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 2, 2020 – November 8, 2020
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5 Tips From Professional Web Designers
All web designers want to make the most functional and attractive site possible on their first attempt. This can be a bit of a hurdle if you don’t have all the tools or a ton of experience under your belt. Remember, especially if you are just starting out, simplicity is important. Don’t go cramming all… Continue reading 5 Tips From Professional Web Designers
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
How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create a Shepard Fairey Photoshop effect with the help of Illustrator with this poster tutorial. This tutorial is inspired by Shepard Fairey’s famous political poster series for the Obama Democratic Party campaign in the US in 2008 and now being recreated for the Time magazine cover for November… Continue reading How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
Making Minimalism Functional in Web Design
Today, great design isn’t just about conveying the right amount of information in a certain number of pages. There’s more to creating the perfect website than experimenting with visuals and sound. Designers need to think carefully about how each element of their site impacts the overall user experience. After all, with billions of websites available… Continue reading Making Minimalism Functional in Web Design
Using Redux in a React Native App
Redux is a library for state management that ensures that the application logic is well-organized and that apps work as expected. Redux makes it easy to understand your application’s code regarding when, where, why, and how the state of the application is updated. Redux is made up of the following key parts: actions reducers store… Continue reading Using Redux in a React Native App
How to Make a Gift Certificate (Using an Online Gift Certificate Maker) + Examples
If you own a small business, creating gift certificates that your customers can share with family and friends is a great way to increase interest in your business and boost sales. And the good news is that making your own gift certificates doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult—all you need is a computer, a… Continue reading How to Make a Gift Certificate (Using an Online Gift Certificate Maker) + Examples
Top New CMS Plugins, October 2020
Plugins offer a ton of benefits to developers and website administrators; from flexibility, to saving time in development, the right plugin is priceless to a project. In this article, we’ll cover a list of the best new plugins for October 2020. You’ll find useful plugins for WordPress, Craft, Shopify, and Joomla. Let’s get started. WordPress… Continue reading Top New CMS Plugins, October 2020
Branding 101: Choosing the Right Business Name
When starting a new business (or even venturing into the world of freelancing for the first time), there are some really big, important steps you have to take. Step #1 is choosing the right business name for your brand identity. Your business name isn’t something you can casually choose either — especially if you have… Continue reading Branding 101: Choosing the Right Business Name
Popular Design News of the Week: October 5, 2020 – October 11, 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: October 5, 2020 – October 11, 2020
10 CSS3 Properties you Need to be Familiar With
We’ve already covered the thirty CSS selectors that we should all memorize; but what about the new CSS3 properties? Though most of them still require a vendor-specific prefix, you can still use them in your projects today. In fact, it’s encouraged! Web Development The 30 CSS Selectors You Must Memorize Jeffrey Way At the conclusion of… Continue reading 10 CSS3 Properties you Need to be Familiar With
7 Ways Designers Can Streamline Client Communication
90% of web designers need to engage their clients with ongoing communication and collaboration. Effective communication is key to delivering for your design clients and maintaining your relationship with them. Without the right communication process and tools, it can eat into the time you need to get their project done as well as lead to… Continue reading 7 Ways Designers Can Streamline Client Communication
Who Do Web Designers Really Work For?
It would be way too easy to answer this question with: “Whoever pays your bills.” And, honestly, I don’t think you can be a very successful web designer if you’re only driven by what the person paying you tells you to do. Then again, that doesn’t mean you should swing to the exact opposite end… Continue reading Who Do Web Designers Really Work For?
How to Draw Wood
What You’ll Be Creating Drawing is like magic—you can create many different surfaces using only a sheet of paper and a few pencils. But, just like magic, the whole process is not so easy to understand. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a wood texture step by step. I will be using a… Continue reading How to Draw Wood
Popular Design News of the Week: September 21, 2020 – September 27, 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: September 21, 2020 – September 27, 2020
Customize Your WooCommerce Store With Elementor Template Kits
Elementor Pro’s built-in templates are a great way to style an individual page, but why customize your online store on a product-by-product basis, when you can use Elementor Template Kits to design your entire eCommerce site? Countless businesses use WordPress to sell their products and services, thanks to the popular WooCommerce plugin. In the previous… Continue reading Customize Your WooCommerce Store With Elementor Template Kits
The 30 CSS Selectors You Must Memorize
Learn CSS: The Complete Guide We’ve built a complete guide to help you learn CSS, whether you’re just getting started with the basics or you want to explore more advanced CSS. CSS Selectors So you learned the base id, class, and descendant selectors—and then called it a day? If so, you’re missing out on an enormous level of flexibility. You… Continue reading The 30 CSS Selectors You Must Memorize
Accessible Routing in JavaScript Frameworks
Lost in Transition In my role as a Developer Consultant with Deque, I get asked a variety of questions on how to implement and fix technical accessibility issues. One topic that always seems to be at the forefront of everything else that developers have asked is ‘How do I manage focus in my JavaScript framework?’.… Continue reading Accessible Routing in JavaScript Frameworks
Popular Design News of the Week: September 14, 2020 – September 20, 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: September 14, 2020 – September 20, 2020
How do the new iOS 14 accessibility features stack up?
This past week, Apple released iOS 14 which includes new features such as Widgets, Back Tap and the ability for VoiceControl and VoiceOver to be used at the same time. I thought this would be the perfect time to bring our mobile team together to explore these new features of iOS 14 as they relate… Continue reading How do the new iOS 14 accessibility features stack up?
10 Best eCommerce Blogs for Successfully Starting an Online Store
One of the industries that is going to grow to trillions in upcoming years is – e-commerce. This means it is the best time to start an online store. With Corona pandemic, there are more and more businesses moving from a brick and mortar, to an online solution like Shopify. However, for having an eCommerce… Continue reading 10 Best eCommerce Blogs for Successfully Starting an Online Store
PHP Namespace Tutorial: The Basics
In this tutorial, I’ll go through the basics of namespaces in PHP. I’ll explain why you might need namespaces, and I’ll show you how to use PHP namespaces in your day-to-day development. More often than not, you will end up using third-party libraries from different vendors in your PHP applications. Now, there could be collisions… Continue reading PHP Namespace Tutorial: The Basics
A Beginner’s Guide to Wireframing
Wireframing is an important step in any screen design process. It primarily allows you to define the information hierarchy of your design, making it easier for you to plan the layout according to how you want your user to process the information. If you’ve yet to use wireframing, it’s time to get your feet wet. Wireframing… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Wireframing
36 Awesome Stream Overlays Using an OBS Stream Overlay Maker
Looking for your next OBS stream overlay for your webcam or Twitch channel? Check out these free Twitch overlays and premium options to set your stream out from the pack. Create your own OBS overlay with a Twitch overlay maker. If you’re new to streaming and want to make your stream look cool and put… Continue reading 36 Awesome Stream Overlays Using an OBS Stream Overlay Maker