Dark Mode Looks Good, But Is It Actually Hurting You?

Over the last few years, everyone’s been talking about Dark Mode. It’s said to boost productivity and focus while reducing eye strain. It’s also supposed to be better for your battery life. But is that the whole story? Research into the matter suggests that Dark Mode might not be so healthy for us after all.… Continue reading Dark Mode Looks Good, But Is It Actually Hurting You?

Create a Membership WordPress Site with UMP

Do you want to start earning money from your WordPress website? You could enrol in the Amazon Associates program and generate revenue via referral links; sell advertising space using a plugin such as ADning, or your might even decide to start selling your own products via your website.  All of these methods can generate a… Continue reading Create a Membership WordPress Site with UMP

Game Software Development: How to Integrate Gaming into Your Business

Is your company looking to crack the gaming market? Whether you’re interested in creating games related to your organization’s mission or want to use them to market your services and products, this can be a lucrative way to exercise your company’s creative muscle. Gaming apps account for nearly a quarter of active apps downloaded through… Continue reading Game Software Development: How to Integrate Gaming into Your Business

Mega Menus, Sticky Menus and More

Of things that users expect when they are on a website, navigation menus are the most important. It’s hard to imagine a website without them.  A website menu is made up of a collection of links. These links are road signs that make it possible to navigate and interact with a website. They guide users… Continue reading Mega Menus, Sticky Menus and More

Best Affiliate WooCommerce Plugins Compared

WooCommerce and WordPress are powerful combination for online commerce. Together they run 37% of eCommerce business online. Leveraging these two is the perfect combination for selling physical products, digital goods, and services online.  But having the most awesome WooCommerce storefront and the best products are just a tiny part of what you need for online… Continue reading Best Affiliate WooCommerce Plugins Compared

3 Best DevOps Tools for Your Next Web Development Project

DevOps is a process for web development that brings developers and operations teams together.  This structure tries to eliminate common problems with development through joint scoping before a project kicks off and closer collaboration during development.  This combined team effort allows companies to streamline the development process and bring products, website, apps or services to… Continue reading 3 Best DevOps Tools for Your Next Web Development Project

20 Best HTML5 and JavaScript Game Engines and Templates

With Flash end-of-life announced for the end of 2020, HTML5 and JavaScript games have quickly taken over, becoming a major source of gaming on the web. With this major shift in the landscape though came a move from largely using one tool to create online games, to using dozens (maybe hundreds!) of different engines, libraries,… Continue reading 20 Best HTML5 and JavaScript Game Engines and Templates

Best WordPress Membership Plugins of 2019

Adding a membership is a great way to bring in revenue for your business. But turning your WordPress site into a membership site can be quite complex. Thankfully, CodeCanyon has a library full of membership plugins that let you add this membership functionality to your site without you having to do any coding.  Starting off… Continue reading Best WordPress Membership Plugins of 2019

Why Synthetic Transaction Monitoring For Web Application Matters

January 14, 2019 by Spyrestudios In today’s digital world, reputation is both an asset and a liability. Given that 84% of people trust online reviews as much as an in-person recommendation, according to Forbes, a single negative review concerning your web application can lead to a serious loss of customers. Aspects such as the security,… Continue reading Why Synthetic Transaction Monitoring For Web Application Matters

Object-Oriented PHP With Classes and Objects

In this article, we’re going to explore the basics of object-oriented programming in PHP. We’ll start with an introduction to classes and objects, and we’ll discuss a couple of advanced concepts like inheritance and polymorphism in the latter half of this article. What Is Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)? Object-oriented programming, commonly referred to as OOP, is… Continue reading Object-Oriented PHP With Classes and Objects

How to Create a Menorah Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial we’ll be creating a Hanukkah holiday card and illustrating one of the most popular Jewish symbols, the Hanukkah Menorah. The Menorah is one of the oldest symbols in Judaism. Sometimes called the ‘Chanukiah’, the Menorah is a nine-branched candelabrum that is used on Hanukkah. It stands for light, wisdom,… Continue reading How to Create a Menorah Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Should You Sell Web Hosting Services to Your Clients?

