20 WordPress Video Plugins and Players to Add Engagement

Video is becoming an increasingly important element of a successful website. It has SEO benefits, increases engagement and the amount of time visitors spend on your site, and will also reflect well on your brand. WordPress lets you add embedded video out of the box, but you can make the process easier and enhance the… Continue reading 20 WordPress Video Plugins and Players to Add Engagement

20 Useful Video Plugins Available on CodeCanyon

What You’ll Be Creating Video is becoming an increasingly important element of a successful website. It has SEO benefits, increases engagement and the amount of time visitors spend on your site, and will also reflect well on your brand. WordPress lets you add embedded video out of the box, but you can make the process… Continue reading 20 Useful Video Plugins Available on CodeCanyon

Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared

Without a doubt, Quform and FormCraft are two of the most popular and highly rated WordPress form builders on the market, but which of these two giants is right for you?  Today, we take a peek under the hoods to see what makes these form builders so special. We’ll identify the best features of each… Continue reading Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared

Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins

If you run a WordPress site, you need a reliable contact form so that visitors can reach you with their questions and comments. However, with so many WordPress form builders on the market, it can be difficult to find the very best contact form WordPress has to offer. To save you the time-wasting and head-scratching… Continue reading Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins

Giclee Printing: A Guide for Beginners

For those who work in graphic design, giclee printing will be a familiar concept. Favoured by artists, art lovers and professional printers worldwide, giclee printing is considered the gold standard for the creation of quality reproductions. But what is it about giclee printing that separates it from more conventional printing methods? More importantly, under what… Continue reading Giclee Printing: A Guide for Beginners

Types of Software Your Online Business Should Use

Running a business online is becoming an increasingly popular way to become an entrepreneur. Not only does it require less startup costs than traditional businesses, but can often be done from a single computer (at least when starting out). Also, due to the advancement and innovation of technology, there are a variety of online tools… Continue reading Types of Software Your Online Business Should Use

How Graphic Designers Can Work With Web Designers

November 28, 2018 by Spyrestudios Graphic design and web desig overlap a lot in the modern marketing world. For this reason, it can be challenging for graphic designers to showcase their value apart from larger web design agencies. On the other hand, graphic designers may not be able to identify why they should work with… Continue reading How Graphic Designers Can Work With Web Designers

Trigonometry, Random Numbers and More With Built-in PHP Math Functions

Basic maths is used a lot during programming. We need to frequently compare, add, multiply, subtract and divide different values when writing code.  Sometimes, the maths required in a program can be more involved. You might need to work with logarithmic, trigonometric or exponential functions. In this tutorial, I’ll discuss how to use each of… Continue reading Trigonometry, Random Numbers and More With Built-in PHP Math Functions

Create Custom Maps With the MapSVG Plugin

What You’ll Be Creating If you’re like me, you’ve been using Google Maps to add maps to your WordPress sites for years, but you sometimes get a little frustrated about the lack of customization options. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use an alternative—a WordPress plugin called MapSVG that lets you… Continue reading Create Custom Maps With the MapSVG Plugin

25+ Best Joomla Personal Blog Templates for 2018

When it comes to content management systems, Joomla is a versatile and popular CMS that can be used for all types of websites. From business to portfolio sites, Joomla can help you get your business online and show potential customers what you’ve got to offer. But, Joomla can also be used for personal blogs whether… Continue reading 25+ Best Joomla Personal Blog Templates for 2018

Your Guide to InDesign’s New Rival

Adobe InDesign has long been the market leader in publishing software. But rival layout design programs are starting to make waves in the market, with Affinity Publisher being the latest to offer a competitive alternative to InDesign. If you’re a seasoned print designer or are looking to dip a toe into publishing design, you’ll want… Continue reading Your Guide to InDesign’s New Rival

How to Draw Angel Wings

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I will show you how to draw wings on the back of a human, creating an angel. Angels, though seen as spiritual rather than material, are pictured as winged humans. But wings are not simply an appendix growing out of the shoulder blades—they’re specialized arms. So a typical… Continue reading How to Draw Angel Wings

