In this article, Adham Dannaway will show you how to create your own portfolio website. A challenging but enjoyable experience that he learned a lot from his goal was to create a unique online presence that represents his personality and displays his design work in detail, while of course serving as a promotional medium to gain more exposure and business. let’s get started!
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Extensive use of media queries is not a viable long-term solution. Media queries do not allow for reusable modules that adapt based on their containers’ size. Responsive Web design has inspired us to think beyond device classifications and to use media queries to adapt a layout to the browser’s viewport size. But this deviates from the hierarchical structure of CSS and characterizes elements relative to the viewport, instead of to their container.
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One way to gauge mobile experience is to look at the tools at our disposal. Prototyping tools enable us to build wireframes and click-dummies. We seem to be in a better position than ever to design great experiences in virtually no time. However, these tools come with a hidden cost: they tempt us to skip the key step necessary to creating a well-designed product — which is to take the time to understand the problem we are given.
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The WordPress functions.php theme file provides an efficient way of modifying WordPress on a theme by theme basis. This file contains mostly theme related functions but it can also be used to enhance or modify default WordPress behavior. This file is saved inside the themes’ folder and a limitless amount of modifications can be added.
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Following is a list of 13 beliefs on the value of user experience strategy, design, and designers, one for every year that Robert has been in the web industry at the time he wrote it in 2012.
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This article features email templates for communicating with clients, superiors, teammates and the like. You can easily customize them. They balance firmness and tact, professionalism and friendliness.
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After a photo contest we received around 350 entries from all over the world and only 70 could make it onto the poster we’ve created exclusively for our dear fans. As promised, the 10 most creative and original submissions will be awarded with a printed poster!
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In this article, Matt Gibson will explain, from his own experience of refreshing his agency website, why he and his team abandoned a separate mobile website and will review their process of creating a new responsive design. A responsive website means better content parity for users and a single website to maintain!
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Here is a set of 200 useful and beautiful foodie icons, created by the team behind Freepik, and at the time of writing it’s the largest set of food icons available on the web in one pack!
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