November 9, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine Website design trends change so fast, sometimes it is hard to follow. Patterned backgrounds have existed since website design started to be considered in developing webpages. These are usually basic and add style to an otherwise plain white background. Interestingly, patterned backgrounds are becoming popular again in recent years… Continue reading 18 Websites with Cool Patterned Backgrounds
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So, You’Ve Won An Exciting Redesign…What Now?
The transitioning of power is fraught with difficulties. Different teams have different values, different experience, different expertise, different priorities, and that leads to different tooling, and different methodologies. It’s tempting to think of web design as an end-to-end process, starting with research and concluding with metrics. The reality is that most designers and developers join… Continue reading So, You’Ve Won An Exciting Redesign…What Now?
Information architecture challenges when designing voice interfaces
[unable to retrieve full-text content] When you ask Alexa to turn on your light or Google Home to check the thermostat, you are asking a device to think and act like a human. But how is it possible for these products to complete your requests and remember your preferences? The answer lies in information architecture… Continue reading Information architecture challenges when designing voice interfaces
Branding 101: Creating the Visual Identity for Your Business
There are so many things to think about when first starting a business. What will your business offer? How will this differ from existing solutions? Who will benefit most from your offering? And why are you so passionate about this? If you haven’t done so yet, work through this exercise to come up with your… Continue reading Branding 101: Creating the Visual Identity for Your Business
How to Make a Gift Certificate (With or Without Photoshop!)
What You’ll Be Creating Need a gift coupon template, but you’re not sure how to create a gift certificate template of your own? In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to make a printable gift certificate, both with Photoshop and without it. Photoshop makes it easy to develop a customizable gift certificate template for your business, clients,… Continue reading How to Make a Gift Certificate (With or Without Photoshop!)
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
3 Essential Design Trends, November 2020
As we turn the corner into the final part of the year, many of the new websites and redesigns that we see during much of the rest of the year tend to slow down. Many businesses are focusing on fourth quarter and holiday sales. With that being said, there are plenty of holiday flourishes already… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, November 2020
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
WooCommerce: Adding the Product Short Description to Archive Pages
What You’ll Be Creating WooCommerce comes bundled with archive pages and loops that do a great job, but sometimes you might need to display a bit more information on your main shop and other archive pages. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can add the product short description to your archive pages and display it… Continue reading WooCommerce: Adding the Product Short Description to Archive Pages
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
Rethinking the design of the race and ethnicity question on surveys
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Image courtesy of NASA via Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8 Note to readers: I wish I had more resources and funding to really do justice to a project like this. For the time being, however, this was just a design challenge born out of getting annoyed by race and ethnicity questions. This work… Continue reading Rethinking the design of the race and ethnicity question on surveys
Working With PHP Arrays in the Right Way
In this tutorial, I am going to make a list of common PHP array functions, with examples of usage and best practices. Every PHP developer must know how to use them and how to combine array functions to make code readable and short. Also, there is a presentation with given code examples, so you can… Continue reading Working With PHP Arrays in the Right Way
WP_Query Arguments: Categories and Tags
In the earlier parts of this series, you’ve learned how WP_Query is structured and what its properties and methods are. The next stage is to understand the various arguments you can use with it and how best to do so. WP_Query has a large number of possible arguments, which makes it extremely flexible. As you can use it… Continue reading WP_Query Arguments: Categories and Tags
Building resilient DesignOps teams
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Photo — Jonathon Colman We live in difficult times… resilience is critical for all of us in our personal and professional lives. As DesignOps practitioners and leaders, we need to take care of the individuals in our teams, the teams we work with teams and the organizations. The curation team for the DesignOps… Continue reading Building resilient DesignOps teams
10 Best Graphic Design Courses to Take Online
10 Shares Working in the graphic design industry is an amazing experience as it allows an individual to express one’s creativeness while making money. If you are just beginning your career path or considering a change of direction, graphic design is a viable option. It’s a great choice because it provides an ability to work… Continue reading 10 Best Graphic Design Courses to Take Online
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
Design with the web in mind
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Back button, URL design, keyboard shortcuts, and other things we often forget about. When designing an application, there are 3 major variations — mobile app, web app, and desktop app. *It’s actually more complicated than this, but we’ll ignore that for now. Check out my other post to find out more about the different… Continue reading Design with the web in mind
How T-shirt Design Software Helps T-shirt Business in Sustaining Amid COVID-19 Pandemic?
The fashion industry took a huge blow due to the COVID-19 pandemic and many brands had to take extreme steps of retrenchments and store closures to sustain the lockdown. While the world is adjusting with the new normal, there have been many changes in customer behavior as well as customer expectations! On one end customers… Continue reading How T-shirt Design Software Helps T-shirt Business in Sustaining Amid COVID-19 Pandemic?
Covering Your Bases: Finding Success as a First-Time Web Designer
October 15, 2020 by Spyre Studios Making your mark as a successful web designer in a competitive business landscape is undoubtedly easier said than done. While trying to find success in your chosen field can be exhilarating, it can also be frustrating and overwhelming for those who do not have a plan of action. After… Continue reading Covering Your Bases: Finding Success as a First-Time Web Designer
Submit A Form Without Page Refresh Using jQuery
A great way to improve the user experience of your website is to validate and submit forms without a page refresh. In this tutorial I’ll show you how easy it is to do just that—validate and submit a contact form that without page refresh using jQuery! Let’s get started. What We’re Building In this example,… Continue reading Submit A Form Without Page Refresh Using jQuery
25 Best Procreate Brushes For Procreate App
54 Shares The best Procreate brushes for amazing painting and sketching Procreate app. Download best effects, watercolor, patterns, textures, and pencil brushes for illustrations and drawing. Procreate is the most unique and most powerful drawing and illustration app for iPad. This app have tons of features including brushes, which is one of the most attractive… Continue reading 25 Best Procreate Brushes For Procreate App
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
How to stand out on Twitter using color theory
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Standing out on Twitter can be hard for newcomers. You can get better results by only choosing a color for your entire content. I analyzed +200 Twitter profiles to find what color performs better. What color should you choose? #TwitterInColors According to my research, this is the portcetange of usage: Yellow: 25.92% ||||| Black: 22.22% ||||… Continue reading How to stand out on Twitter using color theory
Animal Illustration Inspiration: Character, Wild and Cute!
If you are an animal lover and are looking for cute animal illustrations to include in your designs, then you’ll love this article. Today we’re featuring a number of cute animal illustrations to encourage you to create beautiful animal-inspired projects. Animal Illustrations From Envato Elements Envato Elements hosts thousands of animal illustrations and other great resources for artists… Continue reading Animal Illustration Inspiration: Character, Wild and Cute!