August 5, 2020 by Clarence Web design is a continuous learning process. As our technology develops day by day, the number of new things we need to learn to be well-versed in web design increases as well. Good thing there are already online classes that teach web design. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional,… Continue reading What Are the Best Online Web Design Certificate Programs?
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17 Tools I Can’t Design Without
I think of a creative practice as a combination of an approach (a design philosophy) and a series of techniques (craft skills); a good tool facilitates a technique, which in turn supports an approach. It wasn’t until I sat down to write a list of tools I can’t design without, that I realized just how… Continue reading 17 Tools I Can’t Design Without
How To Act and Understand Accessibility Right Now
In recent history, the digital channel has extended it’s already dominant reach, even further. Whether its COVID-19, omnichannel strategy, mobile, or driven by user behavior and expectations, the digital channel is key for business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations. As organizations are investing more in digital channels, it’s important that accessibility is included. Not addressing accessibility can leave… Continue reading How To Act and Understand Accessibility Right Now
2020 Best Designed Websites
Have you ever been to a site, and you keep admiring all the contents? It can be a photo, a beautiful video, or even your favorite colors. Whatever keeps you glued on the website is known as user experience. When interacting with such sites, you can search for IT companies near me to get how… Continue reading 2020 Best Designed Websites
6 Best Practices for Building Responsive Dropdown Menus
Creating a responsive dropdown menu is a tricky task. There are many decisions you have to make, in both the design and development phases. Recommended solutions usually depend on the characteristics of the website or application you’re building. However, there are also some general best practices that are recommended for all types of responsive dropdown… Continue reading 6 Best Practices for Building Responsive Dropdown Menus
Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Fade Effect on Scroll
In today’s super quick tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a simple, yet useful scroll effect. As we scroll within the page, the visibility of two elements will change depending on the scroll position. As the saying goes: “a picture is worth a thousand words”, so let’s have a look at what we’re going to create (scroll… Continue reading Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Fade Effect on Scroll
How to Build a Grayscale to Color Effect on Scroll (CSS & JavaScript)
In this new tutorial, we’ll start with some grayscale images and learn how to smoothly reveal their colored variants on scroll. To achieve the desired effect, we’re going to take advantage of different modern front-end features like CSS Grid, the clip-path property, and the Intersection Observer API. Our Grayscale to Color Effect Without further intro, let’s check… Continue reading How to Build a Grayscale to Color Effect on Scroll (CSS & JavaScript)
How to Contribute to Open Source TypeScript Projects — SitePoint
If you think of the ideas of open source applied to information in an encyclopedia, you get to Wikipedia – lots and lots of small contributions that bubble up to something that’s meaningful. – Matt Mullenweg One of my favorite aspects of open source is the fact that anyone can contribute! It’s like “productive volunteering”… Continue reading How to Contribute to Open Source TypeScript Projects — SitePoint
Build a Chrome Extension to Streamline Your Workflow — SitePoint
When I began as a JavaScript editor at SitePoint, our submission process was something of a mess — articles coming from every direction in a variety of formats. So we decided to standardize things and settled on submission via GitHub in Markdown. This was a step forward, but we still needed to convert the Markdown… Continue reading Build a Chrome Extension to Streamline Your Workflow — SitePoint
6 Best Browsers for Developers in 2020
On the surface, web browsers seem very similar. They all provide you with a relatively straightforward way to get online and search for the content that you need. However, the more time you spend building your skills as a designer/developer, the more you’ll recognize the need for a unique kind of browsing experience. Fortunately, we’ve found… Continue reading 6 Best Browsers for Developers in 2020
How to Add Custom CSS to Your WordPress Site
The WordPress ecosystem is huge, so it can be a challenge to find the perfect theme to match your brand in every respect. A good starting point is by browsing the thousands of high-quality WordPress themes on ThemeForest. However, it frequently happens that you find an almost perfect design but you still want to tweak it a little—or… Continue reading How to Add Custom CSS to Your WordPress Site
How Accessibility Taught me to be Better at JavaScript – Part Two
January 14, 2020 Content Warning: There are gifs in this post. Hey friends! Today’s writing is going to be a follow up to How Accessibility Taught Me to be Better At JavaScript. If you have read my content, one of my favorite topics is about JavaScript and Accessibility. I speak about how JavaScript is actually… Continue reading How Accessibility Taught me to be Better at JavaScript – Part Two
Metatags 101: A Simple Guide for Designers
One of my mottos in life, and in business is this: “If Google tells you to do something, you better get it done.” And when it comes to using HTML meta tags for SEO, none of us should be messing around. That said, you know how it is with Google search. The algorithms are always… Continue reading Metatags 101: A Simple Guide for Designers
10 ways to help Accessibility at Conferences as a speaker
November 26, 2019 Hey friends! Wedding planning is starting to heat up with five months left to go. I was pretty ambitious about my writing schedule when I started my second year of blogging. I figured I had so much more free time on my hands versus what I had six months ago. But I… Continue reading 10 ways to help Accessibility at Conferences as a speaker
Is There a Viable Alternative to Javascript?
