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Get ready to create a website in half the time it takes to build a WordPress site. Seriously! The Duda website builder is a professional-level tool that can help you get online fast, with all the performance and search engine optimization capability you need.
Here’s a look at Duda and everything the web design platform offers, including the key features, pricing, and more.
Where did all the people go? In the same way streets are a little less crowded, so are design projects. It’s a design trend that’s rooted in practicality – what kind of imagery is appropriate in the world we live in now?
With so many rules and changing norms, the easy answer can be to eliminate images that focus on people and faces altogether. And while it is a little different than what we might be used to, it’s not a bad solution to a current design problem. It’s also something you can probably deploy with existing image assets if you need to retool a current design.
Projects that feature imagery without people can have other practical applications as well that aren’t pandemic-related. Let’s take a look.
If it has ever crossed your mind that a certain element of a design project would be better if you had help, then outsourcing work could be a viable option.
Design agencies, small shops, and freelancers can all benefit from having a bench of partners that can help with projects. Successful outsourcing is based on a mutual relationship between parties that have a similar design style and work ethic.
This guide will take you through everything you need to know about outsourcing graphic design work.
Highlight your skills and improve your branding with the right domain name. The right .design domain is waiting for you.
Some of the biggest names in design, including Adobe, Spotify, and Airbnb already use a .design domain for creative projects.
Now is the time to grab one for your business while you can get the first year free.
Peek at the analytics. Chances are that your contact page is among the most visited on our website.
It’s for good reason. Visitors will seek out a contact page to get additional information about your company or business, find your location, or get in touch.
Now the bad news. This is an often-neglected part of the website design. Too many websites don’t take care of the contact page, resulting in missed opportunities and conversions.
You can remedy that right now with these tips for creating a usable contact page.
Presenting your design to a client is often a chance to make a key first impression. It can set the tone for how the project will be received. A spot-on design presentation can help you set the stage for success.
There’s a lot that can go into a design presentation – the work itself, slides or a presentation, how you talk about and define the work, and even your skills as a presenter.
Here, we’ve got plenty of tips (and even a few tricks) to help you nail every design presentation every time.
Finding the right web host can be a little overwhelming – there are several great choices with features that are essential to streamlining business operations.
In this article, I am going to introduce Cloudways, a great managed hosting solution with top performance, reliability, and excellent support.
From in-built CDNs, to free SSL certificates, and the ability to choose the platform on which your account is hosted. There’s plenty of flexibility, and a lot to like about this hosting service.
It’s inevitable: At some point you will lose a project due to a crash, virus, or by accident.
But you can be ready to recover information and data quickly with the right data recovery software. There are a plethora of tools on the market – some paid, some free – that can help you bet lost files back.
Here, we’re going to look at 7 of the best options so you have one of these tools at the ready when you need it. Perfect for designers, developers, or anyone who wants to have a magic tool up their sleeve when the worst happens!
Before we go ahead and look at the best data recovery software, here’s a staggering stat shared by Remo Software, one of the leading data recovery software companies: 0.93% of hard drives failed in 2020. That’s a serious number of data loss scenarios. We recommend you take necessary precautions while working from home on your devices and always choose a good piece of data recovery software.
Justinmind 9 is revamped and ready to help you create website and app prototypes faster. The new release is packed with features that will make work life easier. (And that’s something we could all use right now.)
Here’s a look at Justinmind 9 and all the features you’ll find with this tool.
Whether you’re looking to take your UX design to the next level, save time with the array of tools you use, or start building fully interactive prototypes, Justinmind is a tool very much worth considering.
It’s a no-brainer for most designers that you plan a project based on a certain target audience. It might be for people who like soda or buy video games or have an affinity for athletic shoes.
But another consideration can often be overlooked – designing for different generational segments. Age can impact how people use websites, apps, and mobile devices. Generational differences can affect your design scheme, accessibility plan, and even the language and colors in the design.
If you haven’t thought about these differences, now is the time to start. With wider website audiences all the time, designing for different generations can help your project be more successful for more people.
A solid tap target can make or break your mobile website or app. The size, shape, location, and overall design of the button or link determines whether a user successfully completes an action or not. It might seem like a small thing, but can be one of the most important elements of a design.
Modern tappable targets are easy to recognize, work in an expected manner, and encourage engagement.
Today we’re looking at how to design them, ways to craft effective call-to-action items, and considerations around color and font choices.
This is a love letter of sorts to an underrated design tool: open source fonts. Open source fonts are licensed in such a way that anyone can use them for any project at no cost.
Many open source fonts come with the standard Open Font License (you can find it here), and it gives you huge flexibility in how you can use them, the types of projects they are suitable for, and how they can be distributed.
There are plenty of reasons to try open source fonts for projects online and in print. And every typeface featured in this post is open source!