112 results for: web design
The meaning of negative spaces in web design
As designers we must help others understand why it is important to maintain white space within our website and why it is important to the user experience. As early as the Victorian era, Mario Praz, an Italian critic and researcher associated this fear with the term "Horror Vacui" which was used…
Category : Css 12-05-2023 by Laura Celis Ballesta
How to make your own custom cursor for your website
When I started browsing different and original websites to learn from them, one of the first things that caught my attention was that some of them had their own cursors, so I investigated how to incorporate it into my website. Today I bring you a simple version of a custom cursor…
Category : Web design 08-06-2022 by Nadal Vicens
Open source web design tools alternatives
There are many prototyping tools, user interface design tools or vector graphics applications. But most of them are paid or closed source. So here I will show you several open source options for you to try and use the one you like the most. Penpot Penpot is the first open source design…
Category : Web design 03-06-2022 by Nadal Vicens
How to Start a Web Design Agency in 2022
If the last two years have shown us anything, it’s that a good online presence is paramount to success in the modern world of business. Once they have a robust web-based reputation in place, companies have the capacity to disrupt their sectors in an engaging, intuitive, and ultimately profitable fashion.…
Category : Web marketing 25-01-2022 by Janeth Kent
What is a Full Stack Developer?
The demand for the Full Stack Developer is growing exponentially in recent years. Disruptive technology companies and startups are increasingly requesting this type of multipurpose profile that knows multiple programming languages and can assume all kinds of functions within the company. Throughout this article we will tell you what a full stack…
Category : News and events 06-08-2021 by Janeth Kent
Top Graphic Design e-Books & How to Get them on Your iDevice
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Category : Ui/ux design 03-03-2021 by Luigi Nori
Graphic design and its impact on Web Development
In today's article we will explain the concept of graphic design, its fundamentals and what it brings into web development. Graphic design is applied to everything visual, believe or not, it can aid in selling a product or idea, it's applied company identity as logos, colors, typography of the company…
Category : Web design 05-04-2021 by
Cumulative Layout Shift, what is and How to optimize CLS
Cumulative Layout Shift, one of the new Core Web Vitals metrics, is the first metric that focuses on user experience beyond performance. Unexpected movement of web page content is a major source of irritation for users on the web. The new cumulative design change metric helps developers understand the impact of…
Category : Seo & sem 14-01-2021 by Luigi Nori
How to use Parallax.js effect on your website
Today, we're going to write about the parallax effect, similar to parallax scrolling, and how to implement it to improve your landing page. In webdev, they say mobile first - well, this engine will react to the movement of a smart device, offsetting layers depending on their depth within a…
Category : Javascript 26-12-2020 by
Cross cultural challenges in web design, an overview
The user experience design of a product essentially lies between the intentions of the product and the characteristics of your user. - David Kadavy - The task of building a culturally appropriate website for a new market can be challenging: in this article we are going to talk about the impact of national…
Category : Web design 21-12-2020 by Maria Antonietta Marino
How to write our own Privacy Policy
In this article we will talk about Privacy Policy statements, how you can write one and implement it on your page. Why did it pop up? These days when we browse on any new page, or when we visit the site for the first time, most of the time we have to…
Category : Development 22-10-2020 by
The 6 Essentials for Creating a Visually Appealing Web Design
Creating a website might seem like a simple thing. After all, what do you really need besides a good hosting provider and relevant content, right? Well, the reality is quite different. Things might have worked like that in the past, but they are quite different now. The internet is advancing, and…
Category : Web design 25-08-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Why is Website Performance Important for Online Businesses?
