Articles by Web Designer Depot from February 2017

Heres the point of emphasis Thats the theme this month. This collection of trends focuses on adding emphasis to the design with specific detailing from italics to split screens to stark, minimalist ba...

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 ...

Content marketing is a marketing technique focused on creating and distributing valuable content to attract and retain visitors, and turn these visitors into customers. It has proven very effective, a...

Thanks largely due to the fact that more information is at our fingertips now than at any point in human history, we’ve entered into an age where both of the following statements are true: Peopl...

From checking movie times, to reading a Photoshop tip, to reviewing the daily news, we can find almost any information we are looking for on the Internet. One part of a website that is especially impo...

Opera has recently unveiled a brand-new refresh of its user interface in the developer stream. Really part of a bigger project named Rebornappropriately sothis new build offers a totally new look and ...

Welcome, readers. I realize that some of you may have had romantic plans this month, but now thats out the way, we need to look through a bunch of portfolio sites and rate them without actually assign...

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 tendency within the design community to depictfreelancing as a goal to be achieved. Who wouldnt want to lie in every day, do two hours of work in front of the TV, followed by an afternoon in ...

Thanks to Microsofts radical redesign of Windows 10, you may not recognize muchof the classic operating systems UIanymore. Thats because the company has decided to go in a new direction, cleaning up t...

When designing for UX, its the hidden factors that determine whether you solve a problem, or create a newone. I recently read UX Researcher Sam Ladners commentary on whyCortana doesnt work at work. Sh...

Color is one of the key elements in any design system. On websites or in apps, color can be used in a variety of ways: sometimes color can be used to create a focal point through contrast or through l...

Everywhere you look there are new releases, and new tools popping up, but how do you know which elements are worth your time?In our monthly roundup we present the latest resources that youll want to a...

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 ...

Every month, there are exciting and relevant developments in browser news that web designers and developers will want to know about. What happens with your favorite browser or one that you havent beco...

I am always looking for inspiration, forgreat design that challenges convention.This post is all about unique layout solutions; that means I will be talking about eightdifferent websites which present...

Ultra Theme by Themify is the latest word in WordPress theme builders. More than a simple set of styles that most themes provide, Ultra Theme allows you to construct your own designs with a simple, po...

Building a product from scratch isnt easy, but it can be a very rewarding process. When I had the idea for Revue, I decided to act on it immediately. Two years later, and with 20,000 users and 2 milli...

The majority of the content that website visitors come across on the web is written content, copy or text that either informs or sells something. Other parts of content include images, videos and grap...

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 ...

When we talk about web design in 2017, were really talking about responsive web design. In just over six years, the term responsive has become an all pervasive industry standard. Responsive web design...

Experience-based designif thats how you define your work as a designer, it might be a good time to reevaluate your approach. Now, theres nothing wrong with being an experienced designer; your experien...

Weve all seen Comic Sans; the typeface thats both loathed and (secretly) admiredsome people have even dedicated a website to educating people about the very limited use cases of comic sans! Its made a...

Digital products will always need to be redesigned. Styles progress, hardware technologies advance, and development possibilities are ever-increasing. Just in the past year the potential for implement...

A user experience is something that every website offers to those who visit it. However, the experience will differ from website to website in a wide variety of ways. Some are easy to navigate, some a...