Soft Skills Needed to Be a Children’s Book Illustrator: A Practical Guide

What You’ll Be Creating Looking on the internet, it’s fairly simple to find articles and information on creating a book—from how to do layout to character design, writing your own story, and so on. In my travels I found that unless you sat down with an experienced illustrator over a cup of coffee, you would… Continue reading Soft Skills Needed to Be a Children’s Book Illustrator: A Practical Guide

International Artist Feature: Germany

We’re honouring the German language and culture this week in celebration of the launch of the German version of Envato Elements!   For this article in the international artist series we turn to Germany, featuring seven illustrators and designers who create fantastic work from digital paintings to textile design and more! I asked each artist how their… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Germany

Reap Enormous Benefits From a Web Development Company

A seasoned company can help you to make a brilliant website that would assist you in creating a unique identity for your website. For this, you are needed to ensure that you hire a professional web development company. This company will build you an incredible site which can cater to the demands of your company.… Continue reading Reap Enormous Benefits From a Web Development Company

4 Must-Have Features for Your Agency’s Web Development Platform

The ultimate end game of every manager in today’s ever-so-competitive agency space is the ability to swiftly scale. Whether it’s your client base, revenue or resources, ensuring everything advances quickly and effectively, without sacrificing quality, is a must-do. Unfortunately, scaling remains one of the biggest challenges of digital agencies today. How so? Consider how agencies… Continue reading 4 Must-Have Features for Your Agency’s Web Development Platform

How the Quality of Your Website Affects Marketing Opportunities

The fortunes of any website depend on a wide range of factors. Some of these are obvious, but among the less considered factors is the overall quality of a website. Not many web owners seem to realize it, but a well-designed website will present many more marketing opportunities than an amateurish one. Increase the Chances… Continue reading How the Quality of Your Website Affects Marketing Opportunities

Top 15 Reliable Tools and Resources for Designers in 2018

Posted · Category: Best Collections The only thing certain about technology is that it is constantly changing. The same is true with Internet design. The preferred way to present information has become through graphics. This trend is giving graphic designers a field day. However, at the same time, it requires them to constantly invest in… Continue reading Top 15 Reliable Tools and Resources for Designers in 2018

6 Tools Every Web Design Professional Must Have

Web design is both a science and an art – although you need much creativity to come up with beautiful designs, you also need tools to further perfect them or make them even more attractive. When it comes to tools, each web designer has his preferences. However, there are also tools that most, if not… Continue reading 6 Tools Every Web Design Professional Must Have

How To Design Better Illustrations

As an illustrator, you’ll know that you have your own process that you use to create your designs. You’ll be familiar with a range of tools and techniques that you’ve developed over time. You’ll have developed your own style and learned to bring your own interpretation to your work. This article isn’t here to show… Continue reading How To Design Better Illustrations

Photography Training Course For Improving Photography Skills

Capturing stunning images of impressive landscapes and attractive portraits is a popular pastime as well as a serious occupation for numerous people. Maneuvering the camera is a skill that can be learned only from experts in the field. If you are interested in a career in photography or just want to enhance your dexterity as… Continue reading Photography Training Course For Improving Photography Skills

35 WordPress Themes For Achieving Higher Search Engine Rankings

With continuous search algorithm updates over the last few years, achieving first page rankings on Google has become a lot more difficult than what it used to be in the previous decade. You cannot just rely on content anymore for desired results. Factors such as site loading time, design and landing pages play a crucial… Continue reading 35 WordPress Themes For Achieving Higher Search Engine Rankings

Tips That Graphic Designers Should Follow

As children, many of us used to draw or doodle to express our thoughts. Perhaps we doodled during lessons when work felt tedious and we no longer wanted to pay attention. Some of may have doodles while thinking, creating a pattern or texture on the page. Perhaps we were discouraged by our early results and… Continue reading Tips That Graphic Designers Should Follow

Which WordPress Website Builder Is for You? Try the #1 WordPress Theme Builder

Posted · Category: Tools Finding just the right WordPress website builder to fit you needs can take time. First, you must determine what it is you want. Then you must take the time to research what’s available. Your research may require the skills of a Sherlock Holmes since you often need to read between the… Continue reading Which WordPress Website Builder Is for You? Try the #1 WordPress Theme Builder