How to find your designer self — And understand how YOU approach design We all know the feeling. The identity crisis that comes with being a designer is not easy to overcome. Somehow we are solving problems for others all the time, but when it comes to ourselves it feels impossible. The good news is you already have… Continue reading How to find your designer self — and understand how YOU approach design
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Day in the life of an obsessive note taker
Starting the day on a good note. Illustration by author. When it comes to taking notes, some people might think a few key phrases jotted down on a scrap piece of paper is good enough. But for me — an obsessive note-taker — that would never cut it. I used to be a person who… Continue reading Day in the life of an obsessive note taker
Analyzing Code With Code Detection API
The world runs on code. Nearly every single aspect of our lives is in some way, shape, or form handled by code. It may be hidden and running behind the scenes, but it is ever-present in our daily activities. Waking in the morning thanks to our alarm clock or phone app, consuming news and media… Continue reading Analyzing Code With Code Detection API
Using a WooCommerce Related Products Plugin
When you run an online store, there’s no such thing as selling too many products. Just because the customer has found what they’re looking for, doesn’t mean you can’t convince them to throw a few more items into their cart. If you’ve ever spent any time on sites such as Amazon, then chances are you’re… Continue reading Using a WooCommerce Related Products Plugin
Add Days to a Date With PHP DateInterval
* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} PHP has a lot of methods and functions to help you manipulate dates in a variety of ways. In this quick tip, I will show you how to add days to a date in PHP using the DateInterval class. We will begin with an overview of DateInterval… Continue reading Add Days to a Date With PHP DateInterval
How to Use parse_str in PHP
In this article, we’ll explore the parse_str function in PHP. It’s used to convert a GET request query string into usable variables. In your day-to-day PHP development, you often need to to deal with query strings—the way data is passed to your script in the URL on a GET request. When a query string is… Continue reading How to Use parse_str in PHP
How to Use parse_str in PHP
In this article, we’ll explore the parse_str function in PHP. It’s used to convert a GET request query string into usable variables. In your day-to-day PHP development, you often need to to deal with query strings—the way data is passed to your script in the URL on a GET request. When a query string is… Continue reading How to Use parse_str in PHP
7 Websites with Incredible Animation For Inspiration
Websites with animation are pretty common nowadays and we don’t even know it. The animation could be injected into a website to make it the main focus of interest – landing pages, backgrounds, headers, and more. However, some websites introduce the animation so subtly, readers don’t often notice it. This could be via scrolling, navigation,… Continue reading 7 Websites with Incredible Animation For Inspiration
JavaScript map vs. forEach: When to Use Each One
In this article, we’ll discuss the map and forEach methods in JavaScript, and we’ll also go through the differences between them to understand when to use each one. JavaScript is one of the core technologies of the web. The majority of websites use it, and all modern web browsers support it without the need for… Continue reading JavaScript map vs. forEach: When to Use Each One
How to Enable or Disable a Button With JavaScript: jQuery vs Vanilla
In this article, we’ll discuss how you can enable or disable a button with JavaScript. First, we’ll go through how it works in vanilla JavaScript and later on we’ll see how to do it with jQuery. JavaScript is one of the core technologies of the web. The majority of websites use it, and all modern… Continue reading How to Enable or Disable a Button With JavaScript: jQuery vs Vanilla
How to Change the URL in JavaScript: Redirecting
In this quick article, we’ll discuss how to change the URL in JavaScript by redirecting. We’ll go through a couple of different ways that you can use to perform JavaScript redirects. JavaScript is one of the core technologies of the web. The majority of websites use it, and all modern web browsers support it without… Continue reading How to Change the URL in JavaScript: Redirecting
Custom neural voice: designing for human-centered policy
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Co-authored with Josh Lovejoy Credit: Delivering the benefits of Custom Neural Voice What’s in a voice? What is it about the way someone speaks that makes them memorable? Why do subtle imperfections in speech — like the thoughtful pauses and false starts when thinking on one’s feet — help us perceive a person as sincere or… Continue reading Custom neural voice: designing for human-centered policy
4 Quick Steps to Make a Website Responsive