Your web is the site where most individuals will connect with your business. Your digital marketing processes will most probably send customers to your website. It might be to get information concerning your products and services, obtain contact information, or make purchases. Website performance, also known as web optimization, is a…
Category : Web marketing 24-07-2020 by Janeth Kent
Parenting, pandemic and UX: Learning from design of experiences
After the quarantine, many of us have had to adapt our work and personal routines to the new remote paradigm. As a mother, I decided to share some things I've learned. We've been in total quarantine for weeks. Weeks in which we close the office and live and work in the 4…
Category : Ui/ux design 17-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Neumorphism (aka neomorphism) : new trend in UI design
This area, which arises from a basic human need, such as the urge to communicate, is constantly changing thanks to the advances of the technological era. Today, we invite you to reflect on the origin of this discipline and its future challenges. Graphic language has always been present throughout our lives…
Category : Ui/ux design 17-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Take Your Small Ecommerce Business to the Next Level
Running an ecommerce business can be both exciting and financially rewarding. However, as you increase your customer base, it might seem difficult to successfully scale your operations. If your site is growing in popularity, or you want to attract more customers to your online venture, read the below top tips on…
Category : Web marketing 25-01-2022 by Janeth Kent
The exciting story of JavaScript (in brief)
Javascript is a client-side programming language that has changed the Internet as we know it today. The term "client side" means that it runs on our web browser without the need for a web hosting. Along with html and css it is one of the 3 pillars of web design. It is…
Category : Javascript 13-04-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
Layouts with Bootstrap 4: how to create a responsive web 2
Here we are with the second part of the guide: Layouts With Bootstrap 4 Horizontal alignment To align the columns horizontally we can use justify-content-value classes, which use the justify-content property of the flexible model: justify-content-start, to align to the left (default) justify-content-center, to align the center justify-content-end, to align to the right…
Category : Web design 08-12-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
Layouts with Bootstrap 4: how to create a responsive web
Responsive or adaptable web design is a design methodology in which the appearance of the web page adapts to the resolution of the device with which it is being viewed, so we can have a unique design for computers, tablets or mobiles. To implement a responsive design we can make use…
Category : Web design 23-11-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
The strategic advantages of Open Source
Being a good web designer also means getting the right tools (and skills) to accomplish the task. Fortunately, there are an incredible number of resources available to those of us who work in this area. Here's the thing: most of them are free. A smart and cheap start There are some costs involved…
Category : Programming 11-07-2019 by Janeth Kent
Best Open-Source Javascript Date Picker Plugins and Libraries
For date pickers, selecting menus is a common choice as they are simple to set up. But I suppose our customers deserve better after centuries of using MM / DD / YY menus. For many companies, datepickers are vital. They can also be used for any defined purpose to monitor time. It…
Category : Javascript 23-07-2021 by Janeth Kent
10 Collaborative Coding Tools for Remote Pair Programming
The days of lonesome coding are long gone since the development of pair programming. It is a technique where two software developers share a keyboard and collaboratively work together. The two developers take turns and continually switch roles in writing code: one being the Driver, whose job is to write…
Category : Development 02-03-2020 by Janeth Kent
Nofollow and dofollow links, How and when to use?
Within any website the links are an element that brings dynamism to the experience of navigating through the different sections that make it up allowing us to go from one content to another quickly. However, it is necessary to take into account that Google, as well as other search engines will…
Category : Seo & sem 19-05-2019 by Janeth Kent
Advantages of Progressive Web Applications
The unstoppable increase in the use of mobile devices to connect to the Internet has resulted in the fact that it is no longer enough to have only one web page to have an online presence. Right now, any company that wants to stand out and build customer loyalty must also…
Category : Javascript 08-05-2019 by Janeth Kent
A roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019
There are plenty of tutorials online, which won't cost you a cent. If you are sufficiently self-driven and interested, you have no difficulty training yourself. The point to learn coding I think is to read a lot of code of other developers, then typing code and testing to see what…
