Business
How to hire your first design assistant (and know when you’re ready)
Business is booming. You’re feeling busy, in a good way. Or maybe you’re feeling a little too busy! This is great — it means you’re… Read More
Development
How to use Git and Flywheel together
If you’re building WordPress plugins or themes, you probably keep your code in Git on either GitHub or BitBucket. Read More
Design
Why you should use alt tags for accessibility (instead of SEO)
Accessibility can be a controversial subject. Proper accessibility habits sometimes conflict with established (or at least common) practices in other aspects of the web development… Read More
WordPress
5 free WordPress calendar plugins that’ll help your blog stay super organized
Are you struggling to keep your blog up to date? Do you have a list of great ideas for blog topics, but are unsure when… Read More
Design
The best Slack groups for designers
Slack is a great resource for small businesses, agencies, freelancers, or just individual designers trying to network. It makes communicating with coworkers… Read More
WordPress
How to optimize your WordPress RSS feed
An RSS feed works by creating data that is machine readable and then it displays that data to the end user in an… Read More
Design
The psychology of typography
Along with color, the way you use typography on your website is a key element that can determine the success – or… Read More
WordPress
The best WordPress gallery and slideshow plugins
Finding the right WordPress gallery plugin or slideshow tool for your site can be tricky. There are so many options out there… Read More
Design
9 fantastic free design resources
There are tons of brilliant designers in the world, many of whom have worked hard to create great free design resources for… Read More
Development
7 SEO essentials that all web designers need to know
Web designers and SEO experts tend to butt heads. Why? Because, while these two elements are absolutely essential to any website, they sometimes work against… Read More
Business
The best tips for dealing with difficult clients
As web designers, we want to love all our clients. That’s what figuring out your ideal client is all about, right? Doing… Read More
Marketing
How to use YouTube videos to drive traffic to your website
We all want more traffic on our blog or website. Traffic is what gets us seen, draws clients to us, and helps us build… Read More
Business
4 ways to make sure working for free actually pays off
“Work for the exposure, they said. It’ll pay off, they said!” I know this sounds like the beginning of a meme or comic strip,… Read More
Development
How to do a basic accessibility audit
So you’ve been learning a lot about accessibility lately, but now you want to check your site yourself and see where you need to… Read More
Business
12 side business ideas to help increase your income
If you’re a web or graphic designer, you know how fickle your job is, especially if you work as a freelancer. This month you… Read More
Marketing
A guide to content marketing for web designers
The marketing world has changed. Today, content marketing costs less than more traditional forms of marketing, and, done well, generates more leads. But you need… Read More
WordPress
How to test your WordPress site for mobile usability problems
When’s the last time you walked into a store and had trouble finding what you were looking for? Do you remember feeling frustrated? Unsatisfied? In… Read More
WordPress
How to create a WordPress video gallery
It’s 2017 and the internet is nothing like it used to be five or six years ago. Nowadays, online video is not just a necessity… Read More