What You’ll Be Creating Learning WordPress development isn’t just about learning to code PHP. You’ll also need some HTML and CSS skills if the sites, themes and/or plugins you create are going to work well. In this tutorial, I’ll show you an incredibly useful feature of WordPress that mixes PHP with some simple CSS. It’s… Continue reading Target CSS for Specific Content With WordPress Template Tags
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Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 15
Welcome back to our Diversity in Design series on Envato Tuts+. Discover four talented artists with inspiring styles you’ll love. 4 Artists You Should Know: Diversity in Design Celebrate the work of these extraordinary artists. Each with their own unique background, they draw inspiration from their culture and surroundings to create phenomenal designs. Magtira… Continue reading Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 15
How to Create an Isometric Map Mockup Action in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating From this tutorial, you’ll learn some new techniques and tricks. We’ll be using the Isometric Map Mockup product as an example and seeing in detail how it was created. At the end, you’ll have a fully workable action and confidence in building “transformation actions”. Got no time and need this action as soon as possible?… Continue reading How to Create an Isometric Map Mockup Action in Adobe Photoshop
11 Best Social Media Scripts and Plugins to Streamline Your Workflow
If you are running a business or building a brand, you are always looking for ways to increase your online reach. A streamlined, accessible and consistent social media presence is essential, whether you are a bricks-and-mortar shop, a digital specialist, or a marketing influencer. Using scripts and plugins from CodeCanyon, you can make your life… Continue reading 11 Best Social Media Scripts and Plugins to Streamline Your Workflow
How to Draw Natural, Textured, Afro Hairstyles (Afros, Locs, Braids, Twists)
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll look at drawing multiple hairstyles that tend to be popular choices for natural, afro textured hair: afros, locs, braids, and twists. While these styles could potentially be worn by people with other hair types, we will primarily focus on Type 4 hair. We’ll take a stylistic approach… Continue reading How to Draw Natural, Textured, Afro Hairstyles (Afros, Locs, Braids, Twists)
How to Upload a File in PHP (With Example)
In this article, I’ll explain the basics of file upload in PHP. Firstly, we’ll go through the PHP configuration options that need to be in place for successful file uploads. Following that, we’ll develop a real-world example of how to upload a file. Configure PHP Settings There are a couple of PHP configuration settings that… Continue reading How to Upload a File in PHP (With Example)
Understand Arrays in PHP
* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;} In this post, you’ll learn the basics of arrays in PHP. You’ll learn how to create an array and how to use associative and multidimensional arrays, and you’ll see lots of examples of arrays in action. What Is an Array? In PHP, an array is a data… Continue reading Understand Arrays in PHP
How to Draw Angel Wings
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I will show you how to draw wings on the back of a human, creating an angel. Angels, though seen as spiritual rather than material, are pictured as winged humans. But wings are not simply an appendix growing out of the shoulder blades—they’re specialized arms. So a typical… Continue reading How to Draw Angel Wings
Testing Components in React Using Jest and Enzyme
This is the second part of the series on Testing Components in React. If you have prior experience with Jest, you can skip ahead and use the GitHub code as a starting point. In the previous article, we covered the basic principles and ideas behind test-driven development. We also set up the environment and the tools… Continue reading Testing Components in React Using Jest and Enzyme
International Artist Feature: Germany
We’re honouring the German language and culture this week in celebration of the launch of the German version of Envato Elements! For this article in the international artist series we turn to Germany, featuring seven illustrators and designers who create fantastic work from digital paintings to textile design and more! I asked each artist how their… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Germany
WordPress Gutenberg Block API: Creating Custom Blocks
The new WordPress editor (codenamed Gutenberg) is due for release in version 5.0. Now is the perfect time to get to grips with it before it lands in WordPress core. In this series, I’m showing you how to work with the Block API and create your very own content blocks which you can use to build… Continue reading WordPress Gutenberg Block API: Creating Custom Blocks
What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards?
What are the WordPress PHP coding standards? In this video from my course, Learn PHP for WordPress, you’ll learn all about the coding standards and why they’re important. The WordPress PHP Coding Standards What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards? You can find the full WordPress PHP coding standards in the official WordPress handbook. They’re… Continue reading What Are the WordPress PHP Coding Standards?
