What You’ll Be Creating Video is becoming an increasingly important element of a successful website. It has SEO benefits, increases engagement and the amount of time visitors spend on your site, and will also reflect well on your brand. WordPress lets you add embedded video out of the box, but you can make the process… Continue reading 20 Useful Video Plugins Available on CodeCanyon
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Adding a Music Player to Your WordPress Site
Thinking about adding a substantial amount of audio to your site? Or maybe just a clip for a single song? When working with WordPress, there are dozens of different ways to add a music of audio player to your site. Choosing the one that works best for you can be tough. In this piece, we’ll… Continue reading Adding a Music Player to Your WordPress Site
Create a PHP Email Script and Form
Forms on websites can be used for a lot of purposes besides being a place to contact the website administrators. In previous posts, I covered how to create a fully functional contact form in PHP and how to build your own Captcha and integrate it in your contact forms. In this tutorial, our focus will… Continue reading Create a PHP Email Script and Form
Introduction to Studio, the Screen Design Tool From InVision
Today I’m going to give you a quick introduction to Studio, a brand new screen design tool from InVision. With it, you can design your UI projects, but also build prototypes and collaborate with others to keep everything in sync. If you’re looking for an alternative to Adobe XD, or Sketch, or Figma, read on! Studio… Continue reading Introduction to Studio, the Screen Design Tool From InVision
International Artist Feature: Slovenia
Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today, we’re catching up with seven incredible artists from Slovenia, a central European country with vast mountainous scenes and landscapes. I asked each artist how their country and culture influenced their work, and they delivered great responses. Jernej Myint Our first artist, Jernej Myint, is a… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Slovenia
How to Use Animation in Angular 6
In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the importance of animations in improving the user experience. I’ll show you how to incorporate animations in Angular 6 applications with the help of animation components and Bootstrap. The Role of Animations in User Design Most web users are visual creatures and therefore respond to visual objects. This means… Continue reading How to Use Animation in Angular 6
How to Use Adobe Illustrator Files in Figma
In this quick tip I’m going to show you how to get an Adobe Illustrator file into Figma, without needing Adobe Illustrator. How to Open an Adobe Illustrator File in Figma Let’s say you have some icons, such as the example we’re using here, Flat Books Icons on Envato Elements: Flat Books Icons You’ll notice… Continue reading How to Use Adobe Illustrator Files in Figma
How to Make a Bi-Fold Brochure in InDesign
What You’ll Be Creating In this quick and simple tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a bi-fold brochure template using Adobe InDesign. You’ll create the basic structure and style for your brochure template, using an on-trend color palette and stylish fonts. An adaptable pamphlet template for any creative business, this bi-fold brochure can be customized… Continue reading How to Make a Bi-Fold Brochure in InDesign
Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared
Without a doubt, Quform and FormCraft are two of the most popular and highly rated WordPress form builders on the market, but which of these two giants is right for you? Today, we take a peek under the hoods to see what makes these form builders so special. We’ll identify the best features of each… Continue reading Top WordPress Form Builder Plugins Compared
Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins
If you run a WordPress site, you need a reliable contact form so that visitors can reach you with their questions and comments. However, with so many WordPress form builders on the market, it can be difficult to find the very best contact form WordPress has to offer. To save you the time-wasting and head-scratching… Continue reading Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins
Going Beyond the Basics With InVision Studio
Want to get the most out of an awesome screen design tool? Try our short course, Going Beyond the Basics With InVision Studio. What You’ll Learn Studio is a free screen design tool from InVision. With it, you can design, prototype, and collaborate with others on your project, creating anything from mobile apps to full-blown… Continue reading Going Beyond the Basics With InVision Studio
8 Ways to Reduce Your Android App APK Size
Since the Android Marketplace launched in March 2012, the size of the average Android app has quintupled. Some of this increase makes sense: the memory available to the typical Android device has increased, so why not use this extra memory to deliver a better user experience? However, there is a point where all of those… Continue reading 8 Ways to Reduce Your Android App APK Size
How to Make a Banner With an Online Banner Maker
