Want to give your viewers an incentive to subscribe to your Twitch channel? Offer them your own custom Twitch emotes. Don’t know how to make Twitch emotes? One of the many awesome Twitch emotes you can find at Placeit Well, that’s what this article is all about. Here, you’ll not only learn how to make… Continue reading 20+ Best Custom Twitch Emotes (Using a Twitch Emote Maker)
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How to Use Map, Filter and Reduce in JavaScript
Functional programming has been making quite a splash in the development world these days. And for good reason: Functional techniques can help you write more declarative code that is easier to understand at a glance, refactor, and test. One of the cornerstones of functional programming is its special use of lists and list operations. And… Continue reading How to Use Map, Filter and Reduce in JavaScript
CSS Charts: How to Create an Organizational Chart
In previous tutorials we’ve learned how to create different types of charts including bar charts, thermometer charts, and donut charts. Today we’ll continue this journey by building a CSS-only organizational chart. Ready to test your CSS skills? The Organizational Chart We’re Building Here’s the CSS chart we’ll be creating: It consists of four levels and… Continue reading CSS Charts: How to Create an Organizational Chart
Create a PHP Login Form
A user login and registration system is super helpful when we want to store information about the users of our website. This applies to everything from educational websites which might store course progress and marks to e-commerce websites which will store information about customers’ past purchases. In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to create… Continue reading Create a PHP Login Form
“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
How to Make a Gift Certificate (With or Without Photoshop!)
What You’ll Be Creating Need a gift coupon template, but you’re not sure how to create a gift certificate template of your own? In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to make a printable gift certificate, both with Photoshop and without it. Photoshop makes it easy to develop a customizable gift certificate template for your business, clients,… Continue reading How to Make a Gift Certificate (With or Without Photoshop!)
How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create a Shepard Fairey Photoshop effect with the help of Illustrator with this poster tutorial. This tutorial is inspired by Shepard Fairey’s famous political poster series for the Obama Democratic Party campaign in the US in 2008 and now being recreated for the Time magazine cover for November… Continue reading How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
How to Make a Gift Certificate (Using an Online Gift Certificate Maker) + Examples
If you own a small business, creating gift certificates that your customers can share with family and friends is a great way to increase interest in your business and boost sales. And the good news is that making your own gift certificates doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult—all you need is a computer, a… Continue reading How to Make a Gift Certificate (Using an Online Gift Certificate Maker) + Examples
You’re holding it wrong — How to blame your users
[unable to retrieve full-text content] You’re holding it wrong — How to blame your users The customer is always right. See that black line in the middle photo? If you touch it, you’re “holding it wrong”. The iPhone is a beautiful device. Every version of it has been, but my favorite was the blocky, squared-off shape of the iPhone 4… Continue reading You’re holding it wrong — How to blame your users
Create a Contact Form in PHP
No matter what type of website you own or manage, you probably need a contact form. The contact form can help your visitors request a quote, ask for information, or share any tips or problems they’re facing while using your website. In this tutorial, our focus will be on creating a fully functional contact form… Continue reading Create a Contact Form in PHP
These Fun Games With Surely Test your Web Design Skills
September 23, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine Anyone could learn how to create websites through continuous training and practice. However, this could get eventually boring and de-motivating. The great news is that game devs have created games that help newbie web designers hone their skills for both web design and coding development. Here are a few… Continue reading These Fun Games With Surely Test your Web Design Skills
How do the new iOS 14 accessibility features stack up?
This past week, Apple released iOS 14 which includes new features such as Widgets, Back Tap and the ability for VoiceControl and VoiceOver to be used at the same time. I thought this would be the perfect time to bring our mobile team together to explore these new features of iOS 14 as they relate… Continue reading How do the new iOS 14 accessibility features stack up?
