Welcome to the WordPress Secure Setup Guide. In this tutorial, I’ll show you a number of ways to secure the WordPress admin area. Before I show you these, consider whether the WordPress site has an SSL certificate. An SSL connection helps secure any website and is recommended, especially for use on WordPress sites. This video… Continue reading WordPress Secure Setup: Top Tips for Securing WP Admin
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20 Best Face Mask Mockups (PSD, Mockup Generator)
With the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19, face masks have now become a necessary and unavoidable part of our daily lives, and designers across the globe are making sure that we protect ourselves in style. Check out the terrific face masks mockups available from Envato Elements, GraphicRiver, and Placeit If you’re looking for a face… Continue reading 20 Best Face Mask Mockups (PSD, Mockup Generator)
3 Essential Design Trends, May 2020
The state of the world around us can greatly impact website design. From emotional changes that correlate to the feel of a design to information and data to deliver, the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is making its way into projects (intentionally or not). Here’s what’s trending in design this month. 1. “Unbalanced” Use… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, May 2020
How to Build a Simple Toggle Switch Component With the CSS Checkbox Hack
In this short tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a CSS-only switch component by taking advantage of the “CSS checkbox hack technique”. Along the way, we’ll also look at other switch implementations on Codepen. Sound like a good challenge? Our Switch Component Here’s what we’ll be building during this tutorial–a simple todo checklist: For design… Continue reading How to Build a Simple Toggle Switch Component With the CSS Checkbox Hack
How to Make a Comic Book Cover
What You’ll Be Creating Truth be told, yes, you should judge a book by its cover, especially when it comes to comic book covers. Read this tutorial to learn some rules for designing a stand-out cover for your graphic novels. Want to create a comic book covers to attract readers and entice people to buy… Continue reading How to Make a Comic Book Cover
What Is a Widget in WordPress?
WordPress widgets are a great way to add extra content, snippets, and interactivity to your site. They make your site more than just a blog, and they give you the flexibility to identify content you want to show on every page of your site and make sure people won’t miss it. In this article, you’ll… Continue reading What Is a Widget in WordPress?
How to Mirror an Image in Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Whether you are a beginner or an expert, mirroring an image in Adobe Photoshop is one of the most commonly used skills. However, with so many tools available to you, it might be quite daunting to learn for someone who is just getting started. So for this tutorial we will learn… Continue reading How to Mirror an Image in Photoshop
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 to Make a YouTube Profile Picture (Using a YouTube Profile Picture Maker)
YouTube is one of the hottest social media platforms around today, and with so much great content competing for attention, anything you can do to make your account stand out is a win. That’s why you need to make every aspect of your account as eye-catching as you can, starting with your YouTube profile picture. Today… Continue reading How to Make a YouTube Profile Picture (Using a YouTube Profile Picture Maker)
CSS Tips for Better Color and Contrast Accessibility
Color accessibility is an important part of visual accessibility. People with various types of visual impairments, such as color blindness and low vision, perceive colors in different ways. As a result, the meaning of colors becomes less significant or is completely lost for users with visual disabilities. Although most articles on color accessibility give design tips… Continue reading CSS Tips for Better Color and Contrast Accessibility
How to Create a Wanted Poster
What You’ll Be Creating Would you like to see your face on one of these old wanted dead or alive posters? Of course, just for fun! In this tutorial I will show you how to do it using a very simple wanted poster generator. Use a fully customizable wanted poster template to create your own… Continue reading How to Create a Wanted Poster
12 Best CSS Animations on CodeCanyon
In the past few years, browsers have come a long way when it comes to supporting newer CSS properties that allow developers to create nice effects and animations using just pure CSS. There is a lot of browser support for using different transitions and keyframe animations in your projects now. You no longer have to… Continue reading 12 Best CSS Animations on CodeCanyon
How to Create a Graffiti Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create graffiti art from your photos in Adobe Photoshop, using filters and adjustments. Follow along with us over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel: The graffiti effect is part of Graffiti Effect with Pop Up Photoshop Action from my portfolio on Envato Market. Graffiti Effect with Pop Up Photoshop Action… Continue reading How to Create a Graffiti Effect in Adobe Photoshop
How to Install WordPress
What You’ll Be Creating So you want a WordPress site? That’s great. WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system (or CMS), and for good reason. With WordPress, you can get yourself a flexible, scalable, and user-friendly website. The software itself is free, and all you have to pay for is the hosting you’ll… Continue reading How to Install WordPress
Can Best Practice Replace Design Research?
