What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a pastel gradient background in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Cool and warm, this timeless trend will give a soothing effect to any design. All you have to do is look for the best gradient combinations. Looking to download some pastel… Continue reading How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background
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Real-Time News Data With the mediastack API
The demand for content on the web is stratospheric. You don’t have to produce your own content, but you do need to supply content that’s reliable. To offer relevant, up-to-date content, you need a reliable, up-to-the-minute source of news data gathered from a wide range of popular sources from around the world, including CNN, MSNBC,… Continue reading Real-Time News Data With the mediastack API
How to Paginate Data With PHP
I can remember years ago, when I first began coding in PHP and MySQL, how excited I was the first time I got information from a database to show up in a web browser. For someone who had little database and programming knowledge, seeing those table rows show up onscreen based on the code I… Continue reading How to Paginate Data With PHP
Display WooCommerce Categories, Subcategories, and Products in Separate Lists
What You’ll Be Creating WooCommerce gives you a few options as to what you can display on your archive pages: products categories (on the main shop page) or subcategories (on category pages) both products and categories. When I’m setting up a store, I normally select the third option: products and categories/subcategories. This means visitors to… Continue reading Display WooCommerce Categories, Subcategories, and Products in Separate Lists
Pros and Cons of Photography and Videography in Visual Marketing
Do you remember a time when there was only text on the internet? Or when the first images popped up in their glorious blocky low resolution? It seems like a lifetime ago. Streaming services, social media, shops… Images and videos are all around the web today. It’s no wonder we see more and more… Continue reading Pros and Cons of Photography and Videography in Visual Marketing
WordPress Troubleshooting: PHP Installation is Missing the MySQL Extension
In this quick article, we’ll discuss how to troubleshoot the “missing the MySQL extension” error when you are installing WordPress. If you’re installing WordPress or you’ve moved your website to a different server, you may encounter the following error: Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress. This… Continue reading WordPress Troubleshooting: PHP Installation is Missing the MySQL Extension
How to Install and Use Procreate Brushes
What You’ll Be Creating Found some of the best Procreate brushes, but not sure how to install or use them? In this tutorial, we’ll look at installing and utilizing Procreate brushes, as well as some customization basics. We’ll wrap up with a demo of a newly installed brush set. Please keep in mind that Procreate and… Continue reading How to Install and Use Procreate Brushes
13 Best AI Plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce for 2023
* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Now, let’s review some of the top AI plugins for WordPress available on CodeCanyon. These premium AI-based plugins come at a very reasonable price. Each one can help your business use the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning by investing in customer engagement and satisfaction. Staff… Continue reading 13 Best AI Plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce for 2023
How to Use Figma’s Inspect Panel
What You’ll Be Creating We’re going to design a scheduling app in Figma! In doing so we’ll work with Figma’s Inspect panel, explaining how to export a Figma design to code, how to inspect a Figma design system, and how to use Figma to inspect any element from a design. What You Will Learn in… Continue reading How to Use Figma’s Inspect Panel
How to Customize Contact Form 7 for WordPress: Floating Labels
You might have seen forms where the placeholder text is animated when you start typing into that input. This pattern isn’t new, yet still remains a popular trend in UX form design. Today, we’ll learn the steps needed for adding this behavior into a form built with Contact Form 7 (CF7), one of the most… Continue reading How to Customize Contact Form 7 for WordPress: Floating Labels
34 Best Modern Didone Typefaces (Fonts Similar to Bodoni & Didot)
Looking for new Didone typefaces to add to your font library? In this article, we’ll look at what makes a Didone font, as well as a collection of fonts similar to Didot, fonts similar to Bodoni, and other Didone-inspired typefaces. This stylish fashion magazine design features Didone type and is available to download on Envato… Continue reading 34 Best Modern Didone Typefaces (Fonts Similar to Bodoni & Didot)
