Sometimes the designs that make the most impact do a lot of unexpected things and break some of the most tried and true rules of visual theory. Sometimes these design elements work brilliantly, and other times they are fleeting or fall flat. This month all of the examples here seem to break some conventional design… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, August 2021
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17 Things You Can Do To Improve Your SEO Ranking In 2021
There’s no shortcut to success when it comes to Google search results. That is unless you count pay-per-click advertising. While pay-to-play will shoot your site to the top of the SERP immediately, it’s not a sustainable strategy for maintaining your position there. So, you’re going to have to get serious about SEO. This guide will… Continue reading 17 Things You Can Do To Improve Your SEO Ranking In 2021
How To Create Better Headlines?
Headlines for blog articles are, in most cases, the only opportunity to reach the consumer with our message. From the marketer’s pov, the ability to create them is therefore crucial. Therefore, it is worth knowing some patterns or tricks that will allow us to write better and attract readers more effectively. In this article, you’ll… Continue reading How To Create Better Headlines?
How to Make an App Wireframe, Flowchart, Logo, and Prototype with Mockitt
You’re undoubtedly already familiar with design and prototyping tools like Figma, Adobe XD and Sketch; wireframing tools like Balsamiq, Mockflow and Axure; and flowchart tools like Visio, Miro and Lucidchart. You’re probably using one or more of these applications right now in your UI/UX workflow. And you might also be paying for a couple of… Continue reading How to Make an App Wireframe, Flowchart, Logo, and Prototype with Mockitt
Analysing micro-expressions from a (failed) user testing session
[unable to retrieve full-text content] In a recent professional experience, I was unexpectedly sent to Spain for a user test of a system I did not design with the promise of a translator. Once there, no translator. Nice. But the possibility of capturing the video of the faces of the users and their interactions with… Continue reading Analysing micro-expressions from a (failed) user testing session
24 Brilliant Shopify Store Designs
There are numerous brilliant Shopify store designs in the world. Shopify, one of the most popular e-commerce platforms, is a go-to CMS for store owners and brand managers. The user-friendly management system, the customizability, the variety of design options, the thousands of themes – these are just some of the reasons why designers prefer offering… Continue reading 24 Brilliant Shopify Store Designs
Women in UX: Susan Kare
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Susan Kare rendered in the Macintosh rainbow by Daley Wilhelm Why women in UX? Ready for an utterly shocking statement? Prepare thyself: women are underrepresented in the tech sector. Oh… you already knew? I should have accounted for the fact that this is a well-documented phenomenon, the Pew Research Center reported that… Continue reading Women in UX: Susan Kare
Create Beautiful WordPress Pages with Optimized Images Using Elementor and ImageEngine
WordPress powers nearly 40% of all websites, thanks to its commitment to making publication possible for everyone, for free. Combined with premium plugins and themes, it’s possibly the ultimate tool for building attractive, unique, and feature-rich websites without any coding or design experience. However, you do pay the price for this experience, with WordPress and… Continue reading Create Beautiful WordPress Pages with Optimized Images Using Elementor and ImageEngine
WordPress Themes: 23 Best Responsive WP Themes
28 Shares Elegant, creative and multi-purpose best WordPress themes. Responsive themes built upon some fresh, modern and unique design. The User Experience is among the best and the interface will blow your and your customers’ minds. All WordPress themes comes with lots of useful and modern elements, blocks; you can kickstart your new websites with… Continue reading WordPress Themes: 23 Best Responsive WP Themes
10 Elements of Landing Pages That Convert
Landing pages are central to successful marketing campaigns; they allow you to target particular customers with particular solutions to particular problems. It’s easy to confuse what a landing page is because users “land” on many pages. When we talk about landing pages, we mean a page that is entirely dedicated to a particular type of… Continue reading 10 Elements of Landing Pages That Convert
How to Convert Bootstrap Pills (Tabs) Into a Dropdown Menu
In the past, we’ve discussed various Bootstrap 4 extensions. Today I’ll show you how to convert Bootstrap pills (tabs) into a dropdown. Most importantly we’ll keep both these components in sync. We’ll use pills for the desktop layout and a dropdown for mobile screens. Note: for this exercise, I’m going to use Bootstrap 4 latest… Continue reading How to Convert Bootstrap Pills (Tabs) Into a Dropdown Menu
3 Reasons Why You Should Monetize Your Website
February 3, 2021 by Spyre Studios Whether you started your website as a fun hobby or a way to support an exciting business venture, monetization may be on your mind more now than ever. Times are tough, and everyone’s looking for more ways to put money in their pocket. Luckily, your website is a goldmine… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why You Should Monetize Your Website
15 Clever Valentine’s Day Ad Designs
