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WordPress Header Design

WordPress Header Design

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...

Web Design Trends 2017 – Stronger Focus on Mobile First

Web Design Trends 2017 – Stronger Focus on Mobile First

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...

WordPress Design Trends 2017 – Gradients

WordPress Design Trends 2017 – Gradients

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...

Web Design Trends 2017 – Better Use of Parallax

Web Design Trends 2017 – Better Use of Parallax

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...

Web Design Trends 2017 – SVG Logos and Icons

Web Design Trends 2017 – SVG Logos and Icons

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...

WordPress Design Trends 2017 – Child Themes and Layouts

WordPress Design Trends 2017 – Child Themes and Layouts

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...

Web Design Trends for 2017 – Creative Typography

Web Design Trends for 2017 – Creative Typography

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...