When I started off in design, I sucked. I was obsessed with copying pieces of the trending Dribbble shots, but oblivious to how all the pieces worked together. If you could see the harsh drop shadows and unnecessary flourish I added to things, you would gasp in horror. Though I was no product design prodigy,… Continue reading How to develop an eye for Design
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Tips For Using Images in Web Design: 20 Examples
Web designers know that images can have a huge impact on viewer experience. An attractive image, placed on a well-designed site, can engage your users and send out a message. How do you find the best images for our site? How do you use your images to the very best effect? When creating a website,… Continue reading Tips For Using Images in Web Design: 20 Examples
Creating a Customized Experience with Ipstack
At this world and age, it is important to deliver differentiated service. As the world is moving to digital platforms, this is getting quite difficult. After all, tailoring an in-store experience to a given customer is easy via human interaction. But, what do you do when different people visit your site? Simple. You deliver an… Continue reading Creating a Customized Experience with Ipstack
Why You Need Video For Design and Marketing
Before we dive deep into the topic let’s consolidate few numerical facts regarding the beneficiary of having the video for your product and marketing campaign. 90% of online shoppers stated that a video helps them to make a decision whether to buy the product, service or not 83% of businesses say that video provides the… Continue reading Why You Need Video For Design and Marketing
Tips for Designing a Great Looking E-commerce Website + 20 Examples
If you’ve ever spent time buying from an online store, you know that a pleasurable experience would motivate you to return. Customer satisfaction is key to designing an effective E-commerce site. An effective E-commerce site allows the products to shine and then allows you to carry out purchases quickly and efficiently. When designing an E-commerce… Continue reading Tips for Designing a Great Looking E-commerce Website + 20 Examples
5 Reasons Why You Should Choose a Mirrorless Camera
If you are looking for a new camera the chances are high that you have already seen some new point-and-shoot or DSLR cameras on the market which offers quite impressive technical features. However, it’s important to note that with advancements in technology, a growing number of consumers are gradually switching from DSLRs to Mirrorless Cameras… Continue reading 5 Reasons Why You Should Choose a Mirrorless Camera
What Makes the Best Ecommerce Website?
Ecommerce is so commonplace these days that it actually sounds slightly odd to talk about “ecommerce” as some niche phenomenon set apart from ordinary life. Now it’s just the way we shop, the way we buy, indeed the way we live. Nonetheless, there are still all sorts of mistakes that businesses makes, both large and… Continue reading What Makes the Best Ecommerce Website?
4 Easy Hacks To Improve Your Site’s Speed And Get Better Conversions
I have a confession to make; I’m the type of person who has no patience for a slow loading site. And apparently, I’m not the only one. Based on a research by the Aberdeen Group, a 1-second delay in a page load time can have the following negative effect: – Reduced page views by 11% –… Continue reading 4 Easy Hacks To Improve Your Site’s Speed And Get Better Conversions
Manage Complex Projects with Merlin Project Express
February 8, 2018 by Alex Fox Managing a to-do list for an individual is a fairly straight-forward process. Write down all the tasks you need to do with their due dates. As you work, mark the items off as they get completed. When you’re done with the items on your list, you’ve completed your to… Continue reading Manage Complex Projects with Merlin Project Express
How to turn user journeys into high-end highways
Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash When we need to get from point A to point B, we usually choose from several roads. And let any of them somehow lead us to the destination point, most likely we will get different impressions from this trip. Similarly, when we need to get any online service, we choose… Continue reading How to turn user journeys into high-end highways
How to Design a Web App: A Showcase of 20 Designs
An intuitive, efficient web app will always be a pleasure to use. However, in order to create a well-designed app, you need to look beyond color choice and excellent content. You also need to be aware of user experience. Otherwise, users will move on to your competition. Understanding the rules of application design will enable… Continue reading How to Design a Web App: A Showcase of 20 Designs
How to Write Helpful User Tutorials and Onboarding Guides
Writing user tutorials is essential to launching any new software project. But writing helpful user tutorials requires a careful hand, with a correct understanding of the user’s needs and expectations. With a solid foundation of empathy and understanding, we can build user tutorials that will educate our users without losing their attention or going over… Continue reading How to Write Helpful User Tutorials and Onboarding Guides
Tips On Educating Your Web Design Clients
You’ll often find that your web design clients simply do not know web design the way you do. They don’t follow the trends, they don’t really understand the terminology, and they don’t understand the reasoning behind certain web design decisions. You certainly know all those things. After all, it’s your job. You’re a web designer.… Continue reading Tips On Educating Your Web Design Clients
5 UX Mistakes Killing Your Website
You want your site to be cool, fresh, and exciting, but more than anything else, you should want your website to be effective. If visitors think “Wow, that looks neat” but leave without reading an article or buying a product, your design has failed. Often, visitors choose not to interact with a website because the… Continue reading 5 UX Mistakes Killing Your Website
A Showcase of Great Typography Usage in Web Design
Good typography is vital to having an effective website. Visitors need to be able to read the info on a site, whether it is an eCommerce website or a purely informational website. If they aren’t able to read it, they will quickly leave. The site will not be linked to, so it won’t show up… Continue reading A Showcase of Great Typography Usage in Web Design
UX is a Process. SEO, too.
