As a rule, call-to-action buttons rarely undergo cardinal changes. The last big thing in this sphere was when we were widely introduced to ghost buttons. Although their hollow shape felt... The post Attention Getters: Bright Call-to-Action Buttons appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

On his Medium.com blog Liam Hammett has written up a tutorial explaining the functionality and use of bitmask constant arguments in PHP. PHP has a handful of core functions that can accept boolean arguments in the form of constants that have a binary value. These can be combined together in a single function argument, essentially passing multiple boolean flags in a very compact manner. They work a bit differently to how most people implement options in their userland functions, so let's take a look at how they work. He starts off by talking about how the PHP core language makes use of them in certain functions with an example of the JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR constant for use with json_encode (both as a single option and multiple using a bitwise operator). He then gets into the "code behind the code" and talk about how they work for both "OR" and "AND" types. He ends the post with an example putting all of this knowledge to use in an if that detects if a bit exists in the inputted constant list.

When it comes to managing content, many elements in it need organizing. When larger projects come up or the number of projects increases, the need for content management becomes necessary. Sometimes, it becomes hard to keep a check on which content needs scheduling. We have a list of specific content scheduling tools for WordPress to […] The post 10 Best Content Scheduling Tools for WordPress appeared first on Line25.

Why would a company promote a native app over their perfectly usable website? We'd have to ask them, I suppose. But it's hard not to see this push to native as a matter of priorities: that these companies consider native … The post Those “Get The App” Banners appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

Organizations pursuing a more customer-centric innovation strategy often use one of two concepts: Agile or Design Thinking. Incidentally, both strategies share a similar philosophy. Both ideologies are about taking an iterative design approach to software development that collects customer feedback, inspires ideas, and helps teams avoid mistakes. This development approach will result in building better […] The post A Deep Dive into Design Thinking with Agile Methodology appeared first on Developer.com.

2016 will introduce new conferences and be host to most of your favorite conferences from the past years. IoT will probably be as prominent as wearables. And the budding virtual reality topic may very well become a hot topic with the release of two major VR headsets in the last quarter of 2015 and the first of 2016. Conferences are about gathering information and knowledge, but also opportunities to get to know other like-minded folks in the web design community. Keep in mind that there's always a benefit to attending any event, and a strong chance that you'll be exposed to a large amount of new information, so be prepared to absorb the latest techniques brought to you by distinguished authors and speakers!The post Upcoming Web Design Conferences (January-June 2016) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

I have created plenty of brushes and textures based on halftone dots previously on Spoon Graphics, but halftone lines are a fantastic alternative pattern that can add detailed retro effects to your artwork. This new collection of free halftone lines textures features 10 high-resolution graphics with a distressed appearance, made of evenly spaced diagonal lines […] The post Download My New Set of 10 Free Halftone Lines Textures appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Muscle memory is a heck of a thing. When I want to build code I type Ctrl-Shift-B. I can't not. It's built into my hands! Ctrl-Shift-T is test (even though it's non-standard, it's there, in my hands. I spend a lot of time at the command line, in Windows Terminal, in PowerShell, using PSReadLine. So why not make a few of these intuitive hotkeys work for me there as well? PSReadLine supports Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler which is basically hotkey bindings to any arbitrary script block. Here's Shift-Ctrl-B typing dotnet build and pressing enter. Just add these to your $profile, after you've imported PSReadLine viaif ($host.Name -eq 'ConsoleHost'){ Import-Module PSReadLine} Building with Shift-Ctrl-BSet-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Ctrl+Shift+b ` -BriefDescription BuildCurrentDirectory ` -LongDescription "dotnet Build the current directory" ` -ScriptBlock { [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::RevertLine() [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::Insert("dotnet build") [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::AcceptLine()} Here's Shift-Ctrl-T typing dotnet test and pressing enter.Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key Ctrl+Shift+t ` -BriefDescription TestCurrentDirectory ` -LongDescription "dotnet Test the current directory" ` -ScriptBlock { [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::RevertLine() [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::Insert("dotnet test") [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::AcceptLine()} Here's it in Animated Gif Form! (Using Carnac to see the hotkeys being pressed) Since I am using Ctrl+Shift+T for testing (that's just me) I did need to manually unbind it from New Tab in my Windows Terminal settings. Just be aware.{ "command": "unbound", "keys": "shift+ctrl+T"}, Sweet. What hotkeys will YOU hook up? Sponsor: Have what it takes to code securely? Select from dozens of complimentary interactive challenges in Veracode Security Labs, test your skills, and earn a badge. Learn more.(C) 2021 Scott Hanselman. All rights reserved.     

(This is a sponsored article.) With a prototype of your design built, it's important to start testing it to see if the assumptions you have made are correct. In this article, the seventh in my ongoing series exploring the user experience design process, I'll explore the importance of user testing. As I explored in my earlier article on research, where I explored the research landscape, there are many different types of research methods you can use, and there are a variety of different user tests you can run, including:

If you are already a WordPress website owner, or you are about to build one, some skills are essential for you. One of the main and most important things is the website loading speed. Here’s the thing: website speed is something you should worry about the most because the faster your website is, the more […] The post WordPress Website Speed Optimization: Important Factors to Consider appeared first on Line25.