13 Best HTML5 Game Templates of 2023 With Source Code
HTML5 game templates come with ready-to-use designs and functionality. All the time-consuming programming has already been done for you, so you can focus on designing games that are fun to play. Top-Selling HTML5 Game Templates for 2023 on CodeCanyon Grab one of these HTML5 game templates or engines. Whether you already have a game concept… Continue reading 13 Best HTML5 Game Templates of 2023 With Source Code
Angular 2 Transclusion using ng-content
Free Course Getting Started with Angular 2 Angular 2 is the shiny new framework that comes with a lot of new concepts. Learn all the great new features. Get Started Wait a minute… What is transclusion? Understanding Transclusion Don’t get confused by the term Transclusion. It’s best explained using an example. Let’s say we have… Continue reading Angular 2 Transclusion using ng-content
Using Laravel Valet for WordPress Development
If you’re familiar with the PHP community, then you’re likely familiar with a number of the different applications and frameworks that are currently popular in the development space today. One of the more common frameworks that we’re seeing used to build web applications is Laravel. Though this tutorial is not specifically about Laravel, I recommend checking… Continue reading Using Laravel Valet for WordPress Development
How to Create a Dory-Inspired Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating To celebrate Finding Dory, the upcoming sequel to the classic Finding Nemo, I’ll show you how to create realistic fan art easily in Adobe Photoshop. Inspired by the movie, learn how to use photo manipulation and digital painting techniques to make any character come alive. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The… Continue reading How to Create a Dory-Inspired Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop
How to Use Pantheon to Set Up and Maintain a Production-Safe WordPress Site
Today, WordPress powers 25% of all of the world’s websites, so it’s safe to say that what started as blogging software has grown into something much bigger than its humble origins, and is ready to be used on production-level sites from news portals to complete web applications. With this level of professionalism, new needs arise. On a personal blog read by… Continue reading How to Use Pantheon to Set Up and Maintain a Production-Safe WordPress Site
How to Create a Layered Floral Typography Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Floral typography is a design trend that combines nice floral elements with bold typography, to create some elegant designs. This tutorial will show you how to use a flower stock image, with a simple text, and a couple of layer styles, filters, textures, and adjustments to create your own floral typography… Continue reading How to Create a Layered Floral Typography Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Optimizing Google PageSpeed to 100 in WordPress
What You’ll Be Creating How to Reach a PageSpeed of 100 Welcome to part two of our series on Google PageSpeed. In the first episode, I optimized the PageSpeed of my site’s then theme, MySiteMyWay’s Construct. I managed to get to 70 Mobile and 86 Desktop. However, with MySite’s closure, I chose a new theme and reached… Continue reading Optimizing Google PageSpeed to 100 in WordPress
Hands On Improving Google PageSpeed
What You’ll Be Creating What Is Google PageSpeed? Google PageSpeed is a free tool that assesses the performance and usability of your website for mobile and desktop platforms. It’s extra important because Google uses it in determining key elements of our SEO ranking, i.e. how high we appear in their search results. If you want more background… Continue reading Hands On Improving Google PageSpeed
How to Make Pixel Characters
What You’ll Be Creating If you’ve ever thought about creating pixel art, here’s a very quick and easy introduction to one of the most fundamental aspects of it: characters. We’ll be creating an extremely simple character, but although it will be simple, it will still allow a decent amount of detail, so it will work… Continue reading How to Make Pixel Characters
How to Adopt Model View Presenter on Android
In the previous tutorial, we talked about the Model View Presenter pattern, how it is applied on Android, and what its most important advantages are. In this tutorial, we explore the Model View Presenter pattern in more detail by implementing it in an Android application. In this tutorial: we build a simple application using the MVP… Continue reading How to Adopt Model View Presenter on Android
The Top 10 Super-Ultra-Very Bestest Photoshop Tips the Experts Don't Want You to Know!
New World Order Reader caution: this article was posted on April 1st 2016 and should not be taken seriously. Hi there dear readers, you may recognize me. I’m a frequent contributor to this site, and it’s time for me to come clean. I’m blowing the whistle. Today, I’m pulling back the curtain and letting you… Continue reading The Top 10 Super-Ultra-Very Bestest Photoshop Tips the Experts Don't Want You to Know!
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