What You Should Know Before Hiring a Blockchain Developer

December 1, 2020 by Spyre Studios The blockchain is a relatively new technology that’s only now beginning to be harnessed for its full potential. For several years, the blockchain has been known as the foundational architecture that makes cryptocurrency like Bitcoin possible. Now, blockchain technology is being used for a variety of applications, including secure… Continue reading What You Should Know Before Hiring a Blockchain Developer

How to Use Figma’s New Auto Layout Features

In this video I’ll show you how Figma’s new and improved Auto Layout features make designing responsive components and layouts easier than ever! Figma’s original Auto Layout features were introduced in December 2019–and now, almost a year later, Auto Layout has been completely reimagined, rebuilt and is (in my opinion) much better. Watch the Video… Continue reading How to Use Figma’s New Auto Layout Features

Uploading Files With AJAX

I can’t seem to reach the end of the fun stuff you can do with web technologies. Today, I’m going to show you how to upload files via AJAX. First, we’ll see how to upload files using vanilla JavaScript. And later on, I’ll show how you could use the DropzoneJS library to implement drag-and-drop file uploads. Looking… Continue reading Uploading Files With AJAX

Common React Native App Layouts: Login Page

In this series, you’ll learn how to use React Native to create page layouts commonly used in mobile apps. The layouts you’ll be creating won’t be functional—instead, the main focus of this series is to get your hands dirty in laying out content in your React Native apps. If you’re new to laying out React… Continue reading Common React Native App Layouts: Login Page

6 Web Design Tools to Help You Work Smarter

The web designing industry is proliferating year over year, with new records and technologies being introduced daily. As a result, many platforms and tools are available that allow us to easily create websites and design elements much faster than ever before. Before a few years, web designing was a somewhat complicated process that required professionals… Continue reading 6 Web Design Tools to Help You Work Smarter

28 Professional Branding / Stationery Templates Design

56 Shares Best stationery templates for any corporate business. The stationery identity packs included Business Card Layout, Letterhead Design (A4 & US Letter), Invoice Design, Envelope Design (Front & Back Sides),  Presentation Folder Layouts, Instruction & Help File. All items are print ready, CMYK color mode, 300 DPI, Bleed size 3 mm, and fully editable and customizable you can easily… Continue reading 28 Professional Branding / Stationery Templates Design

35 Best Minimalist Fonts (Clean Modern Fonts to Download Now)

When you’re working on a minimalist design, you need just the right font to complement your work and bring all the elements together.  That’s why we’ve created this list of the 35 best minimalist fonts you can find at Envato Elements and GraphicRiver.  Unlimited Font Downloads at Envato Elements Envato Elements offers a stunning collection of the best minimalist… Continue reading 35 Best Minimalist Fonts (Clean Modern Fonts to Download Now)

PRPosting: Guest Posts Efficiency Lies in Simplicity

Viral and content marketing and link building services are the center of our attention. We’ve seen that strategy plays an essential role while conducting all these procedures. Alexander Kirik, an SEO-expert with 10-year experience, and our team initially developed the program for the sake of our projects. As soon as our creation proved to be… Continue reading PRPosting: Guest Posts Efficiency Lies in Simplicity

Traffic lights in user experience

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Humans are simple creatures. We understand instructions very well and know how to follow them through. In one of my previous posts, I explained how offering users too many choices most often overwhelm and confuse them terribly. It is simpler for users to be told exactly what needs to be done,… Continue reading Traffic lights in user experience

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

17 Best Interactive Websites in 2020

November 11, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine Building interactive websites is one of the best ways to improve engagement and experience for audiences. These kinds of websites create content with which users could interact with. There is a multitude of interactive websites available on the internet. The more playful and controllable a website design is, the more interesting… Continue reading 17 Best Interactive Websites in 2020

18 Websites with Cool Patterned Backgrounds

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

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