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The Recently Released Webdev Resources You Would Need

Want to use Vanilla JS but find native APIs a bit unwieldy? Bliss is for you. Bliss is just a collection of helpers and light syntactic sugar over Vanilla JS. It does not account for browser bugs or lack of support of certain APIs, although it only uses features that are both supported across most… Continue reading The Recently Released Webdev Resources You Would Need

Managing Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity

A day in the life of a freelance web designer can be a real whirlwind. Without ever leaving your desk, you might be working on dozens of sites, communicating with lots of clients, writing several proposals and still find time to network on social media. This is my 17th year of freelancing. Last year, I… Continue reading Managing Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity

WP REST API: Setting Up and Using OAuth 1.0a Authentication

In the previous part of the series, we set up basic HTTP authentication on the server by installing the plugin available on GitHub by the WP REST API team. The basic authentication method allows us to send authenticated requests by sending login credentials in the request header. While being quick and handy, there’s also a… Continue reading WP REST API: Setting Up and Using OAuth 1.0a Authentication

50+ fresh resources for designers, January 2016

Howdy friends! We’re back again with another roundup of some of the best freebies available for designers and developers. To help you through the post-Christmas blues and kick off 2016 in style we’ve packed this edition with flat, solid, and line icons; brushes and patterns for Photoshop; templates; UI kits; WordPress themes; fonts; snippets; dev tools; design… Continue reading 50+ fresh resources for designers, January 2016

How to Work With Excel Documents Using Python

I believe you have used Microsoft Excel on some occasion. It is very powerful when it comes to working with spreadsheets, tables, charts, etc. But what does Python have to do with that? Python is a game changer when it comes to Excel files because it can automate daunting stuff you might encounter in some… Continue reading How to Work With Excel Documents Using Python

30 Brilliant Examples Of UI Cards

Card UI is a very popular layout option for many types of data. Pinterest was the first to create a layout like this, and it is was earlier referred to as “pinterest-style layout”. Usually cards are used to group together information in a very intuitive way and permits for a very fast UX, meaning users… Continue reading 30 Brilliant Examples Of UI Cards

How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique

How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique 4.38/5 (87.50%) 8 votes Many people struggle to replicate color grading and end up creating an excessive amount of layers. The two-layer color grading technique is a simple way to create photo effects with a minimal and understandable set of layers. This technique can also be used in other… Continue reading How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique

A Beginners Guide to Titan Framework: Adding an Enable Type Option

Providing end users with the option to enable or disable certain features of a premium plugin or a theme is pretty common. Titan Framework has recently pushed a new option to its core which does exactly that. Let’s see how you can add an enable/disable toggle button inside an admin panel, a metabox or a… Continue reading A Beginners Guide to Titan Framework: Adding an Enable Type Option

Data Structures With JavaScript: Tree

What You’ll Be Creating * { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Trees are one of the most commonly used data structures in web development. This statement holds true for both developers and users. Every web developer who has written HTML and loaded it into a web browser has created a tree, which is referred… Continue reading Data Structures With JavaScript: Tree

A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the life of the web. It’s used every time you transfer a document, or make an AJAX request. But HTTP is surprisingly a relative unknown among some web developers. This introduction will demonstrate how the set of design principles, known as REST, underpin HTTP, and allow you to embrace its… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

How to Make Basic Tonal Adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw

Adobe Camera Raw’s Tonal Adjustments are are probably the most important and most widely-used features in ACR. These basic tonal adjustment include Exposure, Shadows, Highlights, Blacks, and Whites. In this tutorial, we will take a close look at the Histogram and all the things you need to know about the tonal values in Camera Raw.… Continue reading How to Make Basic Tonal Adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw

25 Amazing Icons In PSD Format

Designer Ledger – A web design blog for designers by designers Icons are used in all softwares, websites and user interfaces and they work better in some places instead of words. They look very attractive and give the overall layout a touch of finesse. Their colors and illustrations are very appealing to the users and… Continue reading 25 Amazing Icons In PSD Format

