WordPress is one of the most versatile, powerful systems available to build websites with. Despite starting out as a blogging platform it’s now equally capable for creating online stores as are platforms dedicated solely to e-commerce. However, its power and versatility come with a catch: if you are completely managing everything to do with your WordPress… Continue reading Set up a Secure, Performant WooCommerce Site with Kinsta
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Faster Web Apps With the Svelte Framework (New Course)
Svelte is a new approach to building user interfaces. Learn to build user interfaces more efficiently in our new course, Faster Web Apps With the Svelte Framework. What You’ll Learn Traditional frameworks like React and Vue do the bulk of their work in the browser, but Svelte shifts that work to build-time and drastically improves… Continue reading Faster Web Apps With the Svelte Framework (New Course)
How Page Builder Plugins Make It Easy to Create a WordPress Website
Page builder plugins make it easier for both novices and experienced developers to build websites faster. With a page builder, you don’t need to know how to code—you can build your site with drag and drop. There are many free and premium WordPress page builders in the market. In this post, I’ll show you the… Continue reading How Page Builder Plugins Make It Easy to Create a WordPress Website
How to Make a Galaxy YouTube Banner (With a YouTube Banner Creator)
What You’ll Be Creating So you’ve decided to start your own YouTube channel, but don’t actually have the required tools or skills to design the actual banner? Well, if that’s the case, don’t worry since I’m going to show you how you can easily make a galaxy YouTube banner using Placeit’s YouTube Banner Maker. From… Continue reading How to Make a Galaxy YouTube Banner (With a YouTube Banner Creator)
Answers From a Panel Discussion
A few months ago I ran a panel discussion for the Swedish organisation DataTjej that included four panelists, plus an audience of forty women and non-binary people to dig deeper into the potential of role models. The discussion gave us a huge amount of insights and showed that everyone can work together to overcome the… Continue reading Answers From a Panel Discussion
How to Create a WordPress Gallery Using the Justified Image Grid Plugin
Displaying photos and videos on your website are essential for your website’s success. Photos and videos on a website can increase engagement by over 65% and encourage visitors to spend a longer period of time on your site. By increasing engagement and keeping your target audience on your website, you will have a much better… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Gallery Using the Justified Image Grid Plugin
How to Find the Best WordPress Gallery Plugins for Images or Video
How you present your visual content is key to the success of your website or online store. When visual content is done beautifully it encourages visitors to stay longer on your website. It also improves your SEO ranking and make your website easier to find in search results. However, creating a beautiful gallery for your… Continue reading How to Find the Best WordPress Gallery Plugins for Images or Video
How to Create a Landing Page in WordPress Quickly
While a website is a great way for your business to get noticed, a WordPress landing page is an even better way to promote a specific offer. When you create a landing page in WordPress, you can easily focus all your marketing efforts on one offer, marketing campaign, product or service, drive signups to that… Continue reading How to Create a Landing Page in WordPress Quickly
Use a Tattoo Font to Add a Realistic Tattoo to a Photo in Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating A tattoo font is the easiest way to create a stylish tattoo in no time. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add a realistic tattoo in Photoshop using a tattoo font. We’re going to add some text effects to the font, warp it, and apply photo effects of texture… Continue reading Use a Tattoo Font to Add a Realistic Tattoo to a Photo in Photoshop
Create an Interactive World Map With a WordPress Plugin
There are many options to choose from when you are looking to add a map to your WordPress website. There are even free options for plugins that use Google Maps. However, the problem with many of the existing WordPress map plugins and free options is the lack of customization available to you. In order to… Continue reading Create an Interactive World Map With a WordPress Plugin
New Course on Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress
In our new course, Custom Post Types and Taxonomies: WordPress Content Architecture, you’ll learn how to put custom post types and taxonomies to work to organize your content in WordPress. Follow along, and you’ll practice how to create custom post types and taxonomies and how to display them on your site. What You’ll Learn WordPress… Continue reading New Course on Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress
How to Create a ‘Stranger Things’ Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating This very quick tutorial will show you an easy way to create a text effect inspired by the ‘Stranger Things’ series, using only layer styles and some simple adjustments. Let’s get started! This text effect was inspired by the many Layer Styles available on Envato Market. You can get a very similar… Continue reading How to Create a ‘Stranger Things’ Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
