The header is often the first thing your visitors see when they land on your website. This means your header is your website's first impression for your readers. You know what they say about first impressions. This is your first chance to wow your reader, capture...
The day of websites not formatting correctly on mobile devices is over. The majority of reader’s access websites on mobile devices. If today’s layouts don't work perfectly on mobile the website will lose traffic and readership. For this reason many designers are...
Micro-interactions are small animations and effects to indicate when an event is happening. They’re great for showing that something is clickable and for indicating that the user’s actions were recognized. I personally hate it when I hover over something and it...
Where we used to see solid-colored backgrounds, now we're seeing a lot of backgrounds with gradients. A gradient is a smooth transition from one color to another. Most background gradients transition between two colors, but it's possible to transition between multiple...
Parallax is one of those design elements that can be difficult to get right, but it works great if you do. Often parallax is overdone or used as a gimmick. There’s sometimes so much of it that it doesn’t stand out anymore (I’m guilty of this myself). Too much parallax...
JPEG’s and PNG’s used to be the most popular file-types for logos and icons. One problem though is they don’t always scale properly. They become pixelated when you zoom in. Another problem is file size. They can become large and if you compress them you’ll lose some...
Child themes and layouts are great tools to help speed up the design process. They're easy to get. Many multi-purpose themes and plugin builders allow you to export and import, so they're reusable and you can buy them, share them, and even sell them. This trend will...
One of the greatest problems with standard WordPress themes is they are limited in their design. They have the layout they have, and that's what you get. That's fine if you want the layout they provide, but what if you want to customize it without having to dig into...
Creative typography has been popular in the past few years and that trend continues. Fonts are getting larger and more creative, and text is getting more of the screen to itself - often taking up large blocks of the page. In the past fonts have been limited by screen...