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How to Choose a WordPress Slider or Carousel Plugin

Sliders are very popular design elements. They are the most dynamic way to display visual media on your website. You can use them in hundreds of ways to engage visitors on your website.   There are hundreds of slider plugins available for WordPress to help you build, organize, and manage your sliders.  In this article, I… Continue reading How to Choose a WordPress Slider or Carousel Plugin

WordPress Page Builders Make It Easy to Create a Website

If you’re looking to build a WordPress site but are nervous about beginning because you’re not a coder, this article is for you. It will introduce you to a super useful tool, the WordPress page builder, and help you identify the best available on CodeCanyon today.  What Is a Page Builder? A WordPress page builder… Continue reading WordPress Page Builders Make It Easy to Create a Website

18+ Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes for 2020

Having a website that features your portfolio is crucial if you want to attract more clients. A WordPress portfolio site is also necessary when you’re trying to land a job in a creative agency or another business looking to hire a designer, illustrator, architect, or anyone else who needs to display their work. “56% of… Continue reading 18+ Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes for 2020

42 Best Trendy Gradient Resources to Download

The gradient trend is rocking the world! Let’s find out why and check out this awesome list of resources below. 42 Trendy Gradient Resources If a bold punch of color is exactly what you need, consider trying a colorful gradient. From gorgeous beach tones to the stylish violet trends of 2018, these wonderful gradients are… Continue reading 42 Best Trendy Gradient Resources to Download

How to Use the Slider Revolution Plugin for WordPress

In this post, we’re going to review the Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress plugin, which allows you to create rich and dynamic content on your WordPress websites. And not just sliders: it allows you to build carousels, content modules, and full-fledged websites by using the rich built-in editor! Nowadays, sliders and carousels are important building blocks… Continue reading How to Use the Slider Revolution Plugin for WordPress

Insert a Calendar Into WordPress With the Pro Event Calendar Plugin

Displaying a calendar on your website is a must for many business owners. Calendars are the best way to share all the upcoming events that your business has with your audience. However, the various calendar plugins available on the market often have too few features, expensive add-ons, or are too complicated to set up.  In… Continue reading Insert a Calendar Into WordPress With the Pro Event Calendar Plugin

25 Business Flyer Templates (Creative Layout Designs & Industry-Specific Templates)

Do you need an impactful and effective way to promote your small or medium-sized business in 2019? It’s tough to find advertising that balances high-value information and promotion. Traditional forms of advertising, like business flyers, are still effective. Tried, tested, and true promotional methods can still get the word out about your business. Pro-Biz – Business Corporate… Continue reading 25 Business Flyer Templates (Creative Layout Designs & Industry-Specific Templates)

How to Add the Sticky HTML5 WordPress Music Player to Your Site

There are a lot of reasons why you might want to add a music or audio player to your WordPress website. You can use it to allow users to play the audio version of the article they are reading or you can use it to simply add some nice background music to the website. If… Continue reading How to Add the Sticky HTML5 WordPress Music Player to Your Site

30+ Best Free and Premium Shopify Themes for Beauty and Cosmetics Stores in 2024

A beautifully designed Shopify cosmetic company store attracts more traffic and better engages visitors. The more that customers immerse themselves in your products and content, the more positive results the sales figures and bottom line will see.  Now, after reading everything about Kylie cosmetics Shopify beauty stores, you can find loads of awesome and stylish Shopify… Continue reading 30+ Best Free and Premium Shopify Themes for Beauty and Cosmetics Stores in 2024

How to Use HTML5 “picture”, “srcset”, and “sizes” for Responsive Images

<picture> is an HTML5 element designed to give us more versatile and performant responsive image functionality. Instead of loading a single image and trying to resize it to suit all possible viewport sizes and layouts, the picture tag loads multiple images of different sizes and resolutions, choosing the best fit for different scenarios. How Does <picture>… Continue reading How to Use HTML5 “picture”, “srcset”, and “sizes” for Responsive Images

23+ Best Responsive WordPress Themes (For Sites in 2020)

When it comes to creating a website for your business, an attractive design will only get you so far. With people increasingly using their tablets and smartphones to research and shop online, your website needs not only to be responsive, but flawlessly responsive. In 2020, the number of smartphone users worldwide is forecast to reach an incredible… Continue reading 23+ Best Responsive WordPress Themes (For Sites in 2020)

