Articles by Web Design Ledger from November 2015

Khandu is a card game that aims to challenge kids to get them thinking and solve problems creatively. The card game was created by Seven Thinkers, a digital service agency based in Madrid, Spain. It i...

We seen an up-and-coming trend in design that will definitely bleed into 2016 for animation incorporated into UI. With the opposite trend of static websites emerging as well, some would argue otherwis...

Amazon is competing with all the major players of cloud storage with its latest Black Friday deal. $5 for Unlimited Online Storage through Amazon Cloud Drive. Amazon, unlike Apple, Dropbox, Microsoft,...

User Experience (UX) is not a new concept, it has been a working part of some of the greatest and most successful design, especially when it comes to digital design. Weather it be mobile apps, website...

Visual Hierarchy Visual Hierarchy an online store that offers a variety of resources for designers is sharing a special deal with Web Design Ledger readers. They are offering a variety of beautifully ...

Google is usually buzzing around the Thanksgiving holiday season, as people turn to it for a variety of searches. From holiday facts, recipes, to the best methods to cook a turkey. Below are some inte...

Design trends are developing in anexceptional speedand will continue to grow into the next year, with the increasing demands of the user. Here are a couple trends to keep in minds for a simple and wor...

Web design is a process of conceptualizing and planning, using a set of HTML codes and JavaScript, to determine the layout, colours, style of text, images, graphic designs etc. Basically it is creatin...

The increasing popularity of wearable technology like the Apple Watch, and activity trackers, think Fitbitand UP by Jawbone, has us thinking about design in a whole different way. These devices all ma...

Mobile devices can not be ignored. People are using them to visit websites instead of their desktop computers. If your site isnt easy to view on a mobile device, you are decreasing your chances to get...

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is Googles answer to Facebooks Instant Articles. There is a sudden race to bring responsive content, in the most scalable manner, as quickly as possible to mobile. Publi...

We are going way back to when background music was a popular thing that plagued the internet, even before Myspace profiles pages blasted theme music. Even though it reflected personality and set a sce...

The Latest issue of Computer Arts, 248, is to be released before end-of-year and it will be filled with a forecast for 2016. The magazine has a variety of great advice for designers and the latest tre...

Web design tools have not been keeping up. Trends are evolving so fast designers cannot keep up using traditional tools. As a result, Designers are then forced to resort to learning various forms of c...

For nearly 20 years Karen has helped create more usable digital products through the power of user experience design and content strategy. She founded Bond Art + Science in 2006, and has led content s...

As I've mentioned before, Card Design is taking over! What makes it even more refreshing is the different takes you can use to achieve the card style and how adaptable it has become. From tiles, stack...

Pricing tables are an essentialpart of most websites selling a service or subscription. There is an endless variety of design option when it come to pricing tables. Here are a couple examples of moder...

WordPress is getting ready to disrupt itself, with six major releases in the past two years they are getting ready to release their greatest update yet. The update comes from the struggle faced during...

After nearly 6 years in operation, Fontdeck is retiring. The professional webfont service allowed designers the unique capability to preview fonts in their web design and therefore test the font befor...

Google is encouraging Star Wars fans to Awaken The Force Within with their new promotional interface. The Googles Star Wars promotional rebrand that transform the design theme across all your Google a...

In case you missed it: this week's top web design news compiled by web designers for web designers only onWebDesignLedger.com. This Week in Web Design Anonymous Releases NoobGuide to Encourage Involve...

WordPress is a world of creativity, and the best of it comes forward with photography and related themes. Whether youre a photography beginner just starting out, a professional with a huge stack of pi...

Zendesk uses some pretty fun design element in their current website design. A particular favorite is their awesome use of HTML5 to create a full page video header. The header adds an amazing visual-i...

Floating action buttons is a mobile first solution that doesnt necessarily transfer to larger screens. It has become largely popular due to the popularity of contemporary web design used in Googles Ma...