Responsive web design as a concept has been around a long time now; in fact, it’s the de facto way of building websites nowadays. Right now people are accessing websites with mobile phones more than any other device, so it’s really important to ensure that your website is suited to small and large screens. It’s… Continue reading 4 Quick Steps to Make a Website Responsive
15 Best Web Fonts That Look Great at Small Sizes
Beautiful web fonts aren’t particularly difficult to find. A quick search will undoubtedly turn up a number of attractive typefaces that will complement your website’s look and messaging. However, many of these fonts tend to have very specific use cases. For instance, a wide font may be perfect for header text but would work poorly… Continue reading 15 Best Web Fonts That Look Great at Small Sizes
Understanding PHP Constructors
In this article, we’re going to discuss the basics of constructors in PHP. You’ll learn the purpose of PHP constructors and how to use them. What Is a Constructor? Here’s the official definition: Constructors are ordinary methods which are called during the instantiation of their corresponding object. As such, they may define an arbitrary number… Continue reading Understanding PHP Constructors
How to Customize an HTML Template
So you’ve just purchased an HTML template and now you have to customize it before it goes online. But you’re not experienced with code so you’re not sure how to go about it. Well, rest easy, because in this tutorial we’re going to step you through how to edit a HTML template. We’re going to… Continue reading How to Customize an HTML Template
Crash Course in the PHP Ternary Operator With Examples
In this article, we’ll discuss the ternary operator in PHP. Along with the syntax, we’ll go through a couple of real-world examples to understand how it works. What Is the Ternary Operator? The ternary operator (? and :) is a conditional operator which allows you to execute a condition, and based on the result of… Continue reading Crash Course in the PHP Ternary Operator With Examples
Best PHP Invoicing and Billing Scripts
Do you want to automate your billing and invoicing process and receive payment faster? PHP invoicing scripts will streamline your billing and invoicing process and make it more efficient. These scripts come with customizable templates that help you build professional invoices. They can also automatically attach and send PDF invoices to your customers via email… Continue reading Best PHP Invoicing and Billing Scripts
How to Work With Regular Expressions in PHP
In this article, we’ll go through the PHP functions that allow you to use regular expressions to perform search and replace operations on strings. What Is a Regular Expression? Regular expressions—also called “regex”—are search patterns for text. These patterns can be processed by a regex engine to find substrings, validate that a string matches a… Continue reading How to Work With Regular Expressions in PHP
Get Inspired by these Cool and Clever Microsite Samples
March 22, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine It is great to have a list of microsite examples to show clients how they function, how they’re designed, and what they could look like. The demand for microsites are increasing over the years as this type of website is getting quite popular in the marketing world. If you… Continue reading Get Inspired by these Cool and Clever Microsite Samples
Example of How to Add Google reCAPTCHA v3 to a PHP Form
In this article, I’m going show you how to add Google reCAPTCHA v3 to a form on your PHP website. The latest reCAPTCHA is different than the previous versions—it doesn’t require user interaction at all. In this post, we’ll see how it works, and we’ll build a real-world example for demonstration purposes. As a website… Continue reading Example of How to Add Google reCAPTCHA v3 to a PHP Form
Functions in PHP: Return Values and Parameters
Functions are an important part of programming languages. They help us avoid code duplication by allowing us to run the same set of instructions over and over again on different data. In this tutorial, we will talk about functions in PHP. We will cover all the basic concepts of functions in PHP, and you’ll learn… Continue reading Functions in PHP: Return Values and Parameters
How to Work With Cookies in PHP
You might have heard about cookies, but what exactly are they and what can we actually do with them? In this tutorial, we will focus on the basics of cookies, and learn about their functionality in various web applications and site environments. We will also learn how to work with cookies in PHP. Cookies vs… Continue reading How to Work With Cookies in PHP
How to Create a Thumbnail Image in PHP
Today, we’ll discuss how you could create thumbnail images in PHP with the help of the GD library. When you’re working on projects that are related to media, more often than not you will need to create thumbnails from the original images. Also, if you’ve enabled image uploads on your website, it’s essential that you… Continue reading How to Create a Thumbnail Image in PHP