How to Create a Typographic Album Cover

What You’ll Be Creating In this article, we’ll analyze some album cover design examples that have an emphasis on typography. Then, we’ll take some of these album cover ideas and experiment with them in a sample typographic album cover. Whether your focus is on CD album covers, a cover for your podcast, or creating and… Continue reading How to Create a Typographic Album Cover

Learn to Code WordPress Plugins With These 3 Practical Projects

If you want to get started coding your own plugins for WordPress, try our newly updated course, 3 Practical Projects to Learn to Code WordPress Plugins. In this course, Rachel McCollin will guide you through creating a series of practical call-to-action WordPress plugins. You’ll create: a call-to-action plugin that can be activated with a hook… Continue reading Learn to Code WordPress Plugins With These 3 Practical Projects

How to Add an Appointment Booking Calendar With a WordPress Plugin

The internet has revolutionized many services that before were tedious or time-consuming. Booking an appointment is a great example. Booking online not only saves time for the user but also the service provider. An appointment booking plugin makes it easy to manage their visitors, appointments and schedules in a well-organized manner. Business such as salons,… Continue reading How to Add an Appointment Booking Calendar With a WordPress Plugin

Best WordPress Quiz Plugins of 2019

A great way to improve website visitor engagement and get potential business is with quizzes. A quiz does not necessarily need to have academic questions. You can use them to help visitors figure out which product they should buy or books they should read, for example. Quizzes can also be created just for fun or… Continue reading Best WordPress Quiz Plugins of 2019

6 Figma Plugins to Give You Design Superpowers (and How to Use Them)

Figma plugins are a recent addition to what’s becoming the go-to collaborative tool for UI designers everywhere. Plugins are built by the community (you can even build one yourself if you wish) and provide an easy way to extend your capabilities with Figma. Through this helpful update, designers can automate repetitive tasks, add accessibility features,… Continue reading 6 Figma Plugins to Give You Design Superpowers (and How to Use Them)

How to Make, Use, and Manipulate a Calligraphic Brush in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating The Calligraphic brush in Adobe Illustrator mimics the look and feel of a calligraphy pen nib. Let’s take its options for a spin to get everything you can from this brush type. 1. How to Make a Calligraphic Brush Step 1 To start, create a New Document, select the Paintbrush Tool (B)… Continue reading How to Make, Use, and Manipulate a Calligraphic Brush in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Mailchimp Subscribe Form Widget for WordPress

In this tutorial I’ll explain how to create a “Mailchimp subscribe form widget” using WordPress, the Mailchimp API, and AJAX. It will be aimed at competent beginner developers, and requires some understanding of PHP and WordPress development. There’s a lot to do, so let’s get stuck in! A Quick Note on APIs “The web has… Continue reading How to Create a Mailchimp Subscribe Form Widget for WordPress

An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons

CSS-in-JS libraries provide us with a new approach for writing CSS. They aim to tackle the limitations of CSS, such as the lack of dynamic functionality, scoping, and portability. In spite of its advantages, CSS-in-JS is a controversial technology, as many developers ask if it’s worth further complicating front-end development.  This article intends to give… Continue reading An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons

Created by You, September 2019 Edition

Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community!  Every day, visitors like you take the time not only to read our tutorials but also to try them out. This is an assortment of those comment submissions found throughout the Design & Illustration section. Check… Continue reading Created by You, September 2019 Edition

Build a Simple Weather App With Vanilla JavaScript

We have a lot of interesting things to cover, so grab a cup of coffee and let’s get started! Here’s a quick navigation menu for you. What You’ll Learn In This Weather API JavaScript Tutorial: Scaffolding the Weather App Find a Weather API What is OpenWeather? Where To Find Weather Icons and… Continue reading Build a Simple Weather App With Vanilla JavaScript

14 Best PHP Event Calendar and Booking Scripts

There are several reasons PHP calendar, booking and events scripts might be a great addition to your website. If you’re a service provider, then it makes sense to have an appointment booking system on your site that allows potential customers to see your availability and select an appointment time and date that is best for… Continue reading 14 Best PHP Event Calendar and Booking Scripts

The 10 Best Decorative Fonts to Use on Your Website

The fonts we choose play a major role within a website. The right font combination can make your site stand out from the crowd. In addition, they tie in with your brand to deliver just the right message. Among the various font styles out there, decorative fonts are a great choice if… Continue reading The 10 Best Decorative Fonts to Use on Your Website