Articles by Web Designer Depot from August 2018

No, its not a clickbait title and yes, starting with $100 can get you an actual running store. In this article Ill go through every step you need to take to get your store up and running and explain t...

Much is made of the need for inspiration in design work. While most of a designers job is sweating the details, we all still need that little spark to get us going. We need (or at least enjoy having) ...

Including high quality blogs and other forms of useful, interesting content is a great way to boost SEO and encourage repeat visits to a website. However, with everyone playing the same game, getting ...

While this tends to be the time of year when things start to slow a bit in the design world, there are still trends that are worth paying attention to as you plan future projects. One element that sta...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Our recent survey of design and development firms revealed a tantalizing statistic: Freelancers who use value-based pricing were more likely to report annual income over $50,000 per year than freelanc...

Lets not beat around the bush, local SEO is hard. If you represent a business in a large city and youre aiming for a top 3 maps business listing (the Snack Pack), then its even harder. You can spend m...

Crello is an innovative design app from Depositphotos thats simple to pick up and use, and outputs high-quality results. In an increasingly saturated design tool market, it could be the best tool youv...

Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or relaunched with significant updates) this August. The Summers almost over, vacations are less frequent, and were starting to see businesses gea...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Designers, developers, site owners lend me your eyeballs for a bit. Theres something rotten in the state of pre-made website themes. Alright, Ive offended The Bard quite enough. But you get my point, ...

Just like anything else, product design can be done well, and it can be done poorly. When a product is designed well, users dont notice it. But when a product is designed poorly, users not only notice...

YOOtheme Pro is a premium site builder from YOOtheme. The culmination of over a decade of design and development for WordPress and Joomla, its a professional-grade solution for creating and managing b...

Whats old is new again; thats the theme this month with new tools for designers with a few new tools that are rooted in the old concepts of design theory. From working with typefaces, to a color wheel...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

It always starts as an innocent conversation. Whether its an email, an SMS conversation, or face-to-face, it starts simply enough: Hey, how are you doing? How are the cats? Did you see the new Netflix...

Have you performed a mobile speed test lately? How does your website rank? A slow website can turn mobile users away. Ideally, you want your design to load just as quickly for 3G users on phones as it...

Web designers are some of the hardest working people I know. Which is why I dont envy them having to design websites and other content for clients while managing their freelance design business and co...

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Our Secret Reptilian Overlords, I asked for more color in last months article, and you have delivered. Its August, now, and to distract myself from the oppressive heat, I have g...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Theres a certain peace to be found at night, when the world goes dark and silent. You might settle down on the couch for a moment, and just soak in the absence of noise and bustle. However, if youre a...

Theres no question that making your websites pages load fast is important. Research shows that people start to lose focus on something after a single second, and lose interest completely somewhere bet...

Designing for the iPhone X will bring some new challenges, but also some new design opportunities. In this article, Ill share a few suggestions that will help you design apps and games that look and f...

Hey guys, remember Firefox? Remember the Mozilla Application Suite? That second one isnt relevant, but everyone knows that nostalgia is an attention-grabber. Now that youre here, lets move on with tha...