Useful Free Vector Files for Designers

Designers have to use art for all kinds of purposes; to beautify their work above all. Designing their own art, from scratch, is time consuming and requires much thought. But they don’t always have time to think up and design their own art; especially when they have to meet certain deadline which could be very… Continue reading Useful Free Vector Files for Designers

Web Design Trends That Will Disappear in 2014

If you’re looking forward to changes that come with starting a new year, you may also be excited to learn what sorts of trends are emerging in the web design world. What most people aren’t talking about, but should be, are the types of design trends that are on their way out, which ones should… Continue reading Web Design Trends That Will Disappear in 2014

7 Adobe Illustrator Alternatives for the Casual Designer

Last year I posted a roundup of the best Photoshop alternatives aimed at casual designers or hobbyists who wants to fulfill their creative passion, but don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on expensive industry standard software. I’m a big Illustrator fan myself and I post loads of Illustrator tutorials here on my blog, but… Continue reading 7 Adobe Illustrator Alternatives for the Casual Designer

15 Free And Awesome Responsive WordPress Themes

In this round up, we are showcasing some fresh and awesome free responsive WordPress themes. WordPress is very well-accepted and well-known blogging platform that’s why millions of people are using it. With these WordPress themes, you will be provided with wonderful features which are very useful for your work. Furthermore, all these WordPress themes are… Continue reading 15 Free And Awesome Responsive WordPress Themes

7 Best Practices of Responsive Web Design

Considering the rate at which the mobile web is growing, it’s becoming crucial that your website be ready to accept visitors who are coming in from a widely assorted array of different devices and screen sizes. This is where responsive design can come into the picture and save your day nicely. However, with responsive design,… Continue reading 7 Best Practices of Responsive Web Design

HTML5 features with GWT Elemental

HTML5 is revolutionizing the web. The web application has features which are comparable to most of the desktop applications. The new features of the HTML5 make browser a powerful platform to develop next generation applications. The APIs and document object model (DOM) are fundamental parts of the HTML5 specification. The programming language of choice in… Continue reading HTML5 features with GWT Elemental

Tell A Story With Your Web Design – It Always Works

The most popular websites on the World Wide Web are able to impressively convey information about their brand and what it stands for. This helps generate user interest in their brand and ensures the website message is delivered in a way that makes maximum impact on website visitors.  They do this by using one of… Continue reading Tell A Story With Your Web Design – It Always Works

Create a Halloween Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Pumpkin – by TheKaykat-Stock Tombstones – by wolverine041269 Dead Trees – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne Grave House – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne Dig Sites – by Free-Stock-By-Wayne Ravens & Crows – by FairieGoodMother Hayswagon – by CHEYENNE75 Bat Brush – by radroachmeat Fog – by Moonglowlilly HOUSE 07-03 – by CHEYENNE75 Pumpkin On… Continue reading Create a Halloween Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Frustrating Points for Web Developers

Web developing is one of the most important steps while developing a website. This particular activity is very tough as there are huge numbers of technologies that are used for the same. The web developer needs to find out the exact type of developing tools that will help to develop some of the best compatible… Continue reading Frustrating Points for Web Developers

8 wordpress theme for government and politicians

Here are 8 wordpress themes for government and politicians. I used to really hate visiting government websites because they are slow and ugly to look at. Fortunately, times have changed and I am seeing more and more government adopting the latest in web design and aesthetics.  A case in point is using wordpress as the… Continue reading 8 wordpress theme for government and politicians

10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck

So you’re designing a logo. It sounds like an easy enough task, right? Draw a circle, type in the company name and you’re done (I’ve literally heard a designer suggest that very process). Unfortunately, if you’re really worth the money the client is paying you, there’s a lot more to it than that. There are… Continue reading 10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck