One of the unique parts of being a web designer is that the job never stops evolving. From static HTML all the way to Content Management Systems – the way…
Web Design Tips to Help You Sell Services Online
Selling services online is an entirely different ballgame than selling products. There are separate processes, marketing techniques, and web design principles you must follow. You can’t pitch services in the…
Weekly News for Designers № 389
This week’s Designer News (N.389) includes A Web Component for Drawing Patterns with CSS, Real Words that Double as HEX Values, 2017 Logo Trends, The State of CSS, Build Forms with CSS Grid, Color Accessibility Workflows, 25 Minute Design School and more.
Explaining to a Client Why Investment in Their Website Is Crucial to Their Success
Everybody wants to spend as little as possible and get as much as they can. That’s the case whether you’re building a website, buying a car or grabbing a bite…
Freebie: Line-Style User Avatar Icon Set (AI, EPS, SVG & PNG)
Designed by our friends at Vecteezy, these fantastic free line-style avatar icons can be used as the default user images or personas of a community-driven service or even utilized in…
Top Web Hosting Services for You to Use This Year
While choosing a web hosting service can be a relatively easy task, it requires a good deal of careful thought if you want to do it right. While it may…
10 Awesome CSS Button Libraries & Collections
When you think about it, buttons are the drivers of online interaction. We use them to add products to our shopping carts, learn more about a service, confirm our decisions…
Taking the Occam Razor Approach to Design
Did you know that designers can use a tool that mathematicians, philosophers, and other academics have known about for hundreds of years? It’s called Occam’s Razor, and it’s a law…
Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat or Opportunity for Web Designers?
The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) was nothing more than science fiction a few decades ago. Now, thanks to tremendous innovations in technology, computing, and communications, true AI may no…
Modern Favicon and Icon Development Techniques and Best Practices
Since its debut in 1999 with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the favicon has expanded in scope thanks to adoption by modern browsers and operating systems. Although it was originally a tiny…
