right way: CSS Pseudo-Class :focus-visible Check out the video below, subscribe to the… Continue reading Better Focus Styles with CSS Pseudo-Class :focus-visible
Top Blogging Platforms Worth Considering in 2021
Want to know which of the top blogging platforms you should consider using this year? Blogging is still one of the best ways to draw attention to your brand, generate thought leadership, and build your credibility. Research suggests that US internet users spend 3x more of their browsing time on blogs than on email. Additionally,… Continue reading Top Blogging Platforms Worth Considering in 2021
UX Design Doesn’t End With Your Website
User experience design is something that most of us associate with websites. But why isn’t it something we extend beyond the website? Here’s why I ask this: As a consumer, it’s so rare that your only interaction with a brand is through its website. Take an ecommerce site, for example. You buy a product from… Continue reading UX Design Doesn’t End With Your Website
Best PHP Invoicing and Billing Scripts
Do you want to automate your billing and invoicing process and receive payment faster? PHP invoicing scripts will streamline your billing and invoicing process and make it more efficient. These scripts come with customizable templates that help you build professional invoices. They can also automatically attach and send PDF invoices to your customers via email… Continue reading Best PHP Invoicing and Billing Scripts
How to Use cURL in PHP
Today, we’re going to explore the cURL extension in PHP which allows you to make HTTP requests from your code. Often you need to communicate with external websites in your day-to-day PHP development. Whether it’s calling third party REST APIs to fetch data or downloading resources from the external website, you want a library which… Continue reading How to Use cURL in PHP
Pros and Cons of Free Web Hosting: Is it good enough?
0 Shares Congrats on being ready to start your own website! It is such a big, beautiful step that has the potential of completely changing your life for the better! Yes, it requires a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of work and definitely dedication and perseverance, but it is going to be worth it.… Continue reading Pros and Cons of Free Web Hosting: Is it good enough?
Ethics, UX and our role in all this
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Ethics, UX, and our role in all this We live in a world where our behaviours are accurately being predicted every step of the way. It sometimes feels like apps and products know us more than we know ourselves. This is not necessarily bad, or that we should be scared every… Continue reading Ethics, UX and our role in all this
10 Great Tips For Redesigning A Website in 2021
16 Shares Whether you call it the first impression of your brand or consider it to be an indispensable asset of your branding elements, your website is the most critical element of your digital strategy. Let’s look at what the data tells us: It takes all of 50 milliseconds for a visitor to form an… Continue reading 10 Great Tips For Redesigning A Website in 2021
How to Create a Simple Web-Based Chat Application
In this tutorial we will be creating a simple web-based chat application with PHP and jQuery. This sort of utility would be perfect for a live support system for your website. Otherwise, learn how to build one yourself in this tutorial. This tutorial was updated recently to make improvements in the chat app. Introduction The… Continue reading How to Create a Simple Web-Based Chat Application
Lessons from Spotify: using multiple touchpoints to build an identity
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Digital-first design is well and truly here and COVID-19 has accelerated the trend. Increasingly, people are aware that a digital brand is a brand built on quality experience and design. Today brands literally live and die in the consumer's hands, and often digital experience is baked into the DNA of… Continue reading Lessons from Spotify: using multiple touchpoints to build an identity
34 Best Slab Serif Fonts (Ready to Download Now)
If you’re looking for stylish, eye-catching fonts, then a slab serif typeface might be just what you’re looking for. What is the slab serif font classification? Stay tuned and we’ll break down what makes this classification such a well-loved addition to any designer’s font collection. We’ll also check out a collection of inspiring slab serif font examples… Continue reading 34 Best Slab Serif Fonts (Ready to Download Now)
4 Tips to Successfully Manage Your Remote Design Team in 2020
Managing remote design teams presents most designers with a different work environment, one that shares similar workplace challenges with a traditional workplace setting. When working with a team you rarely meet in real life, how do you continue staying productive, maintaining quality, and delivering client projects on time? And how do you ease tensions that… Continue reading 4 Tips to Successfully Manage Your Remote Design Team in 2020
The Rise of the Sans Serif
In this article, we’ll take a look at the history of sans serif typefaces. You’ll learn what makes them great and discover some wonderful options to consider for your next project. In the last few years, there has been a big shift in branding. Many high-profile companies have redesigned their logos and replaced classical serifs… Continue reading The Rise of the Sans Serif
10 Ways to Perfect Your Graphic Design Skills With Domestika’s Online Courses
19 Shares Graphic design is a complex industry, you can either specialize in a specific area and be an expert in the field, or delve into various areas to widen your scope of opportunities. However, one thing is certain: to stand out from the crowd and become the best at what you do, keeping up… Continue reading 10 Ways to Perfect Your Graphic Design Skills With Domestika’s Online Courses
“Roxxe” Shopify Theme Review: Multipurpose, Easy to Set up
In this theme review we’ll take a look through a multipurpose Shopify theme called Roxxe. Shopify allows you to quickly create your own online store, and when armed with the right theme you can be up and running in no time. So let’s have a look at Roxxe, talk about its pros and cons, and… Continue reading “Roxxe” Shopify Theme Review: Multipurpose, Easy to Set up
Everything You Need to Know About Websites And Privacy Laws
When it comes to compliance, website developers need to keep their eyes on more than just ADA regulations and Section 508. Privacy laws are a big consideration and decisions on how to build privacy into a website start with architects. And that’s exactly what website developers (and designers!) are. They build up attractive, functional websites… Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About Websites And Privacy Laws
Rethinking the design of the race and ethnicity question on surveys
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Image courtesy of NASA via Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8 Note to readers: I wish I had more resources and funding to really do justice to a project like this. For the time being, however, this was just a design challenge born out of getting annoyed by race and ethnicity questions. This work… Continue reading Rethinking the design of the race and ethnicity question on surveys
Submit A Form Without Page Refresh Using jQuery
A great way to improve the user experience of your website is to validate and submit forms without a page refresh. In this tutorial I’ll show you how easy it is to do just that—validate and submit a contact form that without page refresh using jQuery! Let’s get started. What We’re Building In this example,… Continue reading Submit A Form Without Page Refresh Using jQuery