People often choose a career in web design because they find it fascinating and/or have a real talent for it. In my own case, I spent my late teenage years…
Pitch the Promised Land – Designing Your Company Story
It is important to stay on top of all of the emerging marketing trends and technology-driven tactics as best you can. But, you also have to realize that many of…
A Comprehensive Guide on the “Whys” of Site Optimization
Companies typically have objectives in mind when they create websites. Maybe they want to promote a brand name or gain members. Perhaps they are trying to boost online sales. For…
Weekly News for Designers (N.386)
This week’s Designer News (N.386) includes a Minimal CSS Tooltip Library, JS MythBusters, a Tool for Generating WordPress Code Snippets, Learn CSS Grid, a Designer’s Guide to DPI, Dead Simple Techniques for Using Branding in UI and more.
5 Ways to Build a Great Reputation as a Freelancer
If you’ve read the news anytime within the past few thousand years, you may have noticed that a quite a few people aren’t so great with maintaining their reputation. And…
Taking Inspiration from the Humble Shopping Cart
We’re going to explore the history of the humble shopping cart, taking lessons from its design, marketing, and even the psychology of use, that you can start applying to your…
10 Amazing CSS & JavaScript Text Animation Snippets
You can make some pretty dazzling text effects with basic CSS and a few lines of JavaScript. These effects range from text display animations to 3D rotations or anything else…
The Quest for a Seamless WordPress Experience
I work with WordPress on a daily basis. Whether it’s design, theme development, customization or performing maintenance – the open source CMS makes up the vast majority of my workload….
A Realistic Look at Social Media Marketing in 2017
Are you one of the thousands of brands getting overshadowed by businesses that are Insta-famous? You don’t have to get lost in the shuffle on social media – nor do…
The Big CSS Media Query Mistake
Do you ever feel weird when everyone around you is doing something you would ordinarily think is wrong [or not quite ideal at the very least], but somehow no one…
