Is it Time to Transition to JAMStack?

Jamstack (JAMstack), is one of the most popular (and rapidly growing) tools for app and website creation. A unique ecosystem of functionality, Jamstack promises developers the support they need to create powerful websites and progressive applications. For a while, Jamstack was mostly written off a..

Google UX Design vs IxDF Membership: Which UX Certification Is Right For You?

You’ve decided to take a step towards a new, exciting career in UX design—congratulations! We know that starting along this journey can be difficult; where do you begin? Well, we can help you there! Let’s take a look at the two most popular options for an online UX design education: 1) The Google UX Design Professional Certificate and 2) UX Design courses by and membership with the IxDF. By the end of this piece, you will have a clearer picture of which education offering will suit your requirements best. We’re going to compare the Google UX Design Professional Certificate (hereafter referred to as the Google Certificate) and an IxDF membership to see what’s similar and what’s different so...

Creating Generative Patterns with The CSS Paint API

The browser has long been a medium for art and design. From Lynn Fisher’s joyful A Single Div creations to Diana Smith’s staggeringly detailed CSS paintings, wildly creative, highly skilled developers have — over the years — continuously pushed web technologies to their limits and crafted innovative..

7 Free Plugins for Adding Structured Data to Your WordPress Website

Structured data (sometimes called “Schema” or “microdata”) has emerged as an important part of SEO strategy. Search engines are making use of this information to enhance listings and provide users with more immediate answers. Even if you’re not 100% sure what structured data is, you’ve undoubtedly ..

Black Friday 2021: Invest in UX Design Education

“The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself... The more you learn, the more you'll earn.”—Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire HathawayHow many items have you added to your Black Friday shopping wishlist? This year, instead of short-term deals on products, why not take a long-term view and follow Warren Buffet’s mantra and invest your hard-earned money in yourself? In our biggest-ever Black Friday offer yet, this weekend, the IxDF is offering 25% off our annual membership and $200 off on our Bootcamps.[[video:1131]]The term Black Friday was initially used to describe the start of the season when stores start going into the black—i.e. when they began to becom...

How Web Designers Can Cope with Situations Out of Their Control

Everyone wants to control their own destiny. For web designers, that means layouts that look great, code that works as intended, and clients who pay on time. While we may wish for each of those things, reality usually plays out differently. Layouts aren’t always pixel-perfect, code breaks and clien..

Which SVG technique performs best for way too many icons?

Tyler Sticka digs in here in the best possible way: by making a test page and literally measuring performance. Maybe 1,000 icons is a little bit of an edge case, but hey, 250 rows of data with four icons in each gets you there. Tyler covers the nuances carefully in the post. The different techniques..

The 20 Best Food & Drink Logo Templates for 2021

Just as food brings people together, you can bring audiences to your clients with a stunning food and drink logo. If you’re working with restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, or bars, you have to make their logos as delicious as their dishes. How? Well, you can take the long route, trying to come up..

Live Now: Top 10 Black Friday 2021 Deals for Designers and Agencies

It’s that time again. Black Friday. November 26, to be exact. And the many enticing deals you’ve been looking forward to at this time of the year are here as well. There are three types of Black Friday shoppers. Those who are successful because they have prepared. Those who are successful because t..

Control Layout in a Multi-Directional Website

Many business websites need a multilingual setup. As with anything development-related, implementing one in an easy, efficient, and maintainable way is desirable. Designing and developing to be ready for multiple languages, whether it happens right at launch or is expected to happen at any point in ..