First Week In Web Design – January 8, 2021

Learn more about email design trends for 2021. Create beautiful newsletters to impress your subscribers in the new year.

Every now and then a web developer using a Mac discovers that their beautiful design is littered with scroll bars on other platforms. Either because someone points it out to them or because they attach a mouse to their laptop, both of which make the scroll bars appear. Often, MacOS hiding scroll bars by default […]

Don’t drop the ball on these website design trends for the new year. All of the trends featured here this month are visual in nature – not as many user inte

Sketch once dominated the world of UI design tools. But these days, we have an array of Sketch alternatives that are on par with Sketch and even outmatch it in certain areas. This detailed guide will cover the best Sketch alternatives in 2020.

Solidify your UI/UX portfolio with seven types of projects to help you land more design jobs and build your client base in 2021.

Actionable top tips that will help you maintain a successful freelancing career. From standing out to growing new markets, find the right strategy for you now.

This year has proven that the web and its related technologies are essential. We look back at how the web kept us open for business and a whole lot more.

The world has now new norms for traveling, working, and just about every daily activity ever since the pandemic broke out on a global scale. To keep up with the changed lifestyle, many industries and workplaces started adopting remote working norms and the necessary infrastructure support. Software development has definitely got an edge over the […]

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Eleventy is increasing in popularity because it allows us to create nice, simple websites, but also — because it’s so developer-friendly. We can build

You can now eschew that aged page builder plugin in favor of the WordPress Gutenberg block editor. It has now become reliable enough.

A tutorial explaining how to build an infinite auto-scrolling gallery using WebGL with OGL and GLSL Shaders.

Read what is hero image, why it's important in web design and how to make it work for your goals. Check the types of images and a big pack of web design examples.

Hasura is one of my favorite ways to create a managed GraphQL API for my applications. I find it easy and straightforward as well as suitable for a wide

This post includes 25 free and unique grunge fonts. These fonts make it quick and easy to create your own designs with a grungy feel.

Branding is a complex concept, and its strategies have undergone various changes over the centuries. This article will overview the critical points of branding and show the latest trends that help companies become recognizable on the market.

These are the 60 most interesting and useful developer tools from the past year, as seen by the CTR stats from my weekly newsletter on tools.

Here's a little hodgepodge of videos I've recently bookmarked (and watched). I couldn't decide if each one of them should be a separate blog post or if I

Here's a fun idea from James Stanley: a CSS file (that presumably updates daily) containing CSS custom properties for "seasonal" colors (e.g. spring is

In this article, we'll share six essential tips to help guide your typography choices and create a successful logo design.

The best WordPress hosting providers often offer access to developer tools that make your work easier. Let's talk about what to look for!

The 21st century is just great where technology is concerned. Technological advancements have invaded almost everything we’re doing.

The article is devoted to UX writing mistakes, considering and eliminating which you will increase the number of satisfied customers.

There are strategies you can apply to your business proven to work. Here's 10 ways to secure web design leads for your business.

When it comes to UX, how often do you connect it to privacy? It’s a big part of the design process. From connected apps to e-commerce to forms, data collection is happening all the time. Users are accustomed to it and generally ok with these practices unless something goes wrong. It’s ...

We’ve seen the checkbox hack and how it can be used to build a complete state machine in CSS. Today, we’ll take that line of thought a step further and

What does a graphic designer do in 2021? In this article, we'll explore the skills needed to become a graphic designer, the types of projects graphic designers work on nowadays, what the day-to-day workflow looks like, and more.

There is a <code> tag in HTML. I literally just used it to wrap that tag in the previous sentence — so meta. It is an inline-by-default element that

I recently had a project with a requirement to support theming on the website. It was a bit of a strange requirement, as the application is mostly used by

A look back at the year’s most resilient design projects

Simon Willison has a project called Datasette, an open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. I'm not sure I'm qualified to explain it, but

People are connected more than ever before in the digital era. The internet has revolutionized marketing with digital methods. The emergence of social media has further strengthened the prospect of digital marketing. Gone are dream days, digital marketing gives you wings to fly high, the sky's the limit. Digital marketing is the process of building and maintaining customer relationships. The main factor in this market is visual content which could be better handled using image search services. What do you mean by visual content? When you visit a website, it is the first impression made by visuals that make you stay or leave a website. Visuals will include design, video, image, infographics, illustrations, etc. You can have a brief idea how to find a picture by visiting www.reverseimagesearch.com. It is a photo lookup tool that will help you through visual search. Why is this important? Image search helps reach the targeted audience without failing. Visual content has emerged as one

Calligraphy fonts can turn any content into something fancier and more stylish. This collection makes it easy to find the perfect choice.

A well-designed dashboard is an extremely powerful tool, which in the hands of an experienced manager allows you to draw the correct conclusions and make the right decisions. However, it...