The 5 Most Common Types of WordPress Breaches and Their Fixes

March 7, 2019 by Spyrestudios The WordPress platform is without a doubt the most popular CMS platform on the web. This platform has various features and tools which make it the preferred option for many website owners. Its popularity has captured the imagination of both good and bad people on the web. Criminals whose aim… Continue reading The 5 Most Common Types of WordPress Breaches and Their Fixes

Useful Tips For Designing Great User Interface for Apps

Today mobile applications are playing an essential role in helping businesses in catering a large customer base. Having a visually stunning mobile app isn’t good enough. For a truly successful mobile application, a user-friendly interface must be in mind. Implementing best practices for mobile design is key to getting your app in stores and used… Continue reading Useful Tips For Designing Great User Interface for Apps

How to Create a 3D Gold Text Effect With Photoshop Layer Styles

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to create a realistic 3D gold text effect using layer styles in Adobe Photoshop. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial: Download the file Gold_Text_Effect-Assets.zip and extract both files inside. Install the Pattern file “Patterns.pat“. Install the Contour file “CustomContours.shc”.… Continue reading How to Create a 3D Gold Text Effect With Photoshop Layer Styles

14 Firefox Developer Tools You Might Not Know About

In this roundup we’re going to be checking out some of the awesome tools Firefox has in its collection of Developer Tools.  Even if Google Chrome is your primary development browser, Firefox has some tools that Chrome doesn’t. In fairness the reverse is also true–Chrome has some tools that Firefox doesn’t, but the tools in… Continue reading 14 Firefox Developer Tools You Might Not Know About

5 Critical Elements You Need to Know to Build a Genuinely Cool Website

After completing 2 or 3 multi-page websites building a one-pager will take no time at all. Or so you’ve been told. The problem is, whoever told you that never tried putting together a one-pager. Or, at least one that could be bragged about. You’ll discover that cramming all the important information isn’t all that easy… Continue reading 5 Critical Elements You Need to Know to Build a Genuinely Cool Website

Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone

What, did you think JPEG would live forever? It was introduced in 1992, more than twenty-five years ago! The modern generation of web developers uses WebP for images, not the archeological specimen that is JPEG. Here’s a quick introduction to WebP, SVG, and why they’re better. TL;DR: they’re way smaller, producing faster, and more responsive… Continue reading Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone

Which of Figma’s Pricing Tiers is Right for You?

Figma is a free-to-use design application, but it also offers added features for paying subscribers. Let’s take a look at the differences between Figma’s three pricing tiers. Note: this is part of our regularly updated learning guide The Designer’s Guide to Figma. Figma’s Three Pricing Tiers These are the tiers on offer: Free Professional ($12… Continue reading Which of Figma’s Pricing Tiers is Right for You?

How to Add a Free WordPress Post Slider to Your Site

In this article, we’re going to explore how to make posts slider in WordPress by using a slider plugin. We’re going to use one of the best WordPress slider plugins—Responsive Posts Carousel. More often than not, when you’re creating your website, you would like to have a carousel on your website which displays posts filtered… Continue reading How to Add a Free WordPress Post Slider to Your Site

How To Fix ‘503 Service Unavailable’ WordPress Error

One of the few very frustrating errors you’ll ever encounter when using WordPress is the ‘503 Service Unavailable’ error. This error can be quite confusing to most WordPress users as it could completely render your website offline without giving you any clear reason to what caused the error. There can be a few different causes… Continue reading How To Fix ‘503 Service Unavailable’ WordPress Error

Best WPBakery (Visual Composer) Add-Ons and Templates on Envato Elements

WPBakery (formerly Visual Composer) is one of the most well-known and feature-packed visual page builders available for WordPress. While the team at WPBakery is always improving on their product, the number of variations of web projects out there make it impossible to rely on a single plugin for all of your needs. Luckily, though, WPBakery… Continue reading Best WPBakery (Visual Composer) Add-Ons and Templates on Envato Elements

20 Niche-Specific WordPress Themes for Drag & Drop Web Development

With the growing demand and popularity of WordPress, the number of pre-designed WordPress themes becomes vast and more diverse. Today, you will have no difficulty with coming across the right design for any niche-specific web project that you have on your mind. Is it a personal blog, corporate, or products-rich eCommerce site that you want to bring to the… Continue reading 20 Niche-Specific WordPress Themes for Drag & Drop Web Development