The short answer to the title question is “no.” The long answer is more complex, and begins with, “kindof…” There are several JavaScript alternatives for developers, but (for now) they have to be transpiled into JavaScript before they’re deployed. People Love to Hate JavaScript This is not a surprise, if we consider some obvious drawbacks… Continue reading Is There a Viable Alternative to Javascript?
6 Best WordPress Lightbox Plugins
What Is a WordPress Lightbox Plugin? If you have a website with multiple images that you want to highlight, you could definitely benefit from using a lightbox. Generally, a lightbox allows people to click on an image or other content to view its enlarged version overlaid on the rest of the page. While the lightbox… Continue reading 6 Best WordPress Lightbox Plugins
5 Unexpected UX Design Skills to Help You Level Up
Whenever a hiring boom like this happens, you have to consider how it could work against you. Sure, there are more job openings. However, that means that more UX designers (and designer wannabes) are going to come out of the woodwork, trying to snag up the highly coveted gigs. So, let’s assume that you’re all… Continue reading 5 Unexpected UX Design Skills to Help You Level Up
How to Build a MouseOver Navigation Slide Effect
Have you ever used the Slider Revolution WordPress plugin in a project? If the answer is “yes”, you might have noticed the mini toolbar that appears in the right corner of the plugin’s configuration page. Initially, only the icons are visible, keeping the whole thing nice and compact. Then each time you hover over an icon, its… Continue reading How to Build a MouseOver Navigation Slide Effect
Are You Too Old to Be a Web Designer?
There’s nothing nice about asking the question “How old is too old to …?” So, I’m going to start by getting the answer out of the way, right now: You’re never too old to… …become a web designer… …transition from web designer to UX designer… …become a full-stack designer-developer powerhouse… …or do whatever the heck… Continue reading Are You Too Old to Be a Web Designer?
Easiest Solution to Scrape Web: Scrapestack | Resources
Scrapestack is a simple and easy to use solution for people who want to access websites with IP blocks and proxy issues. Users are only required to put the full website URL and the page will be accessible without revealing their geo location or any technical issues. The scrapestack IP address data comes from numerous… Continue reading Easiest Solution to Scrape Web: Scrapestack | Resources
Start With These Courses and Tutorials
For those looking to build hybrid mobile apps, Ionic is one of the first frameworks that you’ll run into. There’s good reason that it has gained significant usage among developers looking to create apps for several mobile devices from a single code base. Ionic has a number of features that go beyond other offerings though,… Continue reading Start With These Courses and Tutorials
What’s New for Designers, September 2019
While there aren’t as many new tools out there to play with right now, the ones available are a lot of fun. From tools to help speed up workflows and manage productivity, to creative gamification and funky typefaces, these new tools for designers will make you want to stick to your desk. Here’s what new… Continue reading What’s New for Designers, September 2019
20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019
Every month we roundup the best portfolios launched by agencies, freelance designers, and other creative professionals, into one easy-to-digest collection. And now we come to September. The kids are off to school (the poor dears), the teachers are off to school (the poor dears), and you’re free to spend some time thinking about the most… Continue reading 20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019
An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons
CSS-in-JS libraries provide us with a new approach for writing CSS. They aim to tackle the limitations of CSS, such as the lack of dynamic functionality, scoping, and portability. In spite of its advantages, CSS-in-JS is a controversial technology, as many developers ask if it’s worth further complicating front-end development. This article intends to give… Continue reading An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons