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7 Things You Must Remove From Your Website Before 2019

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If you’ve got these things in your website, you better remove them before 2019. Here’s our “favorite” outdated or regrettable content choices. Mouseover Navigation Menus The most obvious problems with mouseover navigation menus is that not every visitor has a mouse. How does a mobile user “mouseover” something? Obviously, they don’t. This leads to slapped […]

How to Compress Video For Online Streaming

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Depending on where you’re uploading your video content, you’ll need to find the correct file settings to get the right result. Choosing a container format A video container format is a digital wrapper for your content. They determine the extension of your video file. Popular container formats include MP4 (.mp4), AVI (.avi), QuickTime (.mov) and […]

CSS Variables: An Introduction, With Code Examples

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CSS variables, also known as CSS custom properties, expand the script-like functionality of CSS into something that resembles a programming language. If you’re at all familiar with any type of programming language, you know that variables are the foundation of any action. Variables are set, compared, altered, and saved throughout the program as the means […]

11 Christmas Gift Guide for Web Designers and Developers for 2018

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Whether you like it or not, Christmas is fast approaching! Get out your credit cards and start shopping for Christmas 2018. If you have web designers and developers on your shopping list, check out this gift guide for web designers and developers for some top-shelf options. Lynda Subscription In the modern job market, everyone’s always […]

Design Persuasive Websites With These Basic Principles

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Web design has become the focal point of the online industry. Why? Entrepreneurs are now concentrating all their resources on improving their online image, reputation, and brand. That brand is defined most strongly through an official website. Official websites are by far the most common tool used to attract new customers. A good website can […]

27 Spooky Halloween Design Elements For Scary Designs

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It’s Spooktober, and Halloween is almost upon us! Folks have changed their Twitter handles to spooky puns, Reddit has adopted the yearly skeleton memes, and cultural fads are being distilled into cheap Halloween costumes you can buy at Wal-Mart. They’re even playing Werewolf Bar Mitzvah on the radio. It’s surely the spookiest time of the […]

Draw with CSS: Using CSS To Draw Elements

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With clever use of CSS properties, it is in fact possible to draw very complex shapes. All the shapes below were drawn with CSS alone. It might be that CSS isn’t the best way to render shapes in the browser window, but it’s very fast and included for “free” on all modern browsers. Learn how […]

An Introduction to Photoshop Selection Tools

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Your Photoshop selection tools are perhaps the most powerful part of the application. By making effective selections, you unlock the power of the rest of the application. This includes localized image adjustments, compositing, and accurate mockups and object placement. Sloppy selections always show in the final product, so it pays to learn to make a […]

A Guide to Getting Ready for iOS 12 Notifications for Designers

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Now that iOS 12 is out and some users have upgraded to the operating system, you’ll want to start revising your application to take advantage of the new features of iOS 12 notifications. What’s new in iOS 12 Notifications? iOS 12 brings a number of changes to how notifications work. While no single change completely […]