In his latest interview Jonathan Ive, Apples Chief Design Officer, talks about the development of the recently famous, Apple Pencil. He mentions that despite designing the UI for their touch screen de...

"Stop using magenta, or else." is pretty much the message received by OXY, a smartwatch company, from a notice of threatened opposition from T-Mobiles parent company Deutsche Telekom AG. OXY received ...

Today we are traveling (online) all the way to Frogner, Norway to bring you the latest website inspiration. You wouldnt think to find inspiration for a bright colored website with Mexican flair in the...

The popular open source CMS just released their latest update Drupal 8. Their latest release hope to create better user experiences for anyone using the CMS for their business or personal website. Dru...

I had the pleasureof interviewingMike McDerment,the co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, for Web Design Ledger. FreshBooksis the #1 cloud-based accounting software designed exclusively for service-based ...

Microsoft has released its new and updates developer tools during Connect(); // 2015, their annual developer event. The updates include cloud subscriptions for Visual Studio and a preview of the new A...

Three NoobGuides have been published on the IRC Channel, used by Anonymous to share information, to recruit people and promote involvement in #OPParis (Operation Paris). The recentwar declared involve...

Now that Flash is officially dead since Apple and Google have decided to no longer supportit. despite being mostly irrelevant in the web design space, Flash was still seen in the online advertising sp...

The card design is taking over, seen everywhere from website to mobile apps and games, it everywhere. Commonly referred to as tiles, or The Stack, it is dominating design due to its ease of use and fa...

Web design technologies have evolved over time giving web developers the opportunity to come up with new generations of immersive and useful web experiences. The web these days is a result of continuo...

Google officially announced on their blog yesterday that Google+ would be releasing its latest design update. the latest update is to focus primarily oncommunities,and collections. The Tech giant is a...

The colors you choose in your designs can really help guide a user through a site or application. The human eye is generally designed to perceive brighter colors to appear closer and, therefore, seems...

Apple former UX and UI designers, Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini (wrote Apples first human interface guidelines) and Don Norman (UX designer 1993 - 1996) wrote a feature with Co-Design stating Apple is Destro...

If it were up to non-techies, there would be no need to learn coding in order to create beautiful websites. Fortunately for them, technologies seem to be heading in the right direction, as the market ...

Committing to a UI style guide is one of the best ways to preserve great design. Some of the best brands maintain a great website and consistencyafter multiple updates through an impeccable UI style g...

Supplying information below as a result of the tragic attacks that occurred in Paris on Friday night to share resources and ways to help. Even though you may be distant from the countrys borders you c...

It feels like every day there is a new list of tools to implement, new software to test out, new updates to adapt to. New tools are great, they allow us be faster and potentially accomplish things tha...

Why Women Veterans Are the Fastest-Growing Group of Entrepreneurs The number of companies owned by female veterans has nearly quadrupled in the past five years. AI Startup Grades the Excitement On You...

Why Women Veterans Are the Fastest-Growing Group of Entrepreneurs The number of companies owned by female veterans has nearly quadrupled in the past five years. AI Startup Grades the Excitement On You...

I am always fascinated by captivating videos and the creative (and functioning) use of them in website design. Video headers bring the a whole new experience to a website. I experienced this today whi...

Mobile devices like Apples latest iPad Pro was released with a larger screen size in hope to compete with the most portable of laptops. The overtake of mobile browsing continues as phone screen get la...

From project to understand space and motion to allow mobile devices to see how we see, to their self driving cars, Google is always invested in creating something amazing. Which is why wed like to tak...

Music is a daily part of the design process for most designers I know because it helps inspire. There is a variety of music streaming services available to serve creatives worldwide. Today, the larges...

Think back to how much text messaging changed our form of communication. Soon after touch screens fully revolutionized the way UI was designed and developed for interaction on mobile devices. We are n...

PHP 7, a major update to the server-side web development language PHP, is right around the corner. According to PHP 7 project timetable mentioned on PHP.net wiki, if everything goes as planned, its fi...

