The holiday season is one of the most important parts of the years for many business. Retail especially revolves around the holiday season, with Christmas sales, special promotions and incentives. All these things need holiday-specific design language, which is where these design elements come in. You’ll need some high-quality Christmas and winter design elements for […]
15 Great Gifts for Web Designers
Buying gifts for the technologically inclined can be challenging. Here’s fifteen great ideas for gifts for web designers. Responsive Sketch Pad This unique sketch pad is created to help developers design websites for both desktop and mobile platforms. If you don’t like this pad, UI Stencils has an awesome collection of similar gifts for web […]
Avoiding Common Problems with CSS Grid
For many dark days, properly aligning objects on a webpage with CSS alone was close to impossible. With mostly-functional semi-hacks like float, positioning and in-like block, we could make it work, but it was far from perfect. When vexed by a particularly troublesome layout quirk, some event lamented the loss of <table> as a structural […]
31 Autumn Web Design Elements for Inspiration
Getting started on a new project, or trying to theme an existing project for the brisk autumn weather? Take a look at these Halloween and autumn web design elements for inspiration on your next web design project. Below you’ll find icon packs, backgrounds, web banners and more. Feel free to click through on the image […]
Tips for Using Gradients In Web Design
Gradients are on-trend for 2017, and they’are a good way to make your design look a little more up to date. They also provide a pleasing illusion of depth and distance, which can add some volume to one-dimensional layouts. Check out these tips for using gradients in web design to get acquainted. Put Gradients in […]
25 Summer Website Themes and Summer Design Templates for Inspiration
It’s summertime, and the designing is easy. In these dog days of summer, designers are pulling out all the stops to grab the last licks of warm weather and beach vacations for their clients and viewers. Many fashion websites embrace this in particular, using sun-bleached photos and vacations vistas to capture a sense of the […]
Microcopy Tips to Improve Your Site’s UX
Microcopy is a fundamental part of your site’s UX. Let’s check out some microcopy tips for a better user experience. What is microcopy? Microcopy is made up of the tiny snippets of text scattered around your website. It can include things like button texts, form labels, interaction prompts, tool tips and even error messages. As […]
33 Sea and Summer Stock Photos (That You Can Use For Free!)
Autumn might be the most photogenic season, but summer is everyone’s favorite. It’s a time of year for friends, sunburn and parties. Stay chill during these dog days of summer with these summer stock photos featuring carnivals, seascapes, cocktails and kayaks. Click on a summer stock photo to see its full resolution, or follow the […]
Build Better Contact Forms with These Guidelines
Look around the web, and you’ll see that web developers (and their clients) love contact forms. And for good reason: they collect important information about customers cheaply and effectively. But so many of these forms are clumsily designed or poorly implemented, cutting companies off from their customer. Avoid these problems and learn to build better […]
Get Inspired by 31 Beautiful Web Developer Portfolios
If you’re a freelance web developer, a lot of your marketing pitch comes down to your website. Clients want to see websites that are visually appealing, true, but also effective at conveying your work. Your portfolio site should showcase your skill as a developer, both in its own design and the work you share on […]