17+ Best Full-Screen WordPress Themes for 2019 Websites
If you’re a designer, photographer, artist, or any other creative professional, you’ll have realized the importance of having a beautiful portfolio site. When you display your projects in an organized and attractive way, you are more likely to appeal to clients or get a job at the company of your dreams. Anyone who visits your… Continue reading 17+ Best Full-Screen WordPress Themes for 2019 Websites
How to Create a React Native Calendar Component
React Native is a cross-platform mobile app development framework with a gentle learning curve and lots of built-in components. Because it has a very active developer community, there are also hundreds of open source third-party component libraries available for it, allowing you to create both Android and iOS apps focusing only on the apps’ core… Continue reading How to Create a React Native Calendar Component
20 Best Construction Company WordPress Themes for Building Websites
If you want to land more clients for your construction company, you need a website that can showcase the range of services you offer and convince potential clients that you have the skills and know-how to deliver on their expectations. One of the easiest ways to create a beautiful website is to use WordPress. More… Continue reading 20 Best Construction Company WordPress Themes for Building Websites
How to Create an Animated Polaroid Effect Photoshop Template
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll not only create a polaroid effect Photoshop template using photo filters and shapes, but we’ll also create animated photo effects with standard Photoshop tools. I created Animated Polaroid Slideshow Instagram Stories Template using the same methods for my GraphicRiver portfolio. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the… Continue reading How to Create an Animated Polaroid Effect Photoshop Template
50 Stylish Wedding Invitation Templates
Love is in the air! And in this collection of premium design assets, we present you with 50 stunning wedding invitation templates. Loaded with incredible designs from GraphicRiver and Envato Elements, this collection features a plethora of gorgeous invitations we’re sure you’ll love. Download these templates today to embark on your romantic journey or enlist… Continue reading 50 Stylish Wedding Invitation Templates
How to Connect to an API From an Angular App
What You’ll Be Creating If you want to create a web app, at some point you’ll need to connect to an API—whether to save user data, retrieve real-time information, or access data from another source. In our new course, Hands-on Angular: Connect to an API, you’ll learn how to access an API from an Angular… Continue reading How to Connect to an API From an Angular App
Best Interactive JavaScript Plugins to Liven Up Your WordPress Site
Interactive media like audio, video, flipbooks, galleries, maps, countdown clocks, timelines, popups and forms increases the time visitors spend engaging with content on your WordPress website. They create great user experiences. JavaScript media scripts and plugins for WordPress make it easy to bring this life and engagement to your website. If you’re looking for fresh… Continue reading Best Interactive JavaScript Plugins to Liven Up Your WordPress Site
17+ Best Fashion WordPress Themes (2019) for Blog & Magazine Sites
When it comes to fashion websites, choosing the right design is imperative. Whether you’re highlighting your best models or showcasing your latest creations; one thing is certain: your site needs to have a high visual focus. Large images and plenty of white space will do wonders for your site. But, how do you go about… Continue reading 17+ Best Fashion WordPress Themes (2019) for Blog & Magazine Sites
How to Embed PDF Files on Your WordPress Site With a Free Plugin
Today, we’ll explore the PDF Poster plugin for WordPress which allows you to embed PDF files on your WordPress site. I’ll demonstrate how you can use this plugin on your own site to embed PDF files. As a site owner, sometimes you’ll need to embed and display PDF documents on your website. It could be… Continue reading How to Embed PDF Files on Your WordPress Site With a Free Plugin
Exploring Photo Manipulation: Analysis and Interviews
What You’ll Be Creating Photo manipulation and photo effects—they could cover anything from touching up a face to adding an entire universe right into your favorite photo. The manipulation of imagery is often associated with Adobe Photoshop, but photo manipulation itself predates Photoshop by many, many years. Perhaps we, as artists, designers, and people, have… Continue reading Exploring Photo Manipulation: Analysis and Interviews
Best Free WordPress Audio Player Plugins
There are a variety of reasons why you might want to embed audio in your website. For instance, maybe you sell your own music and want to give users a preview before asking them to purchase a song, or you might just want to have an audio version of a text-based post. In either case,… Continue reading Best Free WordPress Audio Player Plugins
Create Amazing Prototypes in No Time with the Envato Elements Sketch Plugin
The rise of prototyping tools in recent years is undeniable. Designers are harnessing these powerful, yet easy-to-use programs to build functional models of both websites and mobile apps. As such, they have become a vital part of the design process. Among the most widely-used and well-known prototyping apps is Sketch. This Mac-based program… Continue reading Create Amazing Prototypes in No Time with the Envato Elements Sketch Plugin