Tutorials

A Guide to Overriding Parent Theme Functions in Your Child Theme

If you’ve had any experience working with parent and child themes in WordPress, you’ll know that the template files in your child theme override those in your parent theme. For example, if your parent theme has a page.php file and you create a new one in your child theme, WordPress will use the one in the child… Continue reading A Guide to Overriding Parent Theme Functions in Your Child Theme

Build an HTML Email Template From Scratch

What You’ll Be Creating The best way to understand any process is to carry it out yourself, from the ground up. Today, we’re going to do just that with email design, by building an HTML email template from scratch. “The sooner you stop fighting the quirks of email, the sooner you can use them to… Continue reading Build an HTML Email Template From Scratch

42 Best Sports Fonts (For Logos, Jerseys, and More)

Your sports fonts collection should include a great sports jersey font, a sports number font, and other versatile sports team fonts. If you’re looking for a great set of premium sports fonts for your next design project, look no further. Find awesome sports fonts, like this one, on Envato Elements and GraphicRiver. In this article, we’ll take a… Continue reading 42 Best Sports Fonts (For Logos, Jerseys, and More)

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

How to Convert EPS to AI

Whether you are working as a graphic designer or illustrator or receiving files as a client, you’ll most likely come across all sorts of different file formats. Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) and Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) are two examples of the most common file types you’ll have to deal with. They are both native formats, which is… Continue reading How to Convert EPS to AI

How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster

What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create a Shepard Fairey Photoshop effect with the help of Illustrator with this poster tutorial. This tutorial is inspired by Shepard Fairey’s famous political poster series for the Obama Democratic Party campaign in the US in 2008 and now being recreated for the Time magazine cover for November… Continue reading How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster

How to Turn Your WordPress Website into a Mobile App

WebView templates and WordPress app builders are an easy and affordable way to turn your WordPress website into a mobile app. They’re perfect for a non-technical person—no mobile app development experience is required! WebView templates and WordPress mobile app builders turn your website into a responsive app that can be used on all mobile devices.… Continue reading How to Turn Your WordPress Website into a Mobile App

Using Redux in a React Native App

Redux is a library for state management that ensures that the application logic is well-organized and that apps work as expected. Redux makes it easy to understand your application’s code regarding when, where, why, and how the state of the application is updated. Redux is made up of the following key parts: actions reducers store… Continue reading Using Redux in a React Native App

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

1,000+ Best Wood Textures (PNGs, PSDs, Vector, EPS, Brushes, and More!)

Wood textures are a great way to add a tactile quality and interest to art, design, and architectural projects. High Res Wood Textures is just one of the many wonderful wood textures you can find at Envato Elements If you are looking for the perfect wood texture for your next project, this list of over 1,000… Continue reading 1,000+ Best Wood Textures (PNGs, PSDs, Vector, EPS, Brushes, and More!)

100 Best Typography & Font Tutorials for Every Designer

If you’re looking for an awesome typography tutorial collection, you’re going to love this list of font tutorials, text effects, web fonts, and more. Learn from these Illustrator typography tutorials and Photoshop typography tutorials, or try out a 3D typography tutorial—we’ve got a list of over 100 awesome free tutorials for you to enjoy today. Font Basics:… Continue reading 100 Best Typography & Font Tutorials for Every Designer

25+ Best Lawyer WordPress Themes: For (2020) Law Firm & Attorney Websites

No matter which area of the law you practice, it’s imperative that you have proper online representation. You need to provide your clients with a sense of trust and credibility, and as such, creating a law firm website that conveys that impression should be at the top of your list. Not only can you show… Continue reading 25+ Best Lawyer WordPress Themes: For (2020) Law Firm & Attorney Websites

40+ Best SoundCloud Banners, Headers, and Album Covers (Banner Maker & PSD)

With hundreds of millions of registered users on SoundCloud, you really need unique and eye-catching banners and album covers to stand out from the crowd and gain fans and followers. One of the awesome SoundCloud Banner Templates to be found at Placeit Happily, you don’t need to take the precious time you should be spending on… Continue reading 40+ Best SoundCloud Banners, Headers, and Album Covers (Banner Maker & PSD)

Movie Poster Design 101: The Anatomy of a Movie Poster

The humble movie poster is one of the oldest and most effective promotional tools for movie studios. Whether you’re looking to emulate your favorite movie poster design or learn more about how to make a movie poster, consider this your ultimate guide to the anatomy of movie poster design. Double exposure poster template for Photoshop… Continue reading Movie Poster Design 101: The Anatomy of a Movie Poster

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

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

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!

Understanding Mental Illness in the Tech Field

World Mental Health Day (10th October) is an international day for mental health. Its goal is to raise awareness and to lower social stigma in an empathetic way. The World Federation for Mental Health started the event initially in 1992. Richard Hunter, the then Deputy Secretary General, organized the event, aiming to start a long-term… Continue reading Understanding Mental Illness in the Tech Field

How to Implement Email Verification for New Members

Have you ever created an account with a website and been required to check your email and click a verification link sent by the company in order to activate it? Doing so highly reduces the number of spam accounts. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to do this very thing! Looking for a Shortcut? This… Continue reading How to Implement Email Verification for New Members

Understanding the Image Component in React Native

Images are an essential aspect of any mobile app. This tutorial will introduce you to the image component and show you how to use images in your React Native app. You will also learn how to create your own photo gallery! Prerequisites to Create a React Native App We will use the Expo CLI for… Continue reading Understanding the Image Component in React Native

How to Draw Wood

What You’ll Be Creating Drawing is like magic—you can create many different surfaces using only a sheet of paper and a few pencils. But, just like magic, the whole process is not so easy to understand. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a wood texture step by step. I will be using a… Continue reading How to Draw Wood

Designing for Color Blindness With Chrome DevTools (in Just 4 Clicks)

Color blindness and vision deficiencies are hard to imagine if you are not affected by them. However, it’s important to take people with visual impairments into consideration when designing a color palette for a website or application. If you don’t, they might be unable to use vital features such as clicking links or buttons, or… Continue reading Designing for Color Blindness With Chrome DevTools (in Just 4 Clicks)

How to Make a Face Mask Mockup (Using a Face Mask Generator)

What You’ll Be Creating Face masks have become an essential item for many of us in the world, and creating a face mask mockup design can be a great way to experiment with reusable options. Have you considered designing or creating your own face mask, rather than relying on disposable ones? You can do so right… Continue reading How to Make a Face Mask Mockup (Using a Face Mask Generator)