Category : Programming 30-05-2019 by Janeth Kent
The Meaning of Colors in web Design. A little bit of psychology
Color psychology is one of the most talked about and interesting parts of psychology. The idea that some colors evoke feelings and emotions. In fact, this color helps buy the most attractive product. You invest a great deal of time and money to create a convincing website design to increase…
Category : Web design 05-08-2019 by Janeth Kent
Parallax Landscape Scenes Built Entirely With CSS and HTML
Web design trends come and go, but the parallax effect has, well, stuck around. Parallax scrolling has had a big impact on user interface design, on both websites and mobile apps. You can do some pretty crazy stuff with parallax. It’s possible for developers to code graphics onto a page without…
Category : Css 27-11-2018 by Janeth Kent
Six Ways to Make Your Design Brand Stand Out with a Portfolio
Design businesses have never been more needed than they are today. With an increasing number of individuals becoming entrepreneurs and starting their own online companies, the need for professional logos, web designs, social media designs and more is on the rise. This is great news for creative professionals, with the job…
Category : Ui/ux design 21-11-2018 by Janeth Kent
10 JavaScript podcasts for web developers
1. Syntax.fm Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling. 2. Front End Happy Hour A podcast featuring a panel…
Category : Javascript 05-10-2018 by Janeth Kent
Useful Free UX Ebooks
Design and user experience (UX) is becoming a key and fundamental factor for the development and creation of software products and web applications. Today, our UX team recommends a selection of the most interesting books on design and user experience. These books bring together a large number of techniques and methods…
Category : Ui/ux design 25-11-2020 by Janeth Kent
The best Free and Open-Source Video editing, VFX and compositing software
The programs listed below are the foundation of this blog. It’s Free & Open-Source Video Editing Software that does all the stuff the expensive commercial programs do. We’ll keep the links here updated, so you always know where to get them. Also, with this basic list, we are focusing on well-developed programs that work on…
Category : Multimedia 01-03-2021 by Janeth Kent
Best SEO Tools for 2018
Search engines are a massive source of traffic for a lot of websites, in fact it can be the primary source. Due to this, it’s important that you make use of the analytic tools that are readily available to you to allow you to make the most of your SEO…
Category : Seo & sem 27-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
Run Your Web Development Team Like a Tight Ship
The most successful web design and development companies offer three things to their clients: well-produced websites, good communication and unrivaled project management. The latter is actually very important, since it affects the team’s ability to stay on time and within budget. It takes a good project leader to turn even…
Category : Web marketing 27-05-2017 by Janeth Kent
Useful technical SEO checklist for developers
Let's start from the beginning. What is SEO? When we talk about SEO we are talking about Search Engine Optimisation: we are talking about the organic positioning of a web page in search results. And when we say organic positioning we mean unpaid positioning. SEO is a discipline, strategy or set…
Category : Seo & sem 15-05-2023 by Janeth Kent
How to Choose a Laptop for Web Design and Development
Efficiency is important at work, no matter the type of job you do. The better the tools that you use, the more productive you are. So if you’re a web designer, you want a laptop that will be able to handle all your software with ease. However, how do you…
Category : Technology 16-12-2019 by Janeth Kent
How to Have a Website That Brings Excitement to the Accounting Industry
A website doesn’t need an animated flash introduction in order to get visitors to stick around and find out what else you have in store for them. Web designers have been saying for years that all professionals need a website to advertise their services, and they’re finally listening. The problem…
Category : Web design 24-04-2017 by Janeth Kent
11 Guides for Front-end Developers
Enjoy our Guides series for for Front-end Developers and don’t forget to let us know in the comments of any others that we haven’t yet included. 1. Can I animate…? Can I animate?” is a site inspired by Can I use, but focused specifically on CSS animations and transitions. The aim is to provide…
Category : Web design 12-12-2016 by Janeth Kent
Ideas shaping web design today
Web design in order to succeed needs two things: innovation and imitation. Unfortunately, the last one often wins. Web designers love to learn, study and use the latest trends, and then look desperately for the next big thing. Think about sliders. They were "trendy" couple years ago. Today, they feel dated. What to do?…
Category : Web design 22-04-2021 by Janeth Kent
Monthly News for Designers, November 2015