If youve ever seen something visually stimulating online and wondered where it came from, your thoughts have been heard. Pinterest is now making an effort helping you find the answer to that and many ...

We often see the latest and greatest of design software for desktop. Even though larger mobile screens are becoming more popular, its sometimes hard to imagine designing on anything else other that ou...

We often see the latest and greatest of design software for desktop. Even though larger mobile screens are becoming more popular, its sometimes hard to imagine designing on anything else other that ou...

Starbuck makes a large investment in design themes every year during the holidays by creating new custom graphics throughout their website to promote their holiday collections of coffee flavors, gifts...

Privacy by Design (PbD) is a term for a concept that was first originated by a joint team on Privacy-enhancing technologies back in 1995. PbD involves engineering something with privacy in mind from s...

What code should I learn is a popular infographic that gives newbie developers a visual guide to choosing a new language to learn. We believe it also comes in handy for web designers who are sometimes...

Depending on your end project working with a certain file format can be more beneficial than others. When it comes to webdesign a popular image format is JPEG. Its ability to create smaller file sizes...

Israels success in startups is a recipe for success, they have more startups per capita than any other country. Where there is a successful boost in startups, it is safe to say there is also a concent...

Since Internet took the absolute control over every business in the last decade, people became addictive to build engaging online presences that create trustworthybridges to their audience. It’s...

Since Internet took the absolute control over every business in the last decade, people became addictive to build engaging online presences that create trustworthybridges to their audience. It’s...

A few weeks ago, we showed you some very good logo design tutorials and techniques. Now it’s time for some logo design inspiration. Here are 30 very good examples of logo design that should help...

When it comes to grading the engagement of a website’s design the best way to gain perspective on this is to test the design with actual people. UX testing apps like UserTesting.com, Verify Appa...

As we shift more towards designing for mobile, based on search demand. It is safe to say designers are also shifting towards designing with gestures. It get tricky though, when designing for mobiles i...

We are so honored to share a fascinating interview with Nicholas C. Zakas, a front-end engineer, author, and speaker, with our readers. He is a Principal Architect at Box and has worked on and lead se...

We often don’t feel the stress of weather or not there are multiple version of a file savesuntil there is a coding issue which leaves you with no choice but to revert to a previous version. Thes...

Lets be clear, an instinctively smart WordPress Blog is one which will hold your audiences attention and keep them engaged. Funnily enough, its not all about content quality (although it is a pretty h...

Nowadays, job boards are gaining popularity, as more and more employers are looking for the right candidates online, and several job-seekers are turning towards the internet in their quest for employm...

Today’s design requires more than just a single screen, it has to adapt to multiple screen visibility and usability. As consumers toggle from TV to PC for media consumption, designers are forced...

On the 5th of November CaptainForm is out of Beta and enters V1.0. The plugin has been improved in response to users feedback during Beta, so now it suits their needs and requirements. CaptainForm V1....

People buy with their eyes It might be a little clich, but to some extent its true. In the majority of cases, consumers make decisions about the type of product they want to buy, whether its a pair o...

If you are passionate about the layout process when it comes to web design than this wireframe resource is definitely for you. Layout your idea rapidly and with ease using UI Tiles. The variety of wir...

As simple as 1, 2, 3. . It only take three step to convert your traditional HTML website to a WordPress site in 15 seconds or less. This handy tool not only saves you the time it takes to recode the s...

Running a successful retail business is a huge challenge as consumers have become more digitally aware. One of the most frustrating trends for retail is Showrooming, where shopper’s walk into a ...

Its been a long roller coaster ride for Drupal this year. It all started with one of the biggest security breaches in open source history, where millions of websites were compromised. Then, there was ...

Have you ever thought of something that would really improve your workflow, but you just don’t have the skills to make it? Request for Startup is a service that brings all these ideas together i...

HTML preprocessors like Haml make coding items a breeze. However the hard-coding aspect of HTML is never fun – it’s not hard but rather mundane and monotonous. While a webapp can’t a...