There’s no need to continue to stress yourself out plowing through a host of themes in hopes of finding something that just might suit your immediate needs. “Just might” is not a very good description to hang your hat on. If you narrow your search down to 15 or so of the top WordPress themes going into 2020 you should easily find what you need. Better yet, we’ve already narrowed the search for you. Add the fact that...
Google Image Search has millions of users. In fact, nearly a quarter of all Google search queries return an image. Visual search on multiple online channels will also continue to grow.[1] Just look at how social media has shifted from text to images and videos. Using more images is a very clear call to action for businesses looking to drive more traffic to their websites. “Images play an important role in your website design,” Garry Grant, CEO of a global...
Welcome to the new year, people! Are you ready to make 2020 your year? Without proper planning, all the best and most enthusiastic ideas can come to a complete halt, or never even begin at all. Proper planning and productivity tools can be life-changing and can help you and your career thrive this year. If you’ve found yourself in a creative rut, then you’re in luck. We just shared our 5 tips and tricks on how to get and stay...
New year, new me. Or for me, as a graphic designer, new year, new designs. Just like writers, sometimes we get a major creativity block. It’s hard to be creativity 24/7, especially when your job depends on it. Sometimes the ideas will just come to you out of the blue, and other times, it comes down to discipline and trial + error. Today we’re going to go over 5 different ways you can boost your creativity and thrive as a graphic...
About The Author Rachel Andrew is not only Editor in Chief of Smashing Magazine, but also a web developer, writer and speaker. She is the author of a number of books, including … More about Rachel Andrew …[1] In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, we take a look at how to use the grid lines to place items. In the first article[2] in this series, I took a look at...
About The Author A full stack software developer by the day and mobile app developer by night. While not working, I love to cook and play PC games. More about Shubham …[1] A walkthrough of creating an Angular 8 web application using the official Angular Material Design library. Learn how to create a QR Code generator web application completely based on Angular while hosted on Netlify. Angular is one of the popular choices while creating new web applications. Moreover,...
About The Author Frederick O’Brien is a freelance journalist who conforms to most British stereotypes. His interests include American literature, graphic design, sustainable … More about Frederick …[1] No frills, or flashing neon frills with sprinklers attached? ‘Brutalist’ websites have flourished in recent years, but their guiding philosophy remains unclear. Of all the design trends to hit the Internet in recent years, brutalism is surely the most eye-catching, and the most poorly defined. A variety of major brands have...
About The Author Bruce has been working on accessibility, web standards, and browsers since 2001. That’s why he looks that bad. You can follow him at @brucel, or read his … More about Bruce Lawson …[1][2] Browsers’ visual display of headings nested inside <section> elements makes it look as if they are assigning a logical hierarchy to those headings. However, this is purely visual and is not communicated to assistive technologies. What use is <section>, and how should...
About The Author Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. When he is not writing or speaking at a conference, he’s most probably running … More about Vitaly Friedman …[1] Let’s make 2020… fast! An annual front-end performance checklist (PDF/Apple Pages/MS Word), with everything you need to know to create fast experiences on the web today. Updated since 2016. Kindly supported by our dear friends at LogRocket[2], a frontend performance monitoring solution that...
About The Author Rachel Andrew is not only Editor in Chief of Smashing Magazine, but also a web developer, writer and speaker. She is the author of a number of books, including … More about Rachel Andrew …[1] In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, we take a detailed look at what happens when you create a grid container and the various properties that can be applied to the container...