While the name connotes spookiness, ghost buttons as a design practice are anything but. This design trend that has been gaining stream since last year is a cool way to feature CTA buttons on the landing pages of your website. Due to how web developers and designers gravitate toward minimalism as part of their design practice, ghost buttons […]
Everything You Need to Know About Adobe Creative Cloud in 7 Tutorials
Much has been said about Adobe Creative Cloud, most of which are unflattering. The sudden shift from the traditional release cycles of the Creative Suite series to a software as a service (SaaS) model, in which users must subscribe to its services online to receive the latest version of the bundled software, has irked the rabid and […]
How Typography is Shaping the Course of Web Design: A Primer
Typography can influence the overall web design like no other page element. The choice or combination of ill-advised typefaces can determine an beautiful website to an awful one. At times, typography is the design itself. This is proven true with beautiful websites that rely on spacing and deliberately chosen typeface to convey their respective messages. The year of typography […]
Essential WordPress Plugins to Make the Designer’s Life Easier
WordPress takes the cake when it comes to flexibility and customization. Designers have the option to take an existing theme and tweak it as they see fit to create a web design that not only communicates their branding effectively, but also delivers content in the easiest and most convenient way possible. There are countless of resources […]
Creating Your Dependency Management Symphony Using Composer
As a developer, it is a necessity to use a front-end framework to manage your CSS and JavaScript when building pages in a website. However, an obstacle you may encounter when doing so is the repetitiveness and time-consuming process involved in updating the framework to its latest version and rolling back to their previous versions when something […]
Less is More: Best Minimalist Website Design Principles in Display
In a world where everything is possible in design, there’s a tendency by designers to put the colors and shapes in the forefront. While the use of both elements in design is integral in making a more indelible impact to your consumers with your product, using both can be counterproductive if not used the right way. […]
Not-So-Hidden Tutorials and Inspirations to Make Hidden Menus
The use of hidden menus on website are becoming a common design practice for good reason. Now that “Mobilegeddon” is upon us, responsive design has taken more importance than ever. Much of the change in search results is not merely a preference, but it goes in line with how people consume their content online. Using smartphones […]
11 Examples of How Ghost Buttons are Used Effectively
As part of the design trends as early of 2014, ghost buttons are making the most impact among both designers and online visitors. This type of buttons is described as “empty” and “hollow.” Ghost buttons are bordered by the thin line with plain text (in sans serif) inside them to encourage visitors to click the button. The origins […]
10 Amazing Web Designs that Tell a Compelling Story
Storytelling is a major component of every successful brand. The ability to tap into the emotions of your target audience by crafting a compelling story can help them identify more with the products and services your brand offers. Below are examples of top-notch stories told through design that you should strive for with your own […]
Walking the SEO and Web Design Tightrope: How to Balance UX and Site Crawlability?
It’s no longer enough to be a web designer in this day and age. Thanks (or no thanks) to website builders that allow startups and business owners without any design experience to create a website by just dragging and dropping elements unto a page on their site, the need for a professional designer may not be as […]