A Beginner’s Guide to Wireframing
Wireframing is an important step in any screen design process. It primarily allows you to define the information hierarchy of your design, making it easier for you to plan the layout according to how you want your user to process the information. If you’ve yet to use wireframing, it’s time to get your feet wet. Wireframing… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Wireframing
36 Awesome Stream Overlays Using an OBS Stream Overlay Maker
Looking for your next OBS stream overlay for your webcam or Twitch channel? Check out these free Twitch overlays and premium options to set your stream out from the pack. Create your own OBS overlay with a Twitch overlay maker. If you’re new to streaming and want to make your stream look cool and put… Continue reading 36 Awesome Stream Overlays Using an OBS Stream Overlay Maker
The evolution of style guides to AI writing assistants
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Style guides have a long history in the writing process. They’ve always affected more than what counts as good content. They affected our writing process and behaviors, our sense of community, even our egos. As AI pushes the style guide another step, how will it push us along too? Stacking style manuals… Continue reading The evolution of style guides to AI writing assistants
Create a Burning Vector Match Using Gradient Meshes
What You’ll Be Creating If you want to create vector flames in Illustrator, in this tutorial I will show you how to create an illustration of a burning match using a fire gradient. You’ll learn how to make a realistic match flame that is also fully scalable. And if you need some vector flames, but… Continue reading Create a Burning Vector Match Using Gradient Meshes
How to Make a Rap Album Cover Art (Using an Album Cover Maker)
If you’re an aspiring rap artist, independent rap label, or an MC spitting lyrics, at some point you’re going to need a cool album cover design to promote your work. The Placeit album cover maker app offers a wide selection of album covers that you can customise in a matter of minutes to create amazing… Continue reading How to Make a Rap Album Cover Art (Using an Album Cover Maker)
Gotham Font History: From GQ to the Barack Obama Campaign
Have you ever wondered what font Obama uses? In this article, we uncover the story of the Gotham font, the most used typeface of the 21st Century. If typefaces could represent one specific person, that would be Gotham as the Obama font. In the 2008 American election, you’ll notice that Barack Obama used typography as… Continue reading Gotham Font History: From GQ to the Barack Obama Campaign
How to Self-Host Google Fonts on Your Own Server
As web designers living in the era of high-speed internet, we have picked up the habit of adding external dependencies such as fonts from third-party servers, most frequently from content delivery networks (CDNs). However, this is not always the best decision. Sometimes, it’s still better to stick to your own infrastructure and host your assets… Continue reading How to Self-Host Google Fonts on Your Own Server
Biggest Graphic Design Trends for 2020
2020 has rung in the new decade, and what a decade it has been so far! It has brought with it a new evolution of design within the graphic design world. Almost as if marking the start of a new era, new trends, ideas and looks have started appearing and making themselves seen and heard… Continue reading Biggest Graphic Design Trends for 2020
How to Create a Stylish Magazine Layout in Affinity Publisher
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a simple and stylish magazine spread using Affinity Publisher, the great-value and easy-to-use alternative to Adobe InDesign. Affinity Publisher templates are great foundations for creating your own unique magazine designs—here you’ll learn how to create an editable magazine spread for an online magazine,… Continue reading How to Create a Stylish Magazine Layout in Affinity Publisher
Show Them Your Assets – Tips for Handing Off Designs to Developers
You’ve been working away at your latest design project, and the client has given the go-ahead on your lovingly created digital concepts. Now it’s time to bring those designs to life, and you have a developer queued up to do just that. So your part’s done, right? Not quite. You’re going to want to make… Continue reading Show Them Your Assets – Tips for Handing Off Designs to Developers
How to Enhance Your Website Layouts With SVG Shapes
In this new tutorial, we’ll get rid of the usual boring rectangular boxes and learn to build a landing page full of complex SVG shapes. We’ll even enhance it with Bootstrap styles as well as a full-screen background video. The best way to understand what we’re going to build is by checking out the demo, so it’s… Continue reading How to Enhance Your Website Layouts With SVG Shapes
The Best (Free) Website Mockup Tools In 2020
A website mockup is also known as a wireframe. Oxford defines a wireframe as “an image or set of images which displays the functional elements of a website or page, typically used for planning a site’s structure and functionality.” For UX designer Chris Newnham, a wireframe is “a crucial phase when designing a website, app,… Continue reading The Best (Free) Website Mockup Tools In 2020