How to Make a Sticky Menu in WordPress

What You’ll Be Creating Navigation menus are changing. Instead of just throwing one into a site without considering what form it’ll take, designers are taking the time to consider the design of navigation menus, the space they take up on the page, and how users interact with them. One growing trend is for sticky menus.… Continue reading How to Make a Sticky Menu in WordPress

4 Web Design Tips that your Web Designer Won’t Know About

We live in an era where much of the communication and business has moved to the internet, and having a good website has never been as important as it is today. Design of your website is as important as the content on the website. No matter how good the content on a website is, if… Continue reading 4 Web Design Tips that your Web Designer Won’t Know About

20+ Best WordPress Directory Themes to Make Business Websites (2019)

Making your own business listing website can be difficult. Thanks to quality WordPress directory themes, however, you can get the job done right and fast.  Listify: multipurpose WordPress directory theme that continues to trend in 2019 Here we showcase over twenty of the best WordPress directory themes fromThemeForest. They’re packed with professional website design features.… Continue reading 20+ Best WordPress Directory Themes to Make Business Websites (2019)

How to Customize Bootstrap’s Sass Files With Grunt

Today, we’ll learn how to customize Bootstrap 4’s Sass files with Grunt.  Instead of Grunt, we could just as easily use another task runner like Gulp, webpack, or npm scripts. Regardless of the build tool the process of customizing Bootstrap’s source Sass files will be the same. Note: This tutorial assumes you have some familiarity with Bootstrap 4, Sass, and build tools.… Continue reading How to Customize Bootstrap’s Sass Files With Grunt

Best Practices For Optimizing Web Page Speed

A Moving Target The internet develops as computers develop: exponentially. If you don’t believe that, just use a search engine to explore “legacy” websites. One website still up since its inception is the Space Jam website; and it is extremely dated—but it’s also extremely fast. Part of exponential forward development in terms of technology is… Continue reading Best Practices For Optimizing Web Page Speed

Web Design History: Looking Back Through 20 Years of Design Evolution

The web has transformed how we do things. The first website went online nearly three decades ago and since that time, there has been a huge transformation. It is now possible for people to share information easily and efficiently. The evolution of the web has been marked by evolution in web design. Some of the… Continue reading Web Design History: Looking Back Through 20 Years of Design Evolution

Top 8 Presentation Design Trends in 2019

Every year, new trends are introduced in video presentation designs. Some trends that are good have been adapted into the standard for video presentation while those that only add aesthetics are usually the ones that change every year. It is important to consider these design trends if you want to use your presentation as a… Continue reading Top 8 Presentation Design Trends in 2019

How to Use Animation in Angular 6

In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the importance of animations in improving the user experience. I’ll show you how to incorporate animations in Angular 6 applications with the help of animation components and Bootstrap. The Role of Animations in User Design Most web users are visual creatures and therefore respond to visual objects. This means… Continue reading How to Use Animation in Angular 6

How to Make a Bi-Fold Brochure in InDesign

What You’ll Be Creating In this quick and simple tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a bi-fold brochure template using Adobe InDesign. You’ll create the basic structure and style for your brochure template, using an on-trend color palette and stylish fonts.  An adaptable pamphlet template for any creative business, this bi-fold brochure can be customized… Continue reading How to Make a Bi-Fold Brochure in InDesign

Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared

Without a doubt, Quform and FormCraft are two of the most popular and highly rated WordPress form builders on the market, but which of these two giants is right for you?  Today, we take a peek under the hoods to see what makes these form builders so special. We’ll identify the best features of each… Continue reading Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared

Why You Should Use Slider Revolution for Your WordPress Site

WordPress Sliders are a dime a dozen, but few can match the amazing Slider Revolution for WordPress when it comes to features, speed, and ease of use. Today we’ll take an in-depth look at: what sliders are the pros and cons of using a WordPress slider plugin on your site why Slider Revolution is the best… Continue reading Why You Should Use Slider Revolution for Your WordPress Site

Tips to Improve Your cPanel Security

cPanel is a popular control panel for web hosting. It is part of almost every web hosting service. After all, it is easy to use from an end-user perspective. It is also secure, but not as secure that you might want it to be. In this article, we will be sharing tips on how to… Continue reading Tips to Improve Your cPanel Security