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18 Festive Icons and Graphics for Capturing the Holiday Spirit

We’re in the thick of the holiday season now and as you update sales pages and create seasonal coupons, it’s also a good idea to see if there are other ways to entice site visitors with some extra merry touches. Icons, graphics, and backgrounds can quickly spruce up your webpages with a festive holiday look… Continue reading 18 Festive Icons and Graphics for Capturing the Holiday Spirit

How To Install Laravel on Windows

Laravel is a PHP framework that is used to build Laravel applications. Before you create your first application with Laravel, make sure you have PHP and Composer installed. Composer is used to install Laravel. In this post, I will show you how to install Laravel from start to finish. Setting Up a Laravel Environment There are… Continue reading How To Install Laravel on Windows

How to create animated snow on a website (with CSS and JavaScript)

‘Tis the season to be jolly so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 1. Markup with holiday HTML For our markup, we’ll have two primary containers: a main element containing the content of our page and a snow-container element that will display the snow. 1 <main> 2 <h1>Happy Holidays!</h1> 3 </main> 4… Continue reading How to create animated snow on a website (with CSS and JavaScript)

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How to Create Animated Snow on a Website (with CSS and JavaScript)

In this tutorial, we’re going to implement an animated snow effect on a webpage using CSS and vanilla JavaScript, just in time for the holiday season. ‘Tis the season to be jolly so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 1. Markup with Holiday HTML For our markup, we’ll have two primary containers:… Continue reading How to Create Animated Snow on a Website (with CSS and JavaScript)

Infinite Scroll Pagination With JavaScript and a REST API

Infinite scroll pagination is inspired by websites such as Facebook and Twitter. This is just pagination where as the user scrolls to the bottom of the page, more content is loaded. This improves the user experience on the website by making sure there is always more content on the page for users to read. Doing… Continue reading Infinite Scroll Pagination With JavaScript and a REST API

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9 Best Performing Social Media Post Types (And How to Use Them)

When it comes to social media, there are a lot of post types that you could use. And it seems that a new one (on a new platform) is added every other day at this point. From Tweets and Instagram Stories to Facebook Lives and TikToks, it can be exhausting keeping track of them all.… Continue reading 9 Best Performing Social Media Post Types (And How to Use Them)

Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to design a logo in Illustrator in this free course. Explore how to design your own logo with an experienced logo designer. We’ll create a finished logo design by the end of the course! Watch the Full Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator Course What You Will Learn How to design your own logo How… Continue reading Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator

Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Data Grid Libraries and Widgets

Tables are great for displaying a lot of information in a small space. For example, you might need to display data such as the marks of thousands of students in an exam along with other details, or the prices, ratings, and available stock for an eCommerce store. Data grids are basically tables that also offer… Continue reading Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Data Grid Libraries and Widgets

41 Stylish Tropical Fonts (Island and Beach Themed Fonts)

What better way to turn up the heat in your next project than with a tropical font? Today we’ll be showcasing 41 of the best tropical fonts you can find at Envato Elements. Unlimited Tropical Fonts at Envato Elements Envato Elements offers thousands of premium digital assets like fonts, logos, mockups, graphic templates, photos, and much… Continue reading 41 Stylish Tropical Fonts (Island and Beach Themed Fonts)

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The Ultimate Guide to Typography

Are you interested in typography? This complete course covers everything from typography history to the difference between typefaces and fonts, typeface classification, how to choose a font, and more! Watch the Ultimate Guide to Typography Course What You’ll Learn What is the history of typography? What is the difference between a typeface and a… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Typography

WordPress for Beginners (Free Course)

Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes | Lessons: 16 In a little over two hours of lessons, you’ll get the lowdown on how WordPress works, how to install it, how to create a new website, customize it, and more. So let’s not delay any longer – let’s jump right in!  Introduction Welcome to the Course Watch… Continue reading WordPress for Beginners (Free Course)

Which One Should You Use?

Weebly and WordPress You might know this already, but I’d like to begin by mentioning that there are two different variants of WordPress: the hosted version on WordPress.com and the open-source version on WordPress.org. In this post, we will be making a comparison between the open-source version of WordPress and Weebly. WordPress was first released… Continue reading Which One Should You Use?

40+ Best Nature Inspired Fonts (Earthy Fonts to Download)

Would you like to capture the beauty of nature in a font? Well, you’re in luck.  Today, we’re showcasing the best nature fonts from Envato Elements.  Unlimited Nature-Inspired Fonts at Envato Elements Envato Elements offers thousands of premium digital assets like fonts, logos, mockups, graphic templates, photos, and much more.  And for one low monthly… Continue reading 40+ Best Nature Inspired Fonts (Earthy Fonts to Download)

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Choosing and Setting Up a WooCommerce Payment Gateway

Are you having trouble finding the best WooCommerce payment gateway for your business? Are you struggling to set up a WooCommerce gateway on your WordPress site? There are plenty of great payment gateway options for your WooCommerce store. Finding the right payment gateway for your Woocommerce site can be difficult, but it’s crucial for the… Continue reading Choosing and Setting Up a WooCommerce Payment Gateway

InDesign for Beginners

Looking to learn how to use Adobe InDesign? This beginner-friendly course will teach you all of the basics you need. This course is aimed at users completely new to InDesign, so no experience is necessary. Watch the Full InDesign for Beginners Course What You’ll Learn What is InDesign used for? How to create InDesign… Continue reading InDesign for Beginners

Top 6 New Features from the Affinity Version 2.0 Announcement

Affinity Version 2 is here, and there are so many amazing new features in Affinity to get excited about. From iPad offerings to new Affinity tools, there’s a ton to explore. Here are our top 6 new features from the Affinity Version 2 announcement for you to check out.  Original Stock Photography by DC_Studio on… Continue reading Top 6 New Features from the Affinity Version 2.0 Announcement

Which is Better for You?

There are a lot of tools and services out there to help you quickly set up a new website. The websites that you are creating could be simple blogs or full-blown eCommerce businesses. You are likely to find a service that will help you create that specific type of website. In this tutorial, I will… Continue reading Which is Better for You?

How to Fix WordPress Widgets Not Working or Showing After Update

After updating your WordPress version to 5.8 or higher, it’s common to encounter errors in your widgets section (Appearance > Widgets in your admin dashboard) or, in some cases, have it disappear completely. WordPress started using the block editor as of version 5.8.1. The editor allows you to add any block to your site’s widget… Continue reading How to Fix WordPress Widgets Not Working or Showing After Update

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How to Change the Color of Clothing in Photoshop

If you want to learn how to change the color of clothes in Photoshop, in this tutorial I’ll show you a very simple method that works for all colors—even for changing a black shirt into a white shirt! What You’ll Learn in This Photoshop Tutorial How to change the color of clothes in Photoshop … Continue reading How to Change the Color of Clothing in Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator for Beginners

Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator in this free course for absolute beginners. By the end, you’ll know how to draw in Adobe Illustrator, how to make a pattern in Illustrator, and so much more. Watch the Full Illustrator for Beginners Course What You’ll Learn How to draw in Illustrator Working with color and… Continue reading Adobe Illustrator for Beginners

How to Use “ACF Views” for Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use ACF Views; a really easy way to display ACF custom fields on the front end of your WordPress website. WordPress gives developers options where custom fields are concerned, but if you’re looking for greater usability ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) is the plugin you need.  ACF Views… Continue reading How to Use “ACF Views” for Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress