You need to build a portfolio for your web design business, but are stressed about the time commitment. Don't be. With the new and improved Muffin Builder, you can have it online ASAP. The post Be: The Fastest and Easiest Way to Build Your Portfolio Site appeared first on Codrops.

Access All Areas members have a cool font to download this week, courtesy of LovePowerDesigns. The Bearded Sailor is inspired by old-school tattoos that were popular with sailors. It’s a hand-drawn font with rounded strokes that pairs perfectly with both script and sans-serif fonts. The Bearded Sailor comes in two styles, a solid regular version, […] The post The Bearded Sailor Tattoo Inspired Font for Premium Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Are you working on an annual report? Looking for a way to impress your client or boss with this report? Then use a simple annual report template to make your document look more professional. Preparing an annual report is not an easy job. You shouldn't have to spend hours making it look pretty as well. […]

It seems like rushing around in an effort to finish off projects is part of being a freelance designer. Clients have demands and it's our job to meet them. And,... The post The Case for Slowing Down the Design Process appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

Imagine an application that can, in real time, analyze a user's emotional response while they're interacting with an app or website. Or imagine a home device that recognizes you and tunes in to your favorite TV channel. Yes, today's article is all about facial recognition technology. We're going to share our first experience of dealing with this technology and the findings we've made. Why Is Facial Recognition On The Rise?

Developers today are faced with an ever-changing landscape. Their responsibilities continue to expand into areas like software QA, security, and governance. In an SD Times Live! webinar, Brian Fox, CTO of Sonatype and Steve Poole, developer advocate at Sonatype, discuss the ways in which security has become an essential part of a developers job. According … continue reading The post Placing security in the hands of developers appeared first on SD Times.

The CSS box model is a term thrown around in CSS with very little context, but is probably the most fundamental things you can know in CSS. Simply put, the box model determines, the size, margin, and padding of any object on the page. It also refers to the weird way CSS handles 'inline' and 'block' content. The Box Model In HTML, every element creates a box. Some of these elements, such as span and p are inline, meaning they are in line with text, rather than structural elements of the page.

I love the Windows Terminal, but right now I launch the Terminal, then I pick a Shell (PowerShell, CMD, bash, etc) from the menu. Sometimes I want to be "shell-first." I'll hit the Start Menu, type cmd, and then the older console/terminal starts up. I have to remember to run Terminal THEN run cmd. So I said to myself, "self, what's a good way to fix that?" When you press Start and start typing (which is different from WinKey+R and running a .exe directly) you're looking at Shortcuts/LNK files. You can make your own and change existing ones. Press Start, type "Command Prompt" or "PowerShell" and then RIGHT CLICK the icon and Open File Location. For example, Command Prompt was here on my machine:C:UsersscottAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsSystem Tools So I Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V to make a copy (backup) or I can just right click and hit properties to change the one I have. Then I change the Target to wt.exe (Windows Terminal) and pass in the Named Profile for the Shell I want:C:UsersscottAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsAppswt.exe -p "Command Prompt" In this case, it's Command Prompt. I also renamed my LNK file to Command Prompt (Terminal) but that's optional. I can do the same thing for PowerShell. I've moved to open source PowerShell 7 (based on .NET Core) that I installed from the Windows Store. Some store apps don't want you to change their icons so I just changed another. You can also make your own with right-click, New Shortcut. I even did this with the Visual Studio 2019 Developer Prompt by first making a Profile for it in my Terminal settings:{ "commandline": "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noe -c "&{Import-Module """C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\Tools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll"""; Enter-VsDevShell 4f53a196}"", "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff45ce}", "hidden": false, "name": "VS2019 Dev Prompt", "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%"}, and then changing the icon to call it with wt.exe and the named profile. This can also work with Cygwin, Yori, Ubuntu, or any other shell. A few minutes and a few shortcut changes later, now I can hit start, type PowerShell, command, cmd, whatever, and it'll all load in Windows Terminal! Since this technique works only with lnk files that the Start Menu consumes, it also works with PowerToys Run (which is like Quicksilver or Spotlight on Mac)! Hope this helps! Sponsor: The No. 1 reason developers choose Couchbase? You can use your existing SQL++ skills to easily query and access JSON. That's more power and flexibility with less training. Learn more. (C) 2021 Scott Hanselman. All rights reserved.     

Growing up, we learn that each of us is unique. We all have different talents and specialties to share with the world. Most business owners, for example, are quite adept... The post Bookmark.com Utilizes AI to Create Beautiful, Responsive Websites appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Long gone is the idea that navigation menus must be fixed at the top of a website design. While many designers opt for the safe, consistency of all caps navigation across the top of the screen with sans serif typography, more designs are breaking out of this pattern. Experimental navigation patterns can be fun and […]