Get ready for some rapid-fire tips and tricks on how to use Adobe Illustrator! In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at 26 tips, tricks, and hacks, from A to Z. For all the featured images and resources, check out Envato Elements! With one subscription, you’ll have unlimited access to assets such as graphics, video templates,… Continue reading A to Z of Illustrator: Tips, Tricks, & Hacks!
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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
The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The first part of the ‘Design Debt 101’ series. The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt Monday afternoon. Kick-off meeting. This new project looks very promising, you may have discovered a niche no one knew about. It turns out, you need notifications. “Great! We have a notification system. It shouldn’t be an… Continue reading The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt
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
How to Paginate Data With PHP
I can remember years ago, when I first began coding in PHP and MySQL, how excited I was the first time I got information from a database to show up in a web browser. For someone who had little database and programming knowledge, seeing those table rows show up onscreen based on the code I… Continue reading How to Paginate Data With PHP
Exciting New Tools for Designers, December 2020
Jumpstart your next design project or speed up a workflow with some of these new tools and resources. With so many new tools being developed all the time, you are almost certain to find something that can help you with projects. Here’s what new for designers this month. Everypixel Patterns Everypixel Patterns solves a common… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, December 2020
Understanding the Image Component in React Native
Images are an essential aspect of any mobile app. This tutorial will introduce you to the image component and show you how to use images in your React Native app. You will also learn how to create your own photo gallery! Prerequisites to Create a React Native App We will use the Expo CLI for… Continue reading Understanding the Image Component in React Native
12 Important Rules to Observe When Designing a Logo
2 Shares The logo represents the very identity of a brand. Basically, it functions as the face of the brand and it makes the first impression upon customers. Hence, its design is mandatory. The execution of a logo design needs to be perfect, succinct and has the ability to arrest the attention of the potential… Continue reading 12 Important Rules to Observe When Designing a Logo
Parse XML to an Array in PHP With SimpleXML
In this post, you’ll learn how to parse XML into an array in PHP. SimpleXML is a PHP extension that makes this possible. In your day-to-day PHP development, sometimes you’ll need to deal with XML content. Whether it’s exporting data as XML documents or processing incoming XML documents in your application, it’s always handy to… Continue reading Parse XML to an Array in PHP With SimpleXML
Performance Tip: Use the Media Attribute for Faster Page Load Times
Sometimes web performance optimization takes a lot of work, and sometimes performance can be improved in just a moment. Adding the media attribute to conditional CSS files is an easy and quick way to speed up web page load times. TL;DR In short, if you add the media attribute to the <link> tag that calls… Continue reading Performance Tip: Use the Media Attribute for Faster Page Load Times
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
Case Study: 8 Design Tips That Increased My Ecommerce Conversions By 42%
When it comes to increasing sales for your ecommerce store, there are 3 levers you can pull: You can increase your average order value; You can increase the amount of traffic to your site; You can increase your conversion rate. While all of the above are important, the cheapest, most effective way to grow your… Continue reading Case Study: 8 Design Tips That Increased My Ecommerce Conversions By 42%
How to Install PHP on Windows
In this article, we’re going to discuss how to install PHP on Windows. There are three different ways to install and run PHP on Windows, and we’ll look at each one. PHP is a server-side scripting language which is mostly used to build web applications—these may range from a very simple blog website to a… Continue reading How to Install PHP on Windows
Diversity Initiatives in Web Design
Web developers have been the bedrock of any company’s business strategy for some time, and the industry is continuing to thrive and grow at a rapid pace. This is why it’s surprising that it is so lacklustre when it comes to diversity. A recent study revealed 80% of those in the design industry are male,… Continue reading Diversity Initiatives in Web Design
How to Check the PHP Version
Here are some quick tips on how to check the PHP version on your computer or server. There are several reasons why you want to check the version of PHP which is installed on your server. For example, you might want to install PHP-based software and to check if the software requirements match with the… Continue reading How to Check the PHP Version
How to Create, Write, Read, and Delete Files in PHP
In this tutorial, we are going to learn file handling in PHP. I’ll show you how to create, read, write, and delete files in PHP by using the built-in file handling functions. File handling is something that you will need to do very often as a PHP developer. You could use PHP file handling functions… Continue reading How to Create, Write, Read, and Delete Files in PHP
How to Redirect a Page or URL in WordPress
In this post, I’ll show you how to redirect a page or URL in WordPress. You’ll learn how to set up automatic redirects, manual redirects, and wildcard redirects in WordPress. Wondering how to redirect a URL in WordPress? Knowing how to redirect a post in WordPress is a good tool to have. Here’s a quick… Continue reading How to Redirect a Page or URL in WordPress
Advantages of Hiring a Design Agency to Develop Your Business’ Brand Identity
In life, as well as in business, first impressions are crucial. That’s why developing your business’ brand identity is vital to ensuring its success. While branding is something that you and your team can do by yourselves, you may find that it’s much more advantageous to hire a design [d]agency to work with you on… Continue reading Advantages of Hiring a Design Agency to Develop Your Business’ Brand Identity
Exciting New Tools for Designers, June 2020
The best new tools for designers are ones that make your life easier and your workflows faster. You’ll find some of those in this list this month for sure. From tools to help you capture and manage color palettes to AI-powered design analytics to simple animations, there’s something for almost every designer or developer. Here’s… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, June 2020
Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
If you use Adobe Illustrator, then it’s almost certain that you use the Pen Tool when creating your paths. This comprehensive Pen Tool Illustrator guide aims to introduce or remind you of features, shortcuts, and methods for working with what is arguably Adobe’s most essential tool. In this Illustrator Pen Tool tutorial, you’ll become comfortable… Continue reading Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
5 Tricks To Complete Graphic Design Homework Easily
1 Share It’s incredibly easy to immerse yourself in the bright world of graphic design. Today you can get the demanded profession of a graphic designer by passing a short training program. Online lessons provide a wide range of knowledge, allowing you to enter the job market immediately. The main thing is to find the… Continue reading 5 Tricks To Complete Graphic Design Homework Easily
Using ipdata for Geolocation
When most people think of geolocation, they remember the familiar pop-up notifications saying that the “website wants to know your location”. But did you know that you can get geolocation information about your visitors with the IP address alone, without requiring any extra permissions? To web developers, geolocation is a treasure trove of information and… Continue reading Using ipdata for Geolocation
Should a Web Page Have a Single CTA?
Does adding multiple CTAs to your web pages just confuse your users? That’s a heavily debated question in the digital design space. Some web designers believe that multiple CTAs give visitors more choice on how they convert. Others feel that leads can only handle a single CTA at a time without getting overwhelmed and abandoning ship.… Continue reading Should a Web Page Have a Single CTA?
50 Best Websites of 2019
From some very tough competition, these are the 50 sites we liked the best this year. Each one has been chosen either because it took a unique approach, or because it was central to a design trend that was a big hit in 2019. There’s a lot of fullscreen video, a lot of illustration, and… Continue reading 50 Best Websites of 2019