Drop caps are a form of decoration sometimes used at the beginning of a block of text; the initial letter running several lines deep and indenting the body text within these lines. Drop cap example, as found on The Walrus Drop cap example, as found on Nautilus It’s a typographic tradition as old as the… Continue reading Better CSS Drop Caps With “initial-letter”
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Material Kit – Free Bootstrap UI Kit for Google Material Design
Advertise here via BSA Material Kit is a Free Bootstrap UI Kit with a fresh, new design inspired by Google’s material design. You asked for it, so we built it. It’s a great pleasure to introduce to you the material concepts in an easy to use and beautiful set of components. Along with the restyling… Continue reading Material Kit – Free Bootstrap UI Kit for Google Material Design
Ink Transition Effect Powered by CSS Animations
This is a great tutorial to create ink transition effect using CSS animations.It’s been developed by Codyhouse inspired from the website Sevenhills. A PNG sprite and steps() timing function in CSS has been used to create video effects and use them as transitions.The process to create these effects is simple Demo Tutorial
20 Fascinating Examples of Bold Design
If you’re subscribed to my list, you know that in the first email, I ask you what is your biggest struggle with design in business. A huge number of people reply to this email (and I respond to almost all of them). And it turns out that many readers seem to be struggling with finding… Continue reading 20 Fascinating Examples of Bold Design
Good Email Copy From Great Companies
Their mission at Front is to help people communicate better. Usually, it means building the best communication software possible, but today they are doing something different. They are releasing a collection of emails that we think have great copy called Good Copy, so the everyone can get inspiration for their own communication. You never have… Continue reading Good Email Copy From Great Companies
11 of The Best Wireframe & Prototype Tools for Planning Your Sites & Apps
A wireframe is essentially a web designer’s plan for a web page. This frame can be hand-drawn with simple pen and paper, but wireframing tools are much more effective as they enable you to use drag-and-drop tools, collaborate with other designers and show clients your ideas before you even build them. The designer uses plain… Continue reading 11 of The Best Wireframe & Prototype Tools for Planning Your Sites & Apps
Style Guides in Sketch
Product design is a team sport. The best teams tend to have lots of moving parts: designers and developers and managers and researchers all working in concert on a single, refined vision. All those moving pieces come with a cost, though, in the form of meetings, emails, and file versioning—all things we do in order… Continue reading Style Guides in Sketch
Essential Design Trends, March 2016
One of the great things about looking at trends each month is catching a glimpse of what designers are experimenting with. In particular, you start to see a distinct crossover of elements that you might have missed at first glance. That exact thing happened with this month’s collection. Note all the yellow and gold tones. Even… Continue reading Essential Design Trends, March 2016
10 Top Tips for Creating Unique Character Designs
Everyone has a favorite cartoon character, but how did they first come to life? A lot of research and love goes into creating universally recognized characters. So today we’re bringing you ten great tips for everything you need to know about character design, using amazing examples from Envato Market. 1. Pick a Theme Starting a new… Continue reading 10 Top Tips for Creating Unique Character Designs
What Are WordPress Themes?
We recently wrapped up a series that covered How to Get Started With WordPress. Though it’s not a pre-requisite for reading the following article, I recommend reading through the four posts, especially if you’re someone who is just now getting started with WordPress. The people who visit Envato Tuts+ come from a variety of backgrounds, both… Continue reading What Are WordPress Themes?
