As your users spend time on your website, they are constantly interacting with its features – and some of those small interactions matter more than you might think. Each small... The post Eight Microinteractions for a Better User Experience appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Today we're bringing you a collection of the best free Keynote templates for making all kinds of presentation slideshows, including business, creative, agency, and startup pitch decks. Keynote is a great tool for making effective presentations. But, let’s face it, when it comes to the default templates included, your options are limited. Luckily you can […]

WordPress was born fifteen years ago, and because it has historically preserved backwards compatibility, newer versions of its code couldn't make full use of the latest capabilities offered by the newer versions of PHP. While the latest version of PHP is 7.3.2, WordPress still offers support up to PHP 5.2.4. But those days will soon be over! WordPress will be upgrading its minimum PHP version support, bumping up to PHP 5.

We’re going to create a contact form with Next.js and Netlify that displays a confirmation screen and features enhanced spam detection. Next.js is a powerful React framework for developing performant React applications that scale. By integrating a Next.js site with … The post How to Create a Contact Form With Next.js and Netlify appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

(This is a sponsored article.) With the big picture established — mapping user journeys and defining your design's look and feel — my fifth article in this series of ten articles dives into the details of designing user interface components. UX, IA, UI: All of these abbreviations can be confusing. In reality, as designers, we'll often be working across these different specialisms: designing the overall user experience (UX), organizing information logically as we consider information architecture (IA), and considering the granular design of the user interface (UI).

Social Media is becoming powerful with each passing day. The people who are not using are only lagging behind or missing out on opportunities. eCommerce is also integrating social media tools extensively to fulfil various purposes. Among various social media channels/platforms, WhatsApp secures its position quite firmly. The 2 billion users across 180 countries are [...]

The Delicious Brains blog has kicked off a new series of posts walking you through the deployment of a WordPress site with automated (and repeatable) deployments. Welcome to the first post in a workflow series on deploying WordPress. In this series, we're going to look at how you can set up automated deployments for your WordPress site in a range of different ways. They start off by answering the question of "why" for automated deployments. They make the point that automated deployments can help reduce the potential for human error, increase the reliability of the deployments and have many more benefits. Next they start in on the preparation work, helping you get several prerequisites set up before getting to the deployment process: Setting up the site on an accessible Git repository and having plugins/dependencies managed by Composer Deploying configuration files Disable FTP Access & File Editing Disable Auto Updates The post also includes a section covering the deployment of the database for your application and any other media you might have related to it (images, files, etc).

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Logos are important to any brand or any business out there - big or small. Logos help grab the customer’s attention and give your brand a chance to make a strong first impression. It also becomes the foundation of your brand’s identity, helps customers remember your brand, and differentiates you from your competitors. When we […] The post 12 Amazing Video Game Logos for Inspiration first appeared on Line25.