Articles by Web Designer Depot from April 2021

This week, in a move like something from a particularly eventful episode of The Office, popular project management app company Basecamp banned political and societal discussion in the company’s ...

Landing pages are central to successful marketing campaigns; they allow you to target particular customers with particular solutions to particular problems. Its easy to confuse what a landing page is ...

This months collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened ...

Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and developmen...

CSS is an awesome tool for styling websites. Its small, fast, and easy to learn. But like all code, theres a right way, and a wrong way to write it. Badly written CSS renders slowly, impacting on the ...

To mark Earth Day 2021, were looking at the ways you can reduce your sites carbon footprint, while boosting performance, user experience, and SEO.The post 3 Effective Ways To Improve Your Sites Carbon...

Ten years ago, people began talking about the Independent Web. Although we dont commonly use the term anymore, that doesnt mean that its not still as vital a topic of discussion today as it was a deca...

Rather than spring cleaning, do some spring shopping for tools that will make your design life easier. Packed with free options this month, this list is crammed full of tools and elements that you can...

Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and developmen...

Every month 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...

Over the last fortnight one site builder has gone toe-to-toe with another, as Wix launched a marketing campaign aimed at attracting WordPress users, and instead attracted universal ire. First, Wix sen...

Were no longer arguing about whether climate change exists because climate change is now extensively documented. Instead, were arguing over whether climate change is a natural cycle or human-accelerat...

Have you ever wondered why were so amazed by motion? A moving image is more likely to grab your attention than a static one. Motion is exciting and attention-grabbing plus, it allows us to access mor...

Google has been talking about the Core Web Vitals tool and the Page Experience Update for about a year now. With the update scheduled to roll out in May 2021, now is the time to make sure your website...

Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and developmen...

Inclusive design is all about designing sites with everyone in mind instead of designing for your own preferences. Its an essential component in a professional-grade site and the cornerstone of a succ...

We all get excited about new projects; we’re daydreaming about possibilities from the first contact with a potential client. Most professionals have an established onboarding process, with contr...

Web design is an ever-evolving field. Those of us that have been in the industry a long time (i.e., six months plus) have seen the launch of more products, the establishment of more ideas, and the pro...

The best thing about writing about website design trends each month is looking at all the great sites that are being developed. Designers are stretching creatively and exploring new techniques and way...

Everyday design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development...

This week Google announced further details of its plan to remove cookies from ad tracking. The strategy, which the ad giant expects to be fully implemented by 2022, has come about due to increasingly ...

As a web designer, you face plenty of challenges, both good and bad. One of the bad ones is to suddenly find out that youre either in danger of missing a clients deadline or will be unable to meet it ...