How to Optimize Images on Websites to Improve Performance and UX
As the number of images and videos on a website continue to grow, slower load times, which result in a negative user experience, are growing concerns for any company. An article in The Fiscal Times, citing Internet data measurement company HTTP Archive, noted that the average website is now 2.1 MB in size, compared to… Continue reading How to Optimize Images on Websites to Improve Performance and UX
Sushi Bar Responsive Website Template
Over the past few years, sushi continues to win hearts of people throughout the world, and for part of the population Japanese cuisine enters a daily diet. There is a question, why people begin to give their preference to this beautiful and tasty dish? It seems very simple – boiled rice, nori, raw fish and… Continue reading Sushi Bar Responsive Website Template
Handmade – Shop WordPress WooCommerce Theme – 13307231
Handmade, the ultimate theme for WoooCommerce, has been created as a great solution for online stores. This WordPress theme shows a sophisticated look, well-structured layout and most powerful features of a ecommerce store. With one-click demo importer, number of custom shortcodes and product filter widgets, Visual Composer page builder integrated, unlimited colors, many options. Download… Continue reading Handmade – Shop WordPress WooCommerce Theme – 13307231
20+ Best Baby and Kids WordPress Themes for Personal or Online Activities
This is the best collection of baby and kids WordPress themes.You know wordpress can be integrated into any type of business.With its functionality and easy to use features, WordPress is the best soluiton either for professionals or amateurs. Today millions of websites use WordPress as a content management system and why not start a new… Continue reading 20+ Best Baby and Kids WordPress Themes for Personal or Online Activities
Android From Scratch: Setting Up the Development Environment
So you’ve decided to take your first steps into learning about Android app development. Great choice. Android is currently the most widely used smartphone platform in the world and it is a fun operating system for app development. This article shows you how to set up Android Studio, the official IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for… Continue reading Android From Scratch: Setting Up the Development Environment
8 Photography Portfolio Themes for WordPress
In this roundup we’ll take a look at some important things to consider when building an online photography portfolio with WordPress. We’ll go over eight tips and ideas, simultaneously looking at some top selling themes from Envato Market to help demonstrate each point. Say cheese! 1. Introduce Yourself Emotional design is hugely important on the… Continue reading 8 Photography Portfolio Themes for WordPress
20 Useful WordPress Calendar Plugins
The first thing I think of when I hear “WordPress” and “calendar” is the default calendar widget that displays WordPress Posts by date. But WordPress calendar plugins encompass a far greater—not to mention more powerful—array of plugins. There are calendar plugins for events, bookings, and appointments. Some transform WordPress into its own private working app,… Continue reading 20 Useful WordPress Calendar Plugins
Psychology, Counseling & Medical Website Template — MentalPress (Health & Beauty)
MentalPress is a premium Website Template for psychiatrists built with HTML5 and CSS3. It is our most advanced and sophisticated website we built so far. It is very easy to setup and use. Well Documented. Available only on ThemeForest! Main Features Responsive & Retina-Ready MentalPress looks great on any device, from mobile to desktop and… Continue reading Psychology, Counseling & Medical Website Template — MentalPress (Health & Beauty)
The 15 Best Material Design Frameworks and Libraries
Material design was developed by Google, with the basic idea to create a unified style for all of the company’s web and mobile apps. It is based on many principles including things like proper animations, responsiveness, and smart usage of colors and shadows. You can read about the guidelines in full detail here. Although Google’s design language is… Continue reading The 15 Best Material Design Frameworks and Libraries
International Artist Feature: Mexico
For this article in the international artist series we turn to Mexico, featuring six illustrators and designers who create fantastic work, from illustration to lettering to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Gaby Zermeño Gaby is an illustrator and… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Mexico
14 Ideas to Make Your Websites Stand Out
Picture this: You’re going to a big event, every person who can change your life would be there, and a lot is riding on how you present yourself. After all it’s about first impressions. So you pick out a sleek outfit, complement it with great formal shoes, dab on some perfume, wear a classy watch and feel… Continue reading 14 Ideas to Make Your Websites Stand Out
10 Free Note-Taking Apps For Smartphones
Here, we are showcasing top 10 free note-taking apps for your smartphones. Using smartphone for taking notes and noting down important things and notes have become a norm. Smartphones have literally eradicated the need of carrying a paper and pen with you everywhere. Now you can carry a perfect note taking device in the form… Continue reading 10 Free Note-Taking Apps For Smartphones
How Welcoming are WordCamps to Women?
This month it’s International Women’s Day, a worldwide event designed to raise the under-representation of women in many walks of life and encourage us all to open up more opportunities to women and girls. I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look at gender diversity at WordCamps, and compare these with… Continue reading How Welcoming are WordCamps to Women?
9 Best Joomla Extensions & Plugins For Web Developers
In this post, we are presenting 9 best Joomla extensions and plugins for web developers. We hope that this collection proves to be the best and will help you get going in the initial phases of your designing project. Joomla extensions and plugins can make your website feature-rich and improve powerful customizations with simplicity. And… Continue reading 9 Best Joomla Extensions & Plugins For Web Developers