TL;DR: Most people consider the value of both UX and SEO in the same way. Instead, we need to emphasize that both are about the process and an end result, not a product or deliverable. The Internet is a crazy place. Where else can you find a whirlwind of scholarly papers one minute and an… Continue reading UX is a Process. SEO, too.
How To Design Clean and Elegant Looking Websites
While a simple, clean website design might seem easy at first, the fact of the matter is the process is a lot more complex than you think. There’s a lot of stuff going on underneath the surface that makes the clean website functional. Most people don’t need or care about that makes these sites function,… Continue reading How To Design Clean and Elegant Looking Websites
How To Make Your Websites Look and Feel Original
There are hundreds of millions of websites active on the web. It can be hard to imagine how a single lonely website or brand can hope to make an impact. Decent inbound marketing can be help, and Search Engine Optimization can certainly play a role, but none of these efforts will help you get visitors… Continue reading How To Make Your Websites Look and Feel Original
Best PHP Books, Courses and Tutorials in 2017
November 8, 2017 by Alex Fox While JavaScript has gained popularity for animation and interaction, PHP still rules the server-side scripting world. Developers with strong PHP skills are more competitive in the job market, and can build better sites with improved user experiences. If you want to freshen up your PHP skills or get started… Continue reading Best PHP Books, Courses and Tutorials in 2017
Chatbot User Experience 101: Vital Tips to Improve Chatbot UX
Use Simple Language & Diction in Your Chatbot Design Process It can’t be overstated how important personality is for a chatbot; personality makes a bot fun to talk to. When you’ve developed a bot personality, ensure your bot’s voice remains consistent throughout the conversation. Moments where a bot speaks “out of character” can be immersion breaking… Continue reading Chatbot User Experience 101: Vital Tips to Improve Chatbot UX
The Company Name on a Logo: How to Make It Work
The name of your company incorporated into its logo isn’t always a right solution but sometimes it is really perfect for your company’s introduction. So, in which cases will it be highly beneficial for companies to implement their names into their logos? A logo can be described as your company’s face, while your corporate style… Continue reading The Company Name on a Logo: How to Make It Work
11 Communication Techniques for Designers
You have spent years getting this far — going to university, taking regular courses and workshops, going to conferences, reading countless books, articles, and listening to weekly podcasts — only for a stakeholder to steamroll your design expertise.Here are 11 techniques for improving your communication skills and getting your designs approved. There comes a point in every designers career… Continue reading 11 Communication Techniques for Designers
Are You Using The Right CMS Platform?
CMS is short for Content Management System – and it’s easy to understand why many novices find the term confusing. Broken down, it sounds like a specialized tool, something you might use to store and organize materials before putting them online or saving reference materials. In reality, though, CMS platforms are everywhere. WordPress is a… Continue reading Are You Using The Right CMS Platform?
Walking Through Design in Tokyo
People push past me as I exit the train at Shibuya station, and I start looking for the Hachiko statue. My friends told me to meet there before dinner, but ten minutes later I’m still lost. Thankfully once I slow down and look at my surroundings, I see guides all around me. At its size… Continue reading Walking Through Design in Tokyo