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AMP in 60 Seconds
The AMP project is an open source initiative backed by Google, with the goal of making websites faster. Here’s what it is, in sixty seconds! Useful Resources 60 seconds?! This is part of a series of quick video tutorials on Envato Tuts+. We’re introducing a range of subjects, all in 60 seconds–just enough to whet your… Continue reading AMP in 60 Seconds
10 Top Tips for Creating Unique Character Designs
Everyone has a favorite cartoon character, but how did they first come to life? A lot of research and love goes into creating universally recognized characters. So today we’re bringing you ten great tips for everything you need to know about character design, using amazing examples from Envato Market. 1. Pick a Theme Starting a new… Continue reading 10 Top Tips for Creating Unique Character Designs
How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies
In a recent series, we talked all about how we could work with metadata for several of the major classes in WordPress. This included: Throughout the series, we talked a bit about how WordPress 4.4 introduced the idea of term metadata. I didn’t want to present the concept within the context of that series because… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies
Android From Scratch: Building Your First Android Application
What You’ll Be Creating After taking a look at the current state of Android development and how to set up your development environment, in this lesson, you are going to learn how to build and launch your first Android application. I won’t focus too much on the details, because those are covered extensively later in… Continue reading Android From Scratch: Building Your First Android Application
What Are WordPress Themes?
We recently wrapped up a series that covered How to Get Started With WordPress. Though it’s not a pre-requisite for reading the following article, I recommend reading through the four posts, especially if you’re someone who is just now getting started with WordPress. The people who visit Envato Tuts+ come from a variety of backgrounds, both… Continue reading What Are WordPress Themes?
Designing for Apple Watch: Designing a Glance in Sketch
What You’ll Be Creating If this is the first time you are designing for a wearable device, you will notice that there are some key differences compared to designing a product for a smartphone or a desktop computer. In this quick tip, I cover some of these differences while also teaching you how to design… Continue reading Designing for Apple Watch: Designing a Glance in Sketch
Handy Sketch Features for Designing Style Guides
What You’ll Be Creating This tutorial will show you how to organize a style guide using Sketch. Additionally it will teach you some core skills for using Sketch in other situations. We will go over everything from setting up typography, using assorted grid types, to best practices for using “symbols” and “shared styles”. Typography Setting reusable type… Continue reading Handy Sketch Features for Designing Style Guides
How to Work With WordPress Comment Metadata
Throughout this series, we’ve looked at a number of the metadata APIs that are offered by WordPress. This includes the Post Meta API and the User Meta API. Today, we’re going to be rounding out the series by looking at the WordPress Comment Meta API. Note that this is that the final metadata API WordPress… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Comment Metadata
How to Design a Tattoo With a Game of Thrones Theme
What You’ll Be Creating Game of Thrones season 6 is just around the corner! If you want to pass the time and learn something along the way, with this tutorial you’ll be able to create your own GoT tattoo design. I will show you how to plan the composition and how to paint it using… Continue reading How to Design a Tattoo With a Game of Thrones Theme
How to Work With Images in Shopify
When starting out with a new platform, such as Shopify, there’s a lot to learn. Whilst Liquid, the template language used in Shopify themes, is very readable and easy to get started with, one area of Shopify development which can often cause confusion for new theme developers is images. I believe the main reason for… Continue reading How to Work With Images in Shopify
Android From Scratch: Setting Up the Development Environment
So you’ve decided to take your first steps into learning about Android app development. Great choice. Android is currently the most widely used smartphone platform in the world and it is a fun operating system for app development. This article shows you how to set up Android Studio, the official IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for… Continue reading Android From Scratch: Setting Up the Development Environment
How to Run Your Application on a Physical Device
Most Android phones and tablets can be connected to a computer using a USB cable. However, by default, the USB connection established between an Android device and a computer is limited to file transfer only. Therefore, if you want to use your device for Android application development, you have to make a few configuration changes… Continue reading How to Run Your Application on a Physical Device
Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, March 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 out this set… Continue reading Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, March Edition
Multisite Enhancements in WordPress 4.4
I’m a big fan of WordPress Multisite: I use it to manage a small network of client sites, hold all of my demo sites in one place, and also run a network allowing people to create their own custom sites. So it’s always nice to see Multisite getting a bit of love when WordPress is… Continue reading Multisite Enhancements in WordPress 4.4
Free Coffee Break Course: Using Linux for Ruby Development
Want to work in Ruby? Consider switching to Linux. After all, the Ruby ecosystem grew up on Unix and Linux operating systems like Mac OS X or Ubuntu. For this reason, Ruby native packages and build tools are often Linux-first and may perform poorly or break when run under Windows. Envato Tuts+ instructor José Mota… Continue reading Free Coffee Break Course: Using Linux for Ruby Development
8 Photography Portfolio Themes for WordPress
In this roundup we’ll take a look at some important things to consider when building an online photography portfolio with WordPress. We’ll go over eight tips and ideas, simultaneously looking at some top selling themes from Envato Market to help demonstrate each point. Say cheese! 1. Introduce Yourself Emotional design is hugely important on the… Continue reading 8 Photography Portfolio Themes for WordPress
How to Make Floating Input Labels With HTML5 Validation
TL;DR Replace your JavaScript validation with HTML5 validation. It’s easier than you think, and gives you a ton of markup and styling control. Try this demo: What We’re Doing Here So you need to validate a form. You do the right thing and start with server-side validation. Then, if you’re a good web-designer, you add… Continue reading How to Make Floating Input Labels With HTML5 Validation
20 Useful WordPress Calendar Plugins
The first thing I think of when I hear “WordPress” and “calendar” is the default calendar widget that displays WordPress Posts by date. But WordPress calendar plugins encompass a far greater—not to mention more powerful—array of plugins. There are calendar plugins for events, bookings, and appointments. Some transform WordPress into its own private working app,… Continue reading 20 Useful WordPress Calendar Plugins
10 Illustrator Tools Every Designer Should Be Using
What You’ll Be Creating In this article, we’re going to talk about the top ten most useful tools in Adobe Illustrator. Whether you’re into icon design, illustrations or any other craft, you’ll definitely want to read this article, since you’ll learn something new and interesting about the software that you use on a daily basis. So,… Continue reading 10 Illustrator Tools Every Designer Should Be Using
Designing for Apple Watch: Product Strategy
When Apple launched the Apple Watch, there was a lot of excitement. Wearables are a new category to design experiences for. The caveat? Translating your app to a smartwatch experience is different from building a responsive product for example. It’s not a matter of fitting content onto a smaller screen. In fact, it starts much… Continue reading Designing for Apple Watch: Product Strategy
How to Work With WordPress User Metadata
In the previous article, we discussed working with post metadata in WordPress using the provided APIs. We also covered a variety of tools, the ideas of security, and what would be required in order to set up the environment in which to work with the code that would be provided throughout the tutorial. If you… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress User Metadata
Weekly Inspiration: Discoverability and Feedback
Recently Vox, together with 99% Invisible, produced a brilliant short film about a door on the tenth floor of the Vox Media office. Besides many other doors, it featured Don Norman: design icon and celebrated author of The Design of Everyday Things. The purpose of the film was to highlight the usability of products and systems, whittling down… Continue reading Weekly Inspiration: Discoverability and Feedback
International Artist Feature: Mexico
For this article in the international artist series we turn to Mexico, featuring six illustrators and designers who create fantastic work, from illustration to lettering to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Gaby Zermeño Gaby is an illustrator and… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Mexico