Ah, Valentine’s Day! Some love it, others don’t, but in the end, Valentine’s Day is still one of the most popular holidays all over the world. The approach of the world’s sweetest holiday is a great time for us to gather some inspiration and showcase a collection of the Web’s best Valentine’s Day advertisements. In Case… Continue reading 15 Clever Valentine’s Day Ad Designs
Quickly Build a PHP CRUD Interface With the PDO Advanced CRUD Generator Tool
In this tutorial, we’re going to review PDO CRUD—a form builder and database management tool. PDO CRUD helps you build forms for your database tables with just a few lines of code, making it quick and easy to bootstrap a database application. There are plenty of extensions available for database abstraction and specifically CRUD (create,… Continue reading Quickly Build a PHP CRUD Interface With the PDO Advanced CRUD Generator Tool
How to Build a Fake AJAX “Load More” Mechanism (JavaScript Tutorial)
The other day I was working on a WordPress project that used ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) Pro’s flexible content. If you aren’t familiar with this field, imagine it as a miniature of the Gutenberg and Elementor builders that gives you the ability to define different types of layouts. So, on this project, the design required… Continue reading How to Build a Fake AJAX “Load More” Mechanism (JavaScript Tutorial)
Quick Productivity Tip: Find Your “Go Space”
Over the past several years, I’ve published hundreds of episodes of Developer Tea. There are many reasons I have been able to do this, but the one that is most compelling is what I call my “Go Space”. A successful entrepreneur in their home office “go space” (Image source: Envato Elements) I can walk into… Continue reading Quick Productivity Tip: Find Your “Go Space”
Why Should You Choose an Online Application for Video Editing Over a Desktop One?
Each year software development companies surprise us with new technological advances. If just a decade ago, we relied entirely on desktop apps, today, more and more users are inclined towards web services, even for video editing. Does this mean desktop programs will lose their competitive edge? There is no direct evidence to that, but everything… Continue reading Why Should You Choose an Online Application for Video Editing Over a Desktop One?
4 Tips to Successfully Manage Your Remote Design Team in 2020
Managing remote design teams presents most designers with a different work environment, one that shares similar workplace challenges with a traditional workplace setting. When working with a team you rarely meet in real life, how do you continue staying productive, maintaining quality, and delivering client projects on time? And how do you ease tensions that… Continue reading 4 Tips to Successfully Manage Your Remote Design Team in 2020
Help Is Here: 5 Indispensable Web Tools for Student Entrepreneurs
If you are a student planning to launch a startup or already have an operating enterprise, you should know that being a young entrepreneur isn’t a piece of cake. With so many tasks, chores, and challenges going on, it can be hard to stay on the right track. To complicate matters, you are still a… Continue reading Help Is Here: 5 Indispensable Web Tools for Student Entrepreneurs
How to Use Raygun to Identify and Diagnose Web Performance Problems
Web application development is difficult. There is no other type of application that is as involved, or requires you to understand multiple languages, frameworks, and platforms, as web applications. The most basic web application is comprised of two separate applications: The server-side application to manage data. The client-side application displays that data to the user.… Continue reading How to Use Raygun to Identify and Diagnose Web Performance Problems
Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User
You probably know that putting too much food on your plate is usually a bad idea. Since research indicates that you’re more likely to overeat if you fill your plate, it’s not a good thing for your waistline. It’s also not a good thing for your eyes. If there’s no focal point, the food can… Continue reading Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User
Everything You Need to Know About Websites And Privacy Laws
When it comes to compliance, website developers need to keep their eyes on more than just ADA regulations and Section 508. Privacy laws are a big consideration and decisions on how to build privacy into a website start with architects. And that’s exactly what website developers (and designers!) are. They build up attractive, functional websites… Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About Websites And Privacy Laws
How Website Localization Is Important to UX Design
Living in the digital world implies living by digital rules. And one of the most important digital rules commands us to organize our digital content in the most convenient and intuitive way for the user. In terms of business, the main idea of doing business in the digital world, i.e. the internet is to make… Continue reading How Website Localization Is Important to UX Design
The Best FPS Games For 2020
PC games come in a number of enjoyable types. For starters, all turn-based and real-time strategy games test your tactical dexterity. A similar itch is scratched by puzzle games, but generally with twitchy, block-dropping, or object-shifting obstacles. In other words, the shooter is an incredibly popular type that measures your ability to continue firing before… Continue reading The Best FPS Games For 2020