In this article, we'll take a look at the best ways to handle colors in CSS today, some tips for using them in a design system, and what we can expect from our colors in the not-too-distant future.

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To get that out of the way upfront: Assembla does not refer to the similarly named programming language, but still is important for designers and developers alike. If you run a web design and development business and work with diverse clientele, or manage a team of web developers working across projects, you must already be aware of the importance of proper collaboration. In the absence of collaboration among members of the development team, the quality of output will suffer manifolds. Of course, several tools exist to help you collaborate with your team: we have Git, Dropbox, task management apps, and what not! However, what if you need something that serves as an umbrella service, ensuring tight integration with other services, and helping you boost your workflow and relationship with your clients? Allow me to introduce you to one such service: Assembla. What is Assembla? In simple words, Assembla is a set of SaaS tools meant for web development teams that work in the cloud (which refers to virtually every web development team nowadays). On the one hand, Assembla lets you host and manage your client projects in one place, wherein you can invite your team members to work on it […]* You might also be interested in the following articlesStack: New Kanban Boards Task- and Projectmanager by BugherdPantheon: The Next Dimension of WordPress and Drupal Hosting and…BamBam! The One and Only Collaboration-Tool for People who Really NeedHojoki: The (no longer) Missing Link Between Your Cloud AppsBugHerd: Lean & Clean Task- and Bug-Management for Web-ProjectsWaypoints.io: Collaborative Tumblr for Your Projects

Those working with SVG graphics have multiple options to embed them into an HTML document. Aside from using it as a classic image file via the “<img>” element, SVG can also be implemented via “<object>” or “<iframe>”. The latter two have the advantage that they allow for the execution of JavaScript and animations. The simple variant however, is marking SVG inline in the HTML source code. SVG Inline: No Additional Request Firstly, inline SVGs don’t cause an additional request, since they are a part of the HTML document. This will be especially noticeable when there are many small SVGs on one page. However, when the same graphics are used in multiple documents, embedding them externally might be the way to go. With the according cache settings, the graphics won’t have to be newly loaded for each loading document. Uniform Styles Furthermore, a completely different, very useful advantage of inline SVGs is the option to control the appearance of the graphics via the HTML document’s stylesheets. Fill and line color can be defined as well as line strength, and transformations. SVG stylesheets are marked up the same way HTML stylesheets are, and it is possible to combine HTML and SVG sectors. […]

Lead designers need to make sure they keep their team members on the right path. Managers have tried several methods to reach this goal, including pattern libraries and style guides. While those options have a place to play within some organizations, they don't always provide the single source of truth that you need to optimize The post What is a single source of truth, and why do you need it? appeared first on Studio by UXPin.

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It's not an easy job to find the perfect image or the mockup to showcase your product when designing a hero image for a website, a header image for a blog, or for an advertising project. Mostly because high-quality stock photos and images are hard to find, and can come with hefty price tags. Even […]

By this time, you might have heard of many small retail businesses going online amid this Covid-19 pandemic while many big brands are making use of market segmentation to the full extent to reach their customers. However, many small business owners are still not aware of how to make the most of customer segmentation and...

WordPress Multisite is a popular feature of WordPress, which enables you to create and run multiple websites using the same WordPress installation on your server. In other words, you can manage several different WordPress websites from a single dashboard. However, people are sometimes unsure of how to use this feature. This guide will help to clear up questions related to what WordPress Multisite is, who needs it, and how to install it.

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