The First Step in Selling a Seven Figure Web Project
“It was a two million dollar web project.” Then Nick Weynand, CEO of Mighty Citizen (formerly Trademark Media), got up to take care of some business for a moment. Nick…
Weekly News for Designers № 442
This week’s Designer News (N.442) includes Never Overlook Animation in UX, Color Picker Plus for macOS, The Most Dangerous Writing App, The New (and Old) CSS units You’ve Never Heard About, The ‘UI and UX Design’ Pocket Guide, The Unseen Value of Brand Design and more.
50 Clean & Modern eCommerce Sites for Web Design Inspiration
Smaller eCommerce sites have the luxury of not having to follow the pre-defined design styles that many larger corporate stores tend to use. They really don’t need to have a…
40 Free Web-Based Tools & Apps for Working With CSS
We have accumulated a super-useful collection of our favorite little web-based apps and tools for when you’re working with CSS. All of the tools have been created with the intention…
The Free Tropical Icon Set (50 Icons, SVG & PNG)
Courtesy of our friends Freepik, we have a wonderful free icon set for you today. The Tropical Icon Set includes individual icons of palm trees, beach balls, cocktails, surfboards, waves,…
5 Design & Development Skills to Learn This Summer
Summertime is here – at least in the northern hemisphere. And while our thoughts often turn to vacations and outdoor activities, this time of year is also a perfect opportunity…
How to Effectively Use Visual Hierarchy in Web Design
Visual hierarchy is vital to good website design. It’s one of the key principles that will make your website effective in accomplishing your goals for it. There’s a lot of…
5 Things to Look for in a Great Web Design Client
So often, we like to discuss the worst in people. And it certainly makes sense that, as a freelance designer, you’re sure to deal with any number of clients from…
Amelia – a WP Booking Software that Lets You Manage Appointments While You Sleep Sponsored
Taking appointments might appear to be a low-level task. It involves little more than picking up the phone or responding to an email. The problem with that point of view…
Leveraging User Data for Improved UX
Data is currently one of the most valuable commodities and resources on the planet to countless businesses, and the value of data isn’t expected to dwindle anytime soon. Data is…
10 Plugins to Supercharge WordPress Comments
Commenting is built right into WordPress – which is great. But utilizing the default setup is an invitation to a big old mess. Annoyances such as spam and the potential…
A Collection of Unique Password Field & Form Utility Code Snippets
If your website enables users to have their own accounts, then passwords are an important part of both security and the UI. You’ll certainly want users to adopt strong passwords…