Today we inagurate our monthly design news post in which we will share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies of the month. Free Icons & Templates Freebie: 100 Google Material Icons for Sketch. Freebie: Animaticons – Beautiful, Customizable Animated GIF Icons. Freebie: Branding Identity Mockup (PSD). Learning Resources, Tutorials & Tips Stretchy Navigation in CSS and jQuery by CodyHouse. Blueprint: Multi-Level Menu by…
Category : Web design 07-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
The 5 biggest web trends of the year
Bowenmedia wants to suggest us the biggest web design trends of 2015. The following infographic highlights the main web design trends that differentiate a modern site from an older design. 1. Mobile focus Mobile first is our "password". This approach presupposes that most of your potential customers have a mobile device. 2. Interactive scrolling What we…
Category : Web marketing 24-11-2015 by Janeth Kent
The most popular fonts used by designers
Fonts represent an important part of our project. With this post we want to present you the most popular fonts used by top designers and professionals from all over the world. Have we missed one of your old time favorites? Go ahead and add it in the comments area. 1. Helvetica 2. Trajan 3. Garamond 4.Futura 5.…
Category : Web design 19-11-2015 by Janeth Kent
Best Color Tools of 2015
Creating a colour scheme is essential to good design. We've gathered together some fantastic tools to help you perfect your colour choices. We've make a list of some fantastic tools to help your colour choices. 1. Adobe Colour CC 2. Check my Colours It is a tool for checking foreground and background color combinations of all…
Category : Web design 23-10-2015 by Janeth Kent
CSS Animations: the Pocket Guide
With CSS3 we acquire the ability the ability to write behaviors for transitions and animations. Front end developers have been asking for the ability to design these interactions within HTML and CSS, without the use of JavaScript or Flash, for years. Now their wish has come true. Animations within CSS3 allow…
Category : Css 20-10-2015 by Janeth Kent
5 High Quality Tutorial Sites to Learning Design
Are you looking for a good source of free tutorials for illustration, 3D design, web design, app design and more? Here are 5 great and usefull sites. 01. Drawspace Drawspace is more than just another art website; it's an international community of over 320,000 drawing enthusiasts, professional artists, art educators, and authors of…
Category : Web design 27-06-2014 by Janeth Kent
8 AWESOME HTML5 ANIMATION TOOLS
GOOGLE WEB DESIGNER Google has launched Google Web Designer, a new beta app CreatING engaging, interactive HTML5-based designs and motion graphics that can run on any device. The Windows and Mac app aims to streamline the post-Flash online world with the option of code or graphical animation creation, for those of…
Category : Web design 29-05-2014 by Janeth Kent
200+ sites, apps & books for designer
Design is fundamental to any digital strategy. We are in a digital era where visual stimuli make the difference when the user makes a decision. It is necessary that when faced with a good idea there are creative elements that differentiate us from the competition and attract our audience in…
Category : Web design 10-09-2020 by Janeth Kent
20 Awesome Free Tools For Web Developers 2014
If you’re a web designer or a front-end developer, you probably spend a lot of time writing mark-up. Fortunatly, there are some great tools and projects on the web that can improve your next project easily and quickly. Today we have tracked down 20 brilliant free online tools for developers. We’ve…
Category : Web design 16-01-2014 by Janeth Kent
How to Create Custom Filters in jQuery
If you are a web designer or a developer you frequently need a shortcut to collect elements for jQuery. In this post, based on the book Instant jQuery Selectors, you’ll learn how to build a custom filter in jQuery. So, we try to built a filter that ia able to print the length of…
Category : Javascript 17-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Useful list of common HTML meta tags
Basic HTML Meta Tags OpenGraph Meta Tags HTML Link Tags
Category : Web design 11-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Must Have CSS Tools for Designers
There are a lot of tools and tutorials which can help designers and developers in learning CSS easily and rapidly. In this article we have listed 15 css tools which can help designers to achieve creative and innovative results. The following css tools can help designers to create css menus, animations, 3d shapes, layers,…
Category : Css 30-03-2020 by Janeth Kent
86 Must Have WordPress Plugins Of 2013
Today we are going to share Best 85 WordPress Plugins for 2013 which will help WordPress Webmasters all over the world. 1. ALL AROUND WORDPRESS CONTENT SLIDER CAROUSEL All Around wordpress content slider is a multi-purpose all-in-one slider solution for your website. It supports both images and video. It can be an…
Category : Software 09-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Best Content Strategy Resources