What You’ll Be Creating Need to create a banner design but don’t have the required tools or skills? Well, what if I told you that you can use an online banner maker that comes with a large selection of banner templates that you can choose and customize? If that sounds interesting, follow me in this… Continue reading How to Make a Banner With an Online Banner Maker
Why You Should Use Slider Revolution for Your WordPress Site
WordPress Sliders are a dime a dozen, but few can match the amazing Slider Revolution for WordPress when it comes to features, speed, and ease of use. Today we’ll take an in-depth look at: what sliders are the pros and cons of using a WordPress slider plugin on your site why Slider Revolution is the best… Continue reading Why You Should Use Slider Revolution for Your WordPress Site
Two Ways to Create a CSS Frosted Glass Effect
* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a frosted glass effect in CSS. You’ll already have seen this glass blur effect in action in UIs (User Interfaces) such as on MacOS and iOS, even Windows nowadays, so the glass background is definitely a trending effect.… Continue reading Two Ways to Create a CSS Frosted Glass Effect
Build Your Own CAPTCHA and Contact Form in PHP
People write code every day to automate a variety of processes. We exploit the fact that computers are a lot faster and more accurate than humans, which lets us simplify a lot of mundane tasks. Unfortunately, these same abilities can be used to program computers to do something malicious like sending spam or guessing passwords.… Continue reading Build Your Own CAPTCHA and Contact Form in PHP
5 Attention-Grabbing Web Fonts to Download and Use
Typography is an essential part of great web design, and goes well beyond simply enhancing the look of your website. When thoughtfully implemented, fonts can help you achieve goals as diverse as improving accessibility all the way to reinforcing your brand. The right font can also be strategically used to grab a user’s… Continue reading 5 Attention-Grabbing Web Fonts to Download and Use
How to Create a JavaScript PDF Viewer
The Portable Document Format, or PDF for short, is ideal for sharing documents containing lots of precisely formatted text and images, especially if they’re likely to be printed or read offline. Although most modern browsers can display PDF files, they do so using a PDF viewer that runs in an independent tab or window, forcing… Continue reading How to Create a JavaScript PDF Viewer
24 Best New Photoshop Actions & Photo Effects for 2019
Enter 2019 with the best Photoshop actions around. Check out these awesome new resources below. 24 Best New Photoshop Actions & Photo Effects 2019 is finally here, so how will you transform this year? Try a new Photoshop action and create wild photo effects to share on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Explore your creative spirit… Continue reading 24 Best New Photoshop Actions & Photo Effects for 2019
Try a New Course on JavaScript Functions
Functions are one of the most important constructs in JavaScript. Without understanding functions, you’ll never master the JavaScript language. Luckily, our new course will set you straight: JavaScript Practice JavaScript and Learn: Functions Jeremy McPeak What You’ll Learn Despite their importance, there’s a lot of confusion around JavaScript functions—especially since JavaScript ES5 (ECMAScript 2015), with… Continue reading Try a New Course on JavaScript Functions
How to Install, Configure and Secure Your Own Website Server From Scratch
If you’ve ever owned or run a website you’ll be familiar with one important part of it: quality hosting, good servers. And whilst there’s a huge number of hosting companies available, finding the best option can sometimes be tricky. This intermediate level tutorial will help you understand hosting with a VPS or dedicated server. Who is… Continue reading How to Install, Configure and Secure Your Own Website Server From Scratch
50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2018!
It’s that time of year again… we’re going to dive into the best design and illustration tutorials and articles of the past year! Before we jump into it, let’s look at what we’ve been up to on Envato Tuts+ as a whole: On Envato Tuts+, as mentioned in the Envato Year in Review 2018, we… Continue reading 50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2018!
Best PDF Viewers for WordPress Compared
PDF files are an efficient and time-tested way to share and display documents, but there are some limitations when you do not have a PDF viewer for your website. First, you risk losing visitors: while browsers can load PDF documents, files load in a new tab or window, which means that viewers’ attention has already… Continue reading Best PDF Viewers for WordPress Compared
Building JavaScript Websites With Meteor
Meteor.js is a full-stack, open-source framework for building web and mobile apps. In our new course, Building JavaScript Websites With Meteor, you will learn how to use Meteor and its front-end framework, Blaze, to build a simple social networking website. In this detailed 2.2-hour course, Craig Campbell will take you through every step of the… Continue reading Building JavaScript Websites With Meteor