Articles by Web Design Ledger from April 2016

Many top-ranked websites and brands unrolled video backgroundsin 2015, and as a modern website design trend, it might be one of the more popular options during that year. But while video backgrounds m...

Learning a new tool or software could be quite an overwhelming experience for a beginner. It is not like old days were there were few known softwares with limited functionalities, and a newbie could e...

As you go down this list, youll find multipurpose tools that can handle your most important tasks; tools with useful but somewhat unique features; and tools dedicated to specific activities. Whatever ...

The world of animation for web design is vast and somewhat complex. Professional animators undergo quite a bit of training and work for years to master their craft. But animation can be found in much ...

WordPress for iOS 6.1 is now available, and it comes with several new bug fixes and improvements, including geotagging support and comment moderation gestures. With the help of gestures on the notific...

Too many website building activities focus on handing a design over to a coder, answering any questions the coder may have, and then sitting back and waiting for the deliverable. Unless you have given...

Sketch, the popular design tool for Mac users, has just released its newest version 3.7.2 Sketch 3.7.2 comes with several new features and bug fixes. Here is a run-down of what it brings to the table:...

Today, everyone seems to be nuts about faster web site building. Both professional developers and DIYers commonly opt for ready-made HTML5 templates, as they are enormous time-savers in web site devel...

If youre a UI designer, and you have yet to hop on board the free Sketch App Express, youve been missing out on a UI solution that is taking the design world by storm. Sketch is in some ways similar t...

Apple has recently updated its App Store Developer site and added a new section that talks about best practices and business growth ideas for freelance developers. This new section aims to feature ana...

Recently, it was announced that with the latest update, Chrome 50, the web browser will be shifting to Material Design. However, Google does not seem to be stopping at just the web browser — Chr...

A while back we posted an article showcasing great website navigations. Consider this the sequel. The navigation of a website is meant to be clicked. It doesn’t need to blend in or be hard to fi...

There are so many projects on the market that we literary don’t have enough time to read the info. To get more time and win as many projects as we can, we have to carefully select tools that wor...

There are so many web development projects on the market that we literary don’t have enough time to read the info. To get more time and win as many projects as we can, we have to carefully selec...

Pinterest, the popular social network, has recently revamped the design of its iOS app. The new version claims to be extra fast and extra clean, and focuses more on functionality and usability. To quo...

Keeping your users engaged over a company website is more of a technical job that could easily be performed with excellently designed website navigation menu. Providing an ideal navigation to the user...

The word “accordion” typically conjures a mental image of your favorite polka band. Although polka music can offer a rip-snorting good time, the term is associated with something different...

The word “accordion” typically conjures a mental image of your favorite polka band. However that’s not what we are talking about whenreferring toaccordion menu. Although polka music ...

Do you work on a project with large amounts of data that need to be managed or manipulated in some way, and presented in charts or tables? Given enough time, it is something you feel you could handle,...

Google has recently announced that it will soon allow and offer podcasts in Google Play Music, grouped by the nature of the content of the podcasts. Currently expected to be available only in US and C...

Everyone wants to rank their site on the first page of search engine results. There are many factors which influence search engine rankings, and one of them is human readable URLs or SEO friendly URLs...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code has recently reached its 1.0 release. Over the course of past few months, Microsoft has been trying hard to provide a stable and robust performance in Visual Studi...

Hamburger icons are those little three-bar icons you see in the corner of many websites and mobile apps. These primarily trigger a sliding drawer navigation which contains links to pages all around th...

Twitter is working on a new design and layout for its Android application, and if the opinion provided by beta testers is anything to go by, the new look of the official Twitter app shall be based on ...

Headings play a major role in the way users digest content. Through size and style, they help establish a hierarchy and make text easy to scan. Headings also help establish the mood created by a desig...

A few weeks ago, I showed you a bunch of super sleek fonts to use in your clean designs, but if you’re looking to establish a classic mood for a design, you may want to choose an elegant serif f...

Memory is a precious resource on mobile devices, especially because it is shared by different apps and if one runs multiple apps, memory hog can be a big issue that can affect the performance of even ...

WordPress 4.5, named after Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, has been released and is available for download. This new version of WordPress comes with several new features and improvements, most of wh...

In its bid to offer better search experience to its users, Google has been trying to implement Safe Browsing features in its offerings. We have Safe Browsing features that protect users from social en...

Rhythm is a responsive trendy WordPress theme which can be whatever you want it to be. Its an excellent tool for website creating for any kind of business. Rhythm offers over 50 different demos with s...

Google has been known for redesigning its apps and paying great attention to detail. As such, when it comes to icon design, Google will not cut any corners, obviously. Recently, Google has released a ...

If you are into front-end development, you cant escape from two things – jQuery and data visualization. jQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript libraries which is being used by more than 70...

Blogs, just like business or eCommerce web pages, should be functional and a pleasure to read. Responsivity is of the highest importance when it comes to building such a web resource. More and more we...

  “Don’t be afraid to ask questions. When you’re just starting you can’t possibly be expected to know everything.”   Inez Torre can only be described as a resul...

Youve heard the saying before, The money is in the list. This is true, but exactly how much money is in the list? A lot, apparently: The guys at Monetate analyzed over 500 million shopping experiences...

A decade ago, it might have cost thousands of dollars to get a beautifully-designed website! But thanks to the proliferation of top website builder companies and website frameworks like Joomla and Wor...