Content Strategy Books Annett-Baker, Relly. A Practical Guide to Creating Web Content. Bailie, Rahel Anne; Urbina, Noz. Content Strategy: Connecting the Dots Between Business, Brand, and Benefits. Bloomstein, Margot. Content Strategy at Work: Real-world Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project. Halvorson, Kristina; Rach, Melissa. Content Strategy for the Web. Handley, Ann; Chapman, C.C. Content Rules. Jones, Colleen. Clout — The Art &…
Category : Web marketing 09-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
10 Best CSS Gradient Generators
CSS3 changes everything. There are 116 new properties* with multiple vendor prefixes and different syntaxes. No one could be expect you to memorize everything. Fortunately, there are a number on free online tools which will help you create modern CSS3 code to cut and paste into your stylesheets Creating CSS gradients…
Category : Css 29-11-2013 by Janeth Kent
Best 10 html5 animation tools for 2014
Using animations is part of the web design routine. One of the latest innovation in web design is using Html5 animations to avoid the use of Flash. Html5 animation tools allows you to design and create simple animations that work particularly well with websites. We have listed such tools for you to…
Category : Web design 29-11-2013 by Janeth Kent
32 Adobe Photoshop CS6 Tutorials To Help You Learn New Features
Photoshop CS6 has new features not only for graphic designers but it also has so many new features for web designers. Web designers will definitely start to use Photoshop again rather than using fireworks. This post features the best Adobe Photoshop CS6 Tutorials. 1. How to Use the New Timeline Panel in Photoshop…
Category : Software 28-11-2013 by Janeth Kent
Google Web Designer beta now available: A Visual Tool For Building Interactive HTML5 Sites And Ads
Google today announced the launch of Web Designer, a new tool for building interactive HTML5 sites and ads. The company commissioned a research study with Illuminas to uncover the barriers that agencies face when buying on and developing for mobile platforms. The first barrier is that there are too many choices…
Category : Software 30-09-2013 by Janeth Kent
How Colors Affect Business: Colours speak louder than words
Color theory, also known as color psychology, can trace its roots to the 1490s, when Leonardo da Vinci wrote about it in his personal journals. Professional marketers today master the principles of color theory to lead prospective clients and customers into purchasing their products and services with such ease, that…
Category : Web design 27-08-2020 by Janeth Kent
10 CSS Media Query Snippets
Responsive Web Design has gained huge popularity and demand over the years. With novel gadgets being developed every year it is necessary for a Web Developer to make sure that the Website they design is compatible with all the various gadgets that are in the market. CSS3 Media Queries help you…
Category : Css 26-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
Top 23 Free Photoshop Plugins
Looking a professional Photoshop extension for free? Today we will provide 23 free Photoshop plugins for graphic designers. These plugins suitable for web designers, graphic designers and photograpgers and the silled photographers have been acknowledged to bring these awesome free plugins into play as a base and after that tweak and…
Category : Software 22-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
Learning web design: 29 Sites Producing Podcasts And Screencasts for web Designers And Developers
We’ve gathered some resources and sites that produce audio and video content for web designers and developers. Of course, most of them offer RSS and also iTunes subscription options. And you? Are you subscribed to any of the podcasts/screencasts I listed? If so, which ones? Please share your personal recommendations in the…
Category : Web design 22-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
HTML5 Popularity Among Fortune 500 Companies
INCORE conducted research measuring how fast Fortune 500 companies are adapting to latest web standards. Among it's findings we learn that over 30% of Fortune 500 companies use the latest HTML doctype and that the readiness to invest in new technologies might correlate with companies' profitability. Here's the results of the…
Category : Web design 14-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
32 best bootstrap tools and generators for web developers
If you are developer, you must be aware of the bootstrap. If you introduce it to your website, your website’s popularity will get a boost for sure. Why? Because Bootstrap has a responsive framework which is way too important in keeping sites transparent. Bootstrap tools and generators have a lot of benefits…
Category : Css 12-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
Submit Your Site to The Best CSS Galleries
Have you spent your time creating a great website design and now you need some traffic, links, and exposure? Getting your site listed on CSS Galleries can do just that for you! Submit your site to the best CSS Galleries and watch the traffic flow in if you get approved. But, how can…
Category : Css 05-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
Is Lorem Ipsum Useful? 25 Useful and funny Lorem Ipsum Generators