Creating Pretty Popup Messages Using SweetAlert2
Every now and then, you will have to show an alert box to your users to let them know about an error or notification. The problem with the default alert boxes provided by browsers is that they are not very attractive. When you are creating a website with great color combinations and fancy animation to… Continue reading Creating Pretty Popup Messages Using SweetAlert2
Creating a Future-Proof Responsive Email Without Media Queries
What You’ll Be Creating Using this method you can create an email that has responsiveness baked in to the layout, without any need for CSS or media queries in the <head>, so that even in the worst case scenario of email rendering, your layout will remain intact. Is Developing HTML Email Still Hard? HTML email has… Continue reading Creating a Future-Proof Responsive Email Without Media Queries
34 Best Slab Serif Fonts (Ready to Download Now)
If you’re looking for stylish, eye-catching fonts, then a slab serif typeface might be just what you’re looking for. What is the slab serif font classification? Stay tuned and we’ll break down what makes this classification such a well-loved addition to any designer’s font collection. We’ll also check out a collection of inspiring slab serif font examples… Continue reading 34 Best Slab Serif Fonts (Ready to Download Now)
How to Make a Good Thumbnail for YouTube (With YouTube Thumbnail Ideas)
Your YouTube thumbnail is often the first thing a potential viewer sees when browsing YouTube, so it’s critical that it grabs their attention and tells them exactly what they’ll get when they watch your video. Just one of the many terrific YouTube thumbnail templates you can find at Placeit.net If you want to know everything… Continue reading How to Make a Good Thumbnail for YouTube (With YouTube Thumbnail Ideas)
What Is Expressive Typography?
In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to express emotion through typography by exploring the premise of expressive typography. These techniques can help you make stronger font choices and more communicative design choices, too. We’ll take a look at some expressive typography examples and explore how you can use these concepts in your own work. Soap Bubbles Photoshop… Continue reading What Is Expressive Typography?
25 Best Modern Logos With Simple Designs (Creative Examples for 2021)
If you’re looking for modern logo ideas, there’s no better place to find the best simple logo inspiration than by looking to current logo trends. Here’s One of Our Cool Logo Designs From Envato Elements Today we’ll take a look at five of the hottest trends in best modern logo styles and show you a… Continue reading 25 Best Modern Logos With Simple Designs (Creative Examples for 2021)
How to Make a Minecraft Twitch Overlay
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’re going to make a Minecraft Twitch overlay template. We’ll use screenshots from the game to create a custom stream overlay that you can use on Twitch or any other platform you prefer. You will need Minecraft, Adobe Photoshop, and streaming software of your choice. The result is a Minecraft… Continue reading How to Make a Minecraft Twitch Overlay
30 Best Printable Digital Scrapbook Paper (New for 2021!)
Looking for an exciting collection of scrapbook paper for your latest project? Just one of the 30 best digital scrapbook papers available at Envato Elements Today I’ll show you 30 of the coolest printable scrapbook papers available in 2021. Whether you’re into traditional scrapbooking and looking to download and print new and exciting papers or want… Continue reading 30 Best Printable Digital Scrapbook Paper (New for 2021!)
How to Make a Brochure
Brochures may be one of the oldest marketing tools, but they’re a tried and tested technique that all sorts of businesses use to reach potential customers. A poorly designed brochure might be tossed in the trash, but a creative and beautiful one will be kept and pored over and can directly lead to sales for… Continue reading How to Make a Brochure
What Fonts Are Trending Now and Font Trends for 2021
With the end of the year fast approaching, it’s time for some fresh font trends. Next year looks set to be an eclectic and eccentric melting pot of type trends, with kinetic typography, distorted fonts, and Alpine display styles being just a few of the diverse and exciting font categories set to make their mark… Continue reading What Fonts Are Trending Now and Font Trends for 2021
The Rise of the Sans Serif
In this article, we’ll take a look at the history of sans serif typefaces. You’ll learn what makes them great and discover some wonderful options to consider for your next project. In the last few years, there has been a big shift in branding. Many high-profile companies have redesigned their logos and replaced classical serifs… Continue reading The Rise of the Sans Serif
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