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Keeping you up to dateDroip: The Modern Website Builder WordPress Needed
This article is a sponsored by Droip Traditional WordPress page builders had their moment. Builders like Elementor, Divi, and Oxygen have been around for years. So long, in fact, that many of us just accepted their limitations as the cost of using WordPress. But...
20+ Best Free Food Icon Sets for Designers
Food icons are used everywhere. You’ll see them on restaurant menus, mobile apps, food blogs, delivery sites, and product packaging. They help make content easier to follow, add a bit of character, and guide users through information without needing much explanation....
Design Guidelines For Better Notifications UX
In many products, setting notification channels on mute is a default, rather than an exception. The reason for that is their high frequency, which creates disruptions and eventually notification fatigue, when any popping messages get dismissed instantly. There is a...
CSS Intelligence: Speculating On The Future Of A Smarter Language
Once upon a time, CSS was purely presentational. It imperatively handled the fonts, colors, backgrounds, spacing, and layouts, among other styles, for markup languages. It was a language for looks, doing what it was asked to, never thinking or making decisions. At...
Turning User Research Into Real Organizational Change
This article is a sponsored by Lyssna We’ve all been there: you pour your heart and soul into conducting meticulous user research. You gather insightful data, create detailed reports, and confidently deliver your findings. Yet, months later, little has changed. Your...
The 15 Best Product Catalog Templates for InDesign in 2025
A product catalog does more than list what you sell, it can also help shape how people see your brand. A clean, well-structured layout can make your products easier to browse and more appealing to potential buyers. But starting from scratch in InDesign takes time....
Never Stop Exploring (July 2025 Wallpapers Edition)
For many of us, July is the epitome of summer. The time for spending every free minute outside to enjoy the sun and those seemingly endless summer days, whether it’s in a nearby park, by a lake, or on a trip exploring new places. So why not bring a bit of that summer...
8 Best Block Suites You Can Add to WordPress
The WordPress Block Editor provides designers with great flexibility. You can build page layouts in minutes rather than hours. And the included blocks offer a range of basic functionality. That only scratches the surface, however. Custom blocks let you integrate with...
10 Best Free Landing Page Themes for WordPress in 2025
Landing pages are a great tool for marketers. They introduce your product or service, promote key selling points, and aim to increase conversions. All of that sounds wonderful, but building a great page is easier said than done. The right WordPress theme can...
Can Good UX Protect Older Users From Digital Scams?
A few years ago, my mum, who is in her 80s and not tech-savvy, almost got scammed. She received an email from what appeared to be her bank. It looked convincing, with a professional logo, clean formatting, and no obvious typos. The message said there was a suspicious...
10+ Best Text Animation Presets & Templates for Premiere Pro
Text animation is more than decoration. It controls pace, holds attention, and adds rhythm to the edit. A well-timed word hitting the screen can do more than a fancy transition. Whether you’re making YouTube content, detailed tutorials, product promos, reels, vlogs,...
Decoding The SVG path Element: Curve And Arc Commands
In the first part of decoding the SVG path pair, we mostly dealt with converting things from semantic tags (line, polyline, polygon) into the path command syntax, but the path element didn’t really offer us any new shape options. This will change in this article as...
30+ Best Business Card Templates for InDesign in 2025
Even in the digital age, business cards continue to play a hugely important role in professional networking. This simple exchange of contact information is about making a memorable impression and offering a lasting reminder of a connection. The design of your business...
CSS Cascade Layers Vs. BEM Vs. Utility Classes: Specificity Control
CSS is wild, really wild. And tricky. But let’s talk specifically about specificity. When writing CSS, it’s close to impossible that you haven’t faced the frustration of styles not applying as expected — that’s specificity. You applied a style, it worked, and later,...
Meet Accessible UX Research, A Brand-New St Albans Web Design Book
UX research can take so much of the guesswork out of the design process! But it’s easy to forget just how different people are and how their needs and preferences can vary. We can’t predict the needs of every user, but we shouldn’t expect different people using the...
10+ Best Free Portfolio & Lookbook Templates for InDesign in 2025
Are you thinking about or wanting to create a portfolio of your best work? Or, perhaps you want to compile a fashion lookbook? If either of these scenarios describes your situation, read on. This collection of free InDesign portfolio and lookbook templates will appeal...
Tips for Hosting Your Client’s WordPress Website
WordPress Freelancers and agencies often do more than design and development. A full-service company may also maintain and host its clients’ websites. Providing web hosting has several benefits for freelancers. First, it’s a vehicle to add recurring revenue to your...
What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA
If you haven’t encountered ARIA before, great! It’s a chance to learn something new and exciting. If you have heard of ARIA before, this might help you better understand it or maybe even teach you something new! These are all things I wish someone had told me when I...