It seems like every designer has a horror story or two (or seventeen) about getting ripped off by a client who refuses to pay. Once it happens, there’s not too... The post Freelancers, Stop Getting Burned by Your Clients appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

This week's Designer News (N.349) includes Mini CSS Reset, SVG App, CSS Stats, Chrome Extensions for Web Designers, JavaScript Plugins, Material Design Tips, and more. The post Weekly News for Designers (N.349) appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

You probably understand that everything you do online - and in-person - contributes to your personal brand. But did you know that having a personal marketing plan to establish, maintain, and promote that brand can be equally important? Particularly for freelancers and anyone working in the gig economy, both full-time or part-part, having a distinct […]

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Everyone wants faster Internet access. But the speed has more to do with the bandwidth delivered by ISPs, cable companies and mobile operators. Web developers and designers also play a role in ensuring that there is minimal lag time when someone visits their websites. The growing number of images, videos and graphics on today's websites are the biggest factors contributing to slow web load times. And, since developers are using more of these types of media, it's important that they learn how to effectively manage images and videos to improve performance and the user experience. The Cloudinary image management and optimization solution alleviates these problems, helping developers create and deliver images as efficiently as possible, optimizing website load time. In this article, we'll examine ways you can leverage Cloudinary to speed your sites performance. Image Cloud Service Cloudinary Choose an Efficient Image Format One of the first decisions you will have to make is which image format is best suited for your site design. Aside from JPEG, PNG and GIF, you can choose from formats like WebP (supported by Google for Chrome browsers), and JPEG-XR (leveraged by Microsoft for Internet Explorer and Edge browsers) as well. Generally, developers are using […]

The php[architect] site has posted an article pulled from their November 2018 issue providing a case for generics in PHP. To elucidate their merit, we will look at how they might fit within the evolution of PHP's type system to put us in a position to write more robust software: "How can I signal that my method will return a Collection of User objects? And why would I want to do that?" The article starts with a look at generics in other languages and how they're handled (such as Java and C#). From there they shift over to PHP, giving a code sample of a class that is typed to only accept one kind of value for its constructor. They provide an update for this that would work in PHP 7.4 (with typed properties) and how with the help of generics it would be simpler to define a more dynamic type requirement, allowing for more generalized class descriptions.

Personalization, or the ability to tailor messages to specific clients, is widely predicted to be one of the most important marketing trends of the future.... The post 5 Strategies To Personalize Your Content Marketing appeared first on Web Development & Technology Resources.

When you're working on a new project, what is more crucial than choosing the right features to develop? However, the exercise often turns into a spectacle of team voting. As a result, decisions change many times down the road. Let's talk about the pitfalls of popular prioritization techniques and approaches to reducing bias and disagreement.

PHP offers a wide range of frameworks for creating robust and effective web solutions. Though how to choose the right one for your web development project? In this article, we'll have a look at the key features of Laravel and Yii and figure out what type of web applications they suit best. The post Laravel vs Yii: Which One You Should Opt For? appeared first on SCAND.

Creating an effective pricing structure for your freelance web design business can be challenging. Ideally, you'll want to strike a balance between making a decent living and providing value. This... The post The Hidden Benefits of Raising Your Prices appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.