Lorem ipsum represents a long-held tradition for designers, typographers and the like. Some people hate it and argue for its demise, but others ignore the hate as they create awesome tools to help create filler text for everyone. Is Lorem Ipsum Useful? John McGarvey writes the following for .Net Magazine: “Latin placeholder text isn’t…
Category : Web design 31-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
15 stunning examples of CSS 3D transforms
Web designing requires a highly professional outlook and the know how of the correct procedures that go about making a design attractive. A factor that every designer should be familiar is the fact that HTML5 and CSS3 are parallel to each other and blend together. 3D graphics, 3D Games and 3D…
Category : Css 25-11-2020 by Janeth Kent
Learning web design: 13 e-books
E-books are great way to learn more about web design. E-books can truly provide you a fountain of knowledge of information and there’s a lot to be learnt. There are now e-books available on almost every aspect of design, from planning your business and managing your time, to designing web applications.…
Category : Web design 06-11-2015 by Janeth Kent
The Bible of Responsive Web Design
You've decided it's time for a new website, and you know that making it responsive will ensure that all users have a great experience, regardless of what device they are using. Responsive web design, or RWD for short, is here to stay. It's rapidly maturing but not without some serious pitfalls for…
Category : Web design 23-05-2019 by Janeth Kent
14 Twitter Bootstrap wireframes and GUI templates for web designers
In this article we have collected a selection of 14 wireframe and GUI templates that have all been designed for Bootstrap. They are in various formats (psd, ai, png…) and available for different applications like Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator... 1. Bootstrap v2.0 GUI (.psd) Full customizable graphic user interfaces templates A perfect start to…
Category : Web design 26-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
20 Free Flat Design Resources for Web Designers
Flat Design is a new trend in the web design/development community as an interface striking similar to Windows 8 and Microsoft’s Metro UI. Minimalism is a big part of this design idea, and you can see how popular these trends have become in recent months. Flat website design is a brilliant concept…
Category : Web design 19-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
Becoming a Web Professional: 19 online resources
The web education industry (designers, developers, graphics,seo,sem...) has exploded from a small niche to a powerful, continually expanding force. Countless people all over the planet are interested in learning about web design,web development, seo, sem, gamification, web marketing, and tons of companies are cropping up promising the ultimate solution. The good…
Category : News and events 18-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
15 Experimental Projects From Mozilla Demo Studio
We have published a few posts about experimental CSS3 and HTML5 to show the power of them.And you know,new projects are being released so often and personally we like to check out these new experiments. If you are a web designer who is trying to understand the true potential of these…
Category : Software 15-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
How To Rock Your Next Bootstrap Project
Bootstrap, released in August of 2011, it is still the most popular GitHub development project with over 52k stars and over 16k forks. Twitter’s Bootstrap helps you build beautiful web apps quickly. It provides a variety of CSS and JavaScript for making layouts, navigation, forms and a lot more and it even…
Category : Web design 15-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
Visualize Your Data: 25 Javascript Visualization Libraries
You have a huge amount of data that you need to present to your website visitors in a clear and concise way. First of all, you have to organise that data so that it's understandable to everyone in some way, right? That's where graphics come in. In web design, graphs…
Category : Javascript 03-05-2021 by Silvia Mazzetta
The importance of building a responsive website and targeting the mobile audience
What are the changes reshaping the IT industry? The most significant one is the trend of using tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices to access internet. This trend is the proof of technological revolution and is affecting greatly the web designers to follow some responsive approach for website creation. Google’s recommendation…
Category : Web design 15-06-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
318 useful twitter bootstrap resources #4
Wordpress WORDPRESS BOOTSTRAP THEMES Listing of free, base and premium themes for Wordpress based on Bootstrap. WP-BOOTSTRAP-GALLERY A custom Wordpress gallery for dynamic thumbnail layout using Twitter Bootstrap 2.2.2 thumbnails and the WordPress built in gallery manager. WP-BOOTSTRAP-NAVWALKER A custom Wordpress nav walker class to implement the Twitter Bootstrap 2.2 navigation style in…
Category : Web design 09-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
A Guide To Structured Data Markup Implementation Methods