Web design is an industry that is loaded with opportunities for upsells and extra revenue. Odds are that your clients will benefit from services that go beyond basic design and development. However, just because you can offer extras doesn’t necessarily mean that you should. One such area is web hosting. While there is the potential… Continue reading Should You Sell Web Hosting Services to Your Clients?

How to Create a Pastel Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing pastel photo effect in Adobe Photoshop. I will explain everything in so much detail that anyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.  The effect shown above is the one I will show… Continue reading How to Create a Pastel Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

5 Best Design Collaboration Tools For Teams That Want to Scale

Those of us working for agencies in a creative context are, all too often, plagued by deadline after deadline. That’s why having solutions in place for effortless collaboration is the most important prerequisite for delivering striking design and thoughtful functionality – for each and every client and always on time. Whether it’s between your internal… Continue reading 5 Best Design Collaboration Tools For Teams That Want to Scale

How to Create a GTA V Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing photo effect inspired by the Grand Theft Auto V video game art style. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.  The effect shown… Continue reading How to Create a GTA V Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

Top uses for acrylic sheets

Acrylic sheets are often underrated. But, the handy slice of clear plastic has so many uses and that’s why acrylic sheets deserve a little recognition. What are these uses you ask? Follow along and you’ll soon find out. Oh, and if you’re in need of acrylic sheets by the end of this article, click here… Continue reading Top uses for acrylic sheets

11 ‘Learning With Fun’ Words Puzzle Games, If You Have iOS Device

There are many iOS apps out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why we are sharing 11 ‘Learning With Fun’ Words Puzzle Games, If You Have iOS Device. So, without any further ado let’s take a look at these and feel free to share this post with… Continue reading 11 ‘Learning With Fun’ Words Puzzle Games, If You Have iOS Device

How to Use Bold Typography in Your Design

Bold typography is one of the most exciting trends that has emerged in design. Whether it’s online or offline content, typography helps you to communicate your message across to your audience. Designers can have fun with typography and be creative. Based on the typography you choose, you can establish a brand identity and send a… Continue reading How to Use Bold Typography in Your Design

Designing Happy

Health problems stemming from stress and loneliness include: obesity, high blood pressure, alcoholism, depression, heart disease, insomnia, and stroke. The solution In surveying the landscape, one might think there are already solutions for this problem including traditional mental health solutions as well as new up-and-coming behavioral health startups. Newer solutions often require high levels of customer… Continue reading Designing Happy

Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices with an engaging user experience

Please note: This was a concept project undertaken as part of the User Experience Design Immersive course at General Assembly and is in no way affiliated with Nuffield Health. Nuffield Health is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organisations. They operate a wide variety of facilities and healthcare services, from gym and fitness centres… Continue reading Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices with an engaging user experience

5 Things Beginner Mobile Game Developers Must Know

For game developers, the dream is to create the next big hit, the Tetris of our generation. Since Tetris became a huge hit, there have been many spinoffs. It is interesting to note that the games we love the most aren’t very complicated. Just have a look at a puzzle game like Cube Blast. All… Continue reading 5 Things Beginner Mobile Game Developers Must Know

How SAP Fiori Can Help Transform User Experience?

In a context of digital transformation, many companies using SAP for their internal and external needs underestimate the importance of user experience. A lot has been said about SAP UX in terms of technology and design but still, the skills necessary for good user adoption are in short supply. That’s why SAP providers are in… Continue reading How SAP Fiori Can Help Transform User Experience?

How to Bake Engagement Into Video Content

Would you like to create video content that is more engaging and draws in and retains more viewers while also attracting more shares, likes, comments, and other reactions? If you do then you should know that engagement needs to be ‘baked into’ video content, and that starts from the time you sit down and begin… Continue reading How to Bake Engagement Into Video Content