Brenda Stokes Barron Author at 1stWebDesigner

Comparing Popular WordPress Form Plugins

There are a lot of WordPress form plugins out there. And we mean a lot. If you’ve found yourself lost in a sea of forms, we’re here to rescue you…

Copy-and-Paste CSS Animation Cheat Sheets

Animation is a staple of web and UI design. A perfectly still website devoid of even subtle hover states can feel incomplete, like something essential is missing. Luckily, there are…

Interactive CSS Grid Layout Generators

For as long as CSS has existed, web developers have struggled to design layouts with it. Positioning elements on a page has never been easy and usually involved a workaround…

Design Studio & Agency Website Inspiration

If you’re taking on the huge task of designing a studio or agency’s website, it’s important that you get everything just right. Professionalism and ease of navigation needs to balanced…

9 Unique Free Fonts You (Probably) Haven’t Tried Yet

As a web or graphic designer, you should always be on the lookout for an interesting new font to try. Typography is one of the most important elements of a…

6 Popular Page Builders for WordPress in 2019

WordPress is without a doubt one of the easiest and yet most customizable site-building platforms available. It brings the difficulty of creating a website down for beginners, while also not…

Free High-Resolution Marble Texture Backgrounds

Elegant and beautiful, marble textures make a great background for a variety of projects. Marble always brings an air of exquisite polish to a design, with its lustrous look and…

Beautifully Dark Website Design Inspiration

Dark websites have long captured designers’ imaginations, standing in stark contrast to the more mainstream light web design. When creating a website that’s unique, sleek, and mysterious, dark colors are…

Free Condensed Fonts for Designers

Running low on space, or looking to give your designs a mature and professional look? These fonts are exactly what you need for your project. Condensed, or narrow, fonts are…

Free One-Page Portfolio Website Builders

In the growing world of designers, developers and other online service providers, having a great portfolio is essential to getting hired. You won’t get work if you don’t put yourself…

Tools and Guides for Web Design Accessibility

Fifteen years ago, web accessibility wasn’t a thought in many designers’ minds. Online standards did exist as far back as 1996. But they were followed much less often than they…

SVG Filter Resources and Demos

If you’ve used CSS, you might have worked with CSS filters before. Sadly, these are somewhat limited, so you’ll often need to break out Photoshop to get the effect you’re…

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