Add a little art to your web design with the watercolor trend. Watercolor techniques are a popular design option because they are fun, easy to use and work with a variety of different types of content. Watercolor styles can be used in a number of ways to emphasize your content. Whether you are considering a […]

Access All Areas members have a wonderful set of vintage illustrations to download this week, courtesy of Smilypixel.com. These detailed rose and flower drawings have been processed into PNG and vector EPS files, making them ideal graphics for your print designs, invitations, scrapbooking, patterns, logos and so much more! Each PNG image is an average […] The post 64 Vintage Roses and Flower Illustrations for Premium Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

It's not difficult to design a PowerPoint presentation. Designing an effective presentation, however, is an entirely different story. Studies show that 91% of presenters feel more confident when presenting a slideshow with a great design. But, the problem is that 45% of professionals find it difficult to design creative layouts. A PowerPoint presentation is not […]

Do you struggle to shoot video or take pictures while holding the camera? You should use a tripod for the best shots. These are the best smartphone tripods.

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This week's Designer News (N.382) includes a Board to Track Job Applications, a CSS Grid Cheat Sheet, a Vue.js Introduction, a look at Smooth Scrolling & Accessibility, Mastering Design Fundamentals, Improving UX Through Performance and more. The post Weekly News for Designers (N.382) appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Varnish Cache is an open source HTTP accelerator that is used for speeding up the content delivery of the world’s top content-heavy dynamic websites. However, the performance or speed a newcomer to Varnish Cache can expect from its deployment can be quite nebulous. This is true for users at both extremes of the spectrum: from those who play with its source code to create more complex features to those who set up Varnish Cache using the default settings. The post Five Simple Steps To Test Your Varnish Cache Deployment Using Varnishtest appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

We have all encountered names that are difficult to pronounce. Having a challenging name myself, I get different pronunciations of my first name, Atif, all the time. In order to solve my own naming problem, I built a Javascript plugin called Vocalizer. In this article, I will introduce what Vocalizer is and a few different ways to use it. Earlier this year, I redesigned my portfolio website. During this process, I decided to add a feature that educated visitors on how to say my name. One day, I opened the "Voice Memos" app on my iPhone, tapped "Record", and asked my wife to say my first name. Then, I embedded a small button onto the landing page after my first name. Clicking on that button would play the audio file of my name.The post Improving The UX Of Names With Vocalizer.js appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Web design is constantly growing and evolving. Staying current can seem like a full-time job — today’s hot design trend could be tomorrow’s cause for mockery and disdain. But at the same time, an outmoded website can send the message that you’re out of touch, or worse, just don’t care. Here are a few ways […] The post Web Design Trends to Look For in 2020 appeared first on Line25.

The Console component is one of the most popular and mature Symfony components. Even if some developers consider it already feature-complete, in each new Symfony version we add some small new features to it. Make it mandatory to return the command exit statusA,A? ...