Summary: People rely on menus to find content and use features. Use this checklist to make sure your menus do their job. Too often, we observe users struggling with menus that are confusing, difficult to manipulate, or hard to find. Avoid common mistakes by following these guidelines for usable navigation menus. Make Navigation Visible 1.… Continue reading Menu-Design Checklist: 17 UX Guidelines
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How to Plan Your First Successful Website
Development By Simon Sterne 3 days ago Planning a new website can be exciting and — if you’re anything like me — a little daunting. Whether you’re an experienced freelancer, a team of hardened developers, or a small business owner, a well-structured plan is critical for success. In this post, I’ll give you the benefit… Continue reading How to Plan Your First Successful Website
5 lesser-known tips on spacing for product designers
5 lesser-known spacing tips for product designers Your BAE might not give you space but after reading this article you will definitely give your UI objects some well-deserved space :p When we start out as designers, spacing is often the most neglected aspect of the design process. Various objects are spaced based on what we, at… Continue reading 5 lesser-known tips on spacing for product designers
How to Work for Free Without Wrecking Your Career
Choosing to work for free, pro bono, gratis, without charge is something that most of us find ourselves doing at one time or another. Whether we’re filling a hole in our portfolio, there’s a friend or relative we feel beholden to, or because there’s an opportunity to aid a cause we value. Recently, I agreed… Continue reading How to Work for Free Without Wrecking Your Career
15 Top Soft UI and Neumorphic UI Kits
Designers are always in search of unique ways to display content. Yet there is a delicate balance between something that looks good and is both accessible and intuitive. Everything needs to be in harmony, otherwise the end result suffers. Neumorphic UIs can serve as an effective solution. Neumorphism is a design technique that is based… Continue reading 15 Top Soft UI and Neumorphic UI Kits
Popular Design News of the Week: November 9, 2020 – November 15, 2020
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: November 9, 2020 – November 15, 2020
Mobile App Website Inspiration: 20 Application Websites And Tips To Design One
App websites are sometimes neglected by app owners. The owners or developers set up everything in place for the app to go ballistic on the market, except doing the basic marketing step: designing an app website that converts your visitors to users. But is it enough to create a random website for an app? Nope.… Continue reading Mobile App Website Inspiration: 20 Application Websites And Tips To Design One
How to Improve Conversion Rate with Web Design
What does the Conversion Rate mean? In the broadest sense, the conversion rate is the percentage of users that take the desired action. Depending on your goal, the desired action could represent visitors that subscribe to your newsletter, follow you on social media, or buy your product. Therefore, if you had 100 visitors during your… Continue reading How to Improve Conversion Rate with Web Design
Reasons for Web Designers to Stick with WordPress
Sometimes, even the best of friends can have a disagreement. That’s the sort of vibe that WordPress and its community have been dealing with for quite some time. There’s still a lot of love, but it goes along with some undertones of frustration. No, it’s not everyone who feels this way. It may not even… Continue reading Reasons for Web Designers to Stick with WordPress
How to Develop an Influencer Marketing Platform from Scratch
Influencer marketing is all the rage nowadays. More and more brands are relying on influencers to promote their products and services to their target audience. You’d think a quick search on Google for influencers would easily help you find the right ones for brands. But that isn’t always the case. With everybody claiming to be… Continue reading How to Develop an Influencer Marketing Platform from Scratch
From Websites to Business Cards: How to Unite Your Brand Identity with a Brand Guide
No matter if you are focusing your branding efforts on your website, marketing, or business cards… it’s all a reflection on the business and brand you create. Did you know that 64% of consumers make a purchase after they view a branded social video? Think about that for a moment. If you create a video… Continue reading From Websites to Business Cards: How to Unite Your Brand Identity with a Brand Guide
Flawless Website Navigation? Easier to Accomplish Than You Might Think
Website requirements sometimes require complex solutions, or so it would seem. Web designers, on the other hand, seek simple solutions. These “simple” solutions typically involve following best practices. They are basing an overall design on simple and logical structures. This is especially true for navigation paths. They often become difficult to keep simple and straightforward.… Continue reading Flawless Website Navigation? Easier to Accomplish Than You Might Think
35 Remarkable Lettering and Typography Designs for Inspiration
Inspiring handmade lettering, calligraphy and typography designs for type lovers. All lettering and typography posters have motivational, inspirational quotes and thoughts that can give you strength and power to work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. In this showcase we gathered different artwork of calligraphy, quotes, handmade lettering, typography… Continue reading 35 Remarkable Lettering and Typography Designs for Inspiration
Analysing Usability Testing Data
Gathering feedback from your users is a crucial part of any design process. The way in which you can gather this feedback varies depending on what kind of questions you are trying to answer, the resources you have available for user research and what stage of the product life cycle you are currently in. Qualitative… Continue reading Analysing Usability Testing Data
How To Create a Great Looking Layout For Your Website
The foundation of any website is its layout. It is there to guide the site’s visitor and highlight the important things. The entire site’s aesthetic depends on its layout, so it is very important to plan ahead on how to compose it. Finally, a good original layout improves the user’s experience, which goes a long… Continue reading How To Create a Great Looking Layout For Your Website
10 Remedial Design Pointers for Developers
Here’s a situation which may be familiar to you: you’re a developer and you build a prototype to demonstrate something. It works just as you mean it to, but the looks of horror on your users’ faces tell you something is wrong–your demo looks like crap. Let’s look some simple guidelines and tips to help… Continue reading 10 Remedial Design Pointers for Developers