First of all, what is Structured Data? The term structured data refers to data that is easily identifiable because it is organized in a structure. The most common form of structured data, or structured data records (SDR), is a database where specific information is stored based on a methodology of columns…
Category : Programming 08-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
15 Time saving tutorials for web developers
For us in Ma-No, being web developers ( and designer) is the world's coolest jobs because you can play with new technologies and create some amazing stuff. The problem (if we can call it problem) is that we need to keep up with the industry and also with our deadline. Therefore,…
Category : Programming 05-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
50 Fresh Tools for Developers and Designers
Web developers and web designers regularly look for new resources, tools and services to make the search of these ever-growing techniques easier. This overview presents some of the most useful round-ups of time-savers, tools and services for Web designers. As every designer or developer knows, anything that can save you just…
Category : Web design 08-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
14 Tools For Checking Your Website's Health
Have you ever checked your website's health? We have listed some useful sources that show if your website is operating as it should, and if there's anything that it can be done to improve it's performance from the structural and marketing aspect. Enjoy and feel free to recommend any other sources…
Category : Web design 28-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
16 fantastic examples and uses of the parallax effect
Parallax (also called "Parallax scrolling") is a web design effect that consists of simulating the movement of objects on a web at different speeds and in different "layers". By creating the illusion that there is a background and figures in the foreground, it manages to trick our brain into thinking…
Category : Javascript 09-04-2020 by Janeth Kent
20+ Useful Web Development Tutorials For All Novices
The way to learn programming has changed over the years from a simple hobby to a career. Today it is possible to learn to program completely free online. Gone are the days when learning to program was reserved for a few or cost a considerable amount of money. Even if you…
Category : Web design 10-09-2020 by Janeth Kent
The HTML5 Full-Screen API
The Fullscreen API allows a DOM element (and its descendants) to be represented in full screen. What it allows is to visualize the page by removing any element of the browser (menus, tabs,...). With this we can put from the document itself to full screen, video elements, images,... Fullscreen API methods The…
Category : Programming 03-05-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to create a responsive HTML5 form
Everybody knows about web forms, isn't it? Make a , a few elements, maybe an, finish it off with an button, and you’re done. You don’t know the half of it. HTML5 introduced a selection of new input types and attributes that make the creation and validation of forms far easier than previous methods. Let's explain how to…
Category : Web design 12-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
20 Open Source Scripts Applications for Web Developers
Open source applications and tools can be handy for web designers and developers on a budget. Nowadays most of the tools and applications are increasingly either employing open source or are built entirely on it. And all of this adds up to an increasing premium on web development skills and…
Category : Programming 11-08-2016 by Janeth Kent
Cross browser HTML5 videos
For many years, Flash has been the most popular video solution on the web. With HTML5 a new specification is born: HTML5 videos. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use HTML5 to display videos on your website. Step 1: Preparing files The first thing to do is to make sure your files…
Category : Web design 06-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
How To Create a Metro UI-Styled Website
In Ma-No we liked the Metro UI as it fits into many aspects of the modern web design like simplicity, grid-based interfaces (good for responsive layouts) and it is consistent in every part (there is really a style guide behind it). If you like the Metro UI and planning to create…
Category : Web design 05-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
8 Lessons in Mobile Usability Testing
Mobile web browsing is expected to turn into the next major Internet platform. Designing for mobile devices needs to be simpler than its standard website and more task-based to get the job done because users look for something specific and urgent. To aid you in creating website that is accessible not just on desktop…
Category : Programming 30-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
25 Useful HTML5 Tools For Web Designers & Developers
The latest version of HTML – HTML5, adds many new elements to the applications that are being developed. It's very important important for the web developers and web designers to learn and use the elements of HTML5 to develop web apps and sites. Here we have some fresh and news HTML5 resources which are…
Category : Web design 29-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Weekly Design and Development News #2
