20 Free AngularJS Resources & Tutorials

While jQuery is easily the most popular open source JavaScript library there are many competitors. Among the many alternatives I want to focus on AngularJS. As a designer it can be tough getting into JavaScript because it might feel a little bit like programming. Getting past the initial learning curve is tough but worthwhile in… Continue reading 20 Free AngularJS Resources & Tutorials

17 CSS3 Transition Plugins & Tutorials To Create A Single Page Website

Here is another collection of some CSS3 tutorials and this time, we are focusing on creating transition effect for creating a single page website. In the recent times, we have seen that single page websites have greatly increased the user experience by reducing the unnecessary loading time of duplicated page contents. So, without any further… Continue reading 17 CSS3 Transition Plugins & Tutorials To Create A Single Page Website

WP_Query Arguments: Taxonomies

So far in this series, you’ve learned how WP_Query is structured and what its properties and methods are. Now we’re looking at the various arguments you can use with WP_Query and how you code them. WP_Query has a large number of possible arguments, which makes it extremely flexible. As you can use it to query… Continue reading WP_Query Arguments: Taxonomies

Icons in Web Design: Tips, Resources, and Examples

Modern icons have become a staple for every digital interface. They can help organize content, they’re generally lightweight and even play mp3′s. No wait that’s iPods… well even iPods have a use for icons because they’re a quick visual method to convey information.   The field of web design has been using icons since before… Continue reading Icons in Web Design: Tips, Resources, and Examples

8 User Experience (UX) Free Tools & Apps

With today’s collection, we have come up with 8 most useful tools and apps for everyday UX tasks that will be helpful for the designers. There are plenty of online solutions available that help professionals a lot. Working in an UX team calls for mastering quite a few online tools. With this collection, we want… Continue reading 8 User Experience (UX) Free Tools & Apps

How to Build Interactive Prototype with Google Form

download source file I have been using Form since Google acquired them. The video above is my 2nd prototype built with Form. And I’m writing my first Medium article to share the knowledge I learned while making it. But it’s not a follow me then you’ll get it tutorial. I’m just going to give a… Continue reading How to Build Interactive Prototype with Google Form

How to Create a Magical Christmas Snow Globe in Photoshop

Learn how to create this fantasy Christmas scene with Photoshop. You will use a variety of brushes and images in order to achieve a pleasant final result. Let’s start! What you’ll be creating In this tutorial you will create a winter fantasy scene. In order to follow this tutorial you will need Photoshop CS3 or… Continue reading How to Create a Magical Christmas Snow Globe in Photoshop

50 Most Useful jQuery Plugins from 2014

Today, we have the 2014 edition of our top 50 jQuery plugins of the year. They are the 50 jQuery plugins that we feel are the most useful, most innovative and most time-saving solutions to many of the modern design and development issues you may have. Just to help you find exactly what you are… Continue reading 50 Most Useful jQuery Plugins from 2014

ClassyCountdown – jQuery Plugin to Create Circular Countdowns

ClassyCountdown is a jQuery plugin written by Marius Stanciu – Sergiu, a plugin that allows you to easily create clean circular countdowns. It is fully customizable and includes 12 themes, which can be modified and it uses HTML5 canvas for rendering the circles. This jQuery plugin is distributed under the MIT license. Enjoy! Demo &… Continue reading ClassyCountdown – jQuery Plugin to Create Circular Countdowns

Improving Design With Quick Usability Tests

To see how users behave in a natural environment, it helps to use remote usability software to record the screens and the voices of test participants. This lets you hear them thinking out loud and see every click. While focus groups and field studies help you understand user opinions and natural product use, remote recorded… Continue reading Improving Design With Quick Usability Tests

7 Reasons Why You Should Choose Ruby on Rails

During the last ten years, Ruby on Rails has grown to become an increasingly popular solution for building web apps. In our rapidly changing technological environment and shaky economy, RoR can speed up the development process and help companies save time and money. Today, the knowledge of Ruby can land you great jobs – there… Continue reading 7 Reasons Why You Should Choose Ruby on Rails

Android Lollipop: Developers Must Adapt to These 3 Radical Changes

With the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, one of the most radical design overhauls of the Google’s mobile operating system, the new era of the Android is being rolled out. The latest OS is set to bring a raft of new changes, updates, and features that are sure to change the way you have ever… Continue reading Android Lollipop: Developers Must Adapt to These 3 Radical Changes

Best Practices for Creating Fullscreen Website Backgrounds

The artistic use of fullscreen backgrounds has become a large part of the web design lexicon. Many different layouts from landing pages to agencies and social networks have used this feature with great success. It’s a fantastic way to draw attention while simultaneously branding a company or project. In this post I’d like to cover… Continue reading Best Practices for Creating Fullscreen Website Backgrounds

5 Must Know Things About SEO in 2015

For most of the readers here search engine optimization is not their major area of expertise. Yet we’re all in digital marketing, and we hear now and then that Google has rolled out a new update (possibly with the name of yet another animal), or that a popular SEO tactic has been labeled as harmful.… Continue reading 5 Must Know Things About SEO in 2015

How To Create a Christmas Jumper Pattern in Illustrator

Last week I shared a collection of free seamless knitted Christmas jumper patterns for my readers to download and get their design in the festive spirit. A few of you guys were interested in seeing how they were made, so today I’ll be showing you the techniques I used to build them. Don’t worry if… Continue reading How To Create a Christmas Jumper Pattern in Illustrator

23 New Tutorials to Learn Essential of Illustration

In illustrator tutorials you’ll learn how to create vector graphic design resources and illustration basics, new features, tips and techniques. In this collection we’re gathered latest Illustrator CS6 and Illustrator CC tutorials which can help to create Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator. I hope! these illustrator tutorials can enhance you’r illustration skills and improve the quality of your works.… Continue reading 23 New Tutorials to Learn Essential of Illustration

Create Rocky Face Manipulation with Abstract Lighting Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this Rocky Face Manipulation with Abstract Lighting Effect in Photoshop. You will learn some interesting methods of creating nice-looking abstract line effects and some fancy colouring technique with adjustment layers. Have a try! This is an intermediate level tutorial and some steps can be tricky.… Continue reading Create Rocky Face Manipulation with Abstract Lighting Effect in Photoshop

38 Visually Awesome CSS Tutorials & Techniques

If you are looking for some cool and visually appealing CSS tutorials and techniques, then look no further. In today’s round up, we are unveiling 38 most useful CSS tutorials along with some cool techniques that would help you a lot. These are the tutorials that focus on making the smaller details of the web… Continue reading 38 Visually Awesome CSS Tutorials & Techniques

Create Dark Text Effect Inspired by “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” Game in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this dark text effect inspired by the action game “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” in Photoshop. This is a beginner to intermediate level tutorial. Note: The Photoshop tutorial is done in Photoshop CC – therefore some screenshot may have slighting different layout as in the… Continue reading Create Dark Text Effect Inspired by “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” Game in Photoshop

How To: Live Edit WordPress Themes CSS with the CSSHero Plugin

If you wish to customize your WordPress theme, then unless it has a live editor built-in then you would need to have some knowledge of CSS which is how the visual look of themes are constructed. A Stylesheet contains the CSS rules which govern your site’s layout, colors, font choices and so on and can… Continue reading How To: Live Edit WordPress Themes CSS with the CSSHero Plugin

How To: Easily Create Pricing Tables in WordPress

A lot of product or business themes these days bundle in the ability to create pricing tables which you can use to create a listing of your different pricing options for your service or product. These were popularised at first by hosting companies who needed to be able to show a large amount of features… Continue reading How To: Easily Create Pricing Tables in WordPress