Heart-warming or not, co-creation with a client—the utopian ideal of shared vision—has its drawbacks. There are only so many times you can hear the words “brand strategy” before actually chewing your own face off. In the age of WordPress, Drupal and, dare I say it, Wix, it’s never been more tempting to pay lip-service to… Continue reading Can Best Practice Replace Design Research?
25+ Best Popup & Opt-In WordPress Plugins
Whether you are running a blog or eCommerce business, you will need to convert your website visitors into subscribers in order to be successful. By adding a stylish and interactive popup and opt-in WordPress plugin to your website, you can easily convert your visitors into subscribers and eventually paying customers. One of the many high-quality Popup… Continue reading 25+ Best Popup & Opt-In WordPress Plugins
Where Is php.ini, the PHP Configuration File?
In this tutorial, we’re going to discuss php.ini—the main configuration file in PHP. From the beginner’s perspective, we’ll discuss what it’s meant for, where to locate it, and a couple of important configuration settings it provides. What Is php.ini? Whether you’re a PHP beginner or a seasoned developer, I’m sure that you’ve heard of php.ini:… Continue reading Where Is php.ini, the PHP Configuration File?
Take Off With Aviationstack’s Real-Time Flight API
In our increasingly global world, people travel by airplane…a lot. With rapid turnaround times, unpredictable weather, and unexpected delays, airlines both domestic and international frequently adjust their flight schedules to keep us moving. If you’re building a website, a progressive web app, or even a native app that involves any kind of travel, the last… Continue reading Take Off With Aviationstack’s Real-Time Flight API
5 Quick Ways to Start Your First Sketch
If you are trying to get into the world of graphic design and want to flex your artistic muscles, then you have come to the right place. Many aspiring artists are like deer caught in the headlights and are overwhelmed by the skill of others. The thing is that all of those artists also started… Continue reading 5 Quick Ways to Start Your First Sketch
Less is (Almost) Definitely More: An Introduction to Hick’s Law for Web Designers
Imagine the public excitement when, in 1951, William Edmund Hick (“Hickey” to his friends?!) and Ray (with an “a”) Hyman published research about people’s responses to a bunch of flashing lights. I’m sure no-one could imagine how important this work would be for the information age since, of course, at that time, a bank of… Continue reading Less is (Almost) Definitely More: An Introduction to Hick’s Law for Web Designers
How to Make a Fancy Menu Template
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a restaurant menu template in Adobe InDesign. Complete with a luxurious color palette and a vintage style, this fancy menu template is perfect for high-end restaurants or luxury bars. This InDesign menu template, which consists of an A4-sized food menu and A5 drinks… Continue reading How to Make a Fancy Menu Template
Understanding Inner Shadows in Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating Photoshop layer styles are a popular way to add effects, such as drop shadows and strokes, to layers in a non-destructive way. In this tutorial, I’m going to explain all the different settings that you’ll need to know about when adding an inner shadow in Photoshop. So, if you want to… Continue reading Understanding Inner Shadows in Photoshop
How to Make a Business Flyer (Using a Flyer Generator)
Creating beautiful and effective business flyers doesn’t have to be a challenge when you use Placeit’s flyer creator. The Placeit flyer creator, also known as the flyer generator, is a terrific app that offers one of the largest collections of flyer templates on the internet and makes it easy for large and small businesses to create perfect business flyers… Continue reading How to Make a Business Flyer (Using a Flyer Generator)
Introducing 15 Best New Portfolios, November 2019
This month, the slow decline of minimalism continues, and color is everywhere. There’s some awesome type, and video-based maximalism seems to be gaining a foothold. Enjoy! Another Colour I adore Another Colour’s site. It takes incredible complexity to produce an effect this simple. The landing page is a looping rainbow gradient, and the gradient strip… Continue reading Introducing 15 Best New Portfolios, November 2019