Red Pen It lets you upload your design, share a short URL and get feedback super-fast. There’s no logging in, no project management, no bullshit. CSS Modal The CSS Modal is built out of pure CSS. The modal is designed using responsive web design methods so it works on all screen sizes from…
Category : Web design 26-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
A collection of must-have front-end developer tools
PREPROCESSORS For years, the front-end community debated over whether CSS preprocessing was necessary. The language is a simple one; why are we complicating it? Thankfully, over time, and as the web stack matured, the majority of front-end developers came to terms with the fact that, until the language itself matures a…
Category : Programming 20-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Usability: why you should not use horizontal newsticker in your homepage
Recently, a client asked me my opinion on tickers. My response was, "They're great for the stock market, and bad for Web pages." A quick little Web search on usability expert Jakob Nielsen's Web site, useit.com, found this quote, from his commentary on Sun's Web site redesign, circa 1997: Almost all…
Category : Web design 17-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
30 HTML5 Tutorials for All Skill Levels
HTML5 is the next evolution in website development so whether you’re a web developer or a serious game developer wanting to explore the web as a new platform, HTML5 has something for each of you. If you want to learn or improve your web design skills and make the most of…
Category : Web design 17-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
10 Front-end developer tools you can't live without
This article will provide a somewhat opinionated stance on what tools you should be using, along with a few alternatives for each category. So let’s get started with those essential tools. EDITORS Sublime Text 3 www.sublimetext.com/3 Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface,…
Category : Software 16-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Server-side HTML vs. JS Widgets vs Single-Page Web App
At the recent GOTO Chicago conference, I gave a talk on "Frontend Architectures: from the prehistoric to the Post-modern." In just my first 10 months at Coursera, I've experienced the joys and woes of many different frontend architectures, and I wanted to share what I learnt. I detail everything in the slides, but I'll summarize…
Category : Web design 11-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
5 Simple Landing Page Optimization Tips
Eight seconds. That is all the time you have to capture a person’s attention, according to The Associated Press. Busy schedules and non-stop media barrage are quickly taking up your potential customers’ attention. You have just eight seconds to make a solid impression and get them to your next step.…
Category : Web design 10-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
How to Design a Logo: A 5-Step Process
An experienced logo designer knows that designing a great logo requires an equally great design process to ensure that the outcome is outstanding. I have broken down the logo design process into five steps that will create an effective pathway from initial brief to final presentation. Though each designer will…
Category : Web design 10-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
3 Ways to Get High Rankings Despite Algorithm Changes
Representatives from Google have said they change search engine algorithms as many as hundreds of times per year. This reality hit the Internet world particularly hard in 2012, as many of the algorithm changes that occurred meant that people who specialized in search engine optimization had to completely change strategies…
Category : Networking 10-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Enhance Your Google+ Experience With These Fantastic Tools
This article was written for Inspirationfeed by Shay Wright. Shay loves reading, writing, and discussing pretty much anything Internet marketing related. He is a Senior SEO Strategist at SEO.com. Learn how to create and optimize a Google+ page for business with our great new ebook! When Google first introduced Google+ to the world less than 2 years ago,…
Category : Social networks 08-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Why is facebook blue? The science behind colors in marketing
Why is Facebook blue? According to The New Yorker, the reason is simple. It’s because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green color blind; blue is the color Mark can see the best. Not highly scientific, right? That may not be the case for Facebook, but there are some amazing examples of how colors actually…
Category : Web design 07-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
30 Amazing Resources for Sass
We’ve compiled this list of thirty amazing resources for Sass. In it you’ll find all kinds of goodies built on and for Sass: frameworks, plugins, apps and a lot more. Frameworks and Grid Systems 1. Compass Sass is an extension of CSS3 which adds nested rules, variables, mixins, selector inheritance, and more. Sass…
Category : Software 01-05-2013 by Janeth Kent