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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Deceptive Patterns in UX: How to Recognize and Avoid Them The post Weekly News for Designers № 723 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable CSS Hooks Hook into advanced CSS features from native inline styles.

Arts and Crafts 87

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MARCH 3, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 684 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. All About Iterative Design – How this philosophy can increase the value of your design initiatives. Intrinsic Design, Theming, and Rethinking How to Design with WordPress – Exploring how to combine modern design techniques with WordPress blocks.

Animation 120

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 719 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Photoshop Action Sets for Cinema & Movie Effects A collection of one-click cinema & movie effect Photoshop action sets that will take your photos to the next level.

Web Design 91

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Performance Lab WordPress Plugin This new plugin by the WordPress Performance Team, enhances website speed with modules for image optimization, WebP support, and performance checks, aiming for future WordPress core integration. The post Weekly News for Designers № 729 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Fonts 79

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 721 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Letter & Spirit of Web Development Jens Meiert discusses the benefit of thinking of letter and spirit in more than just law, but in web development, too.

Banners 90

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 716 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. An Anchored Navbar Solution The Frustrating State of the Word The thoughts of William Bay on WordPress leadership, community, development process, and the resulting product lately.

Photoshop 85

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 680 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. The Wordfence 2022 State of WordPress Security Report – A data-driven look at how attacks against WordPress websites are evolving. Big Picture Goals 2023 – Find out what the WordPress project will be working on this year.

Photo Editing 121

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 711 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Case Study: Rebuilding TechCrunch Layout with Modern CSS – A highly detailed take on how the popular website could benefit from modern CSS techniques. Will There Ever Be a Market for Commercial Block Themes? –

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JUNE 30, 2023

Creating Scroll-Triggered Animations – A new CSS specification allows for natively creating scroll-triggered animations. Gravatar Adds New Payment Features for Profiles – Your Gravatar profile can now serve as a hub for receiving payments. The post Weekly News for Designers № 701 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 709 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Adding a “Share to Mastodon” Link to any Website – Learn how to share content with this federated social media platform. WP20 – A Heartfelt Thanks – Take a look at how people have been celebrating 20 years of WordPress.

Freelance 78

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AUGUST 19, 2022

The post Weekly News for Designers ? The 10 Best Free Black & White Lightroom Presets – Add incredible artistic style to your images using these black and white presets. A simple carousel with a few lines of CSS – This tutorial may cause you to rethink the need for bloated carousel scripts.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The post Weekly News for Designers № 727 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Fixing Cumulative Layout Shift Problems The Most Underused CSS Media Queries: hover & any-hover Learn how to use the hover and any-hover media queries for responsive design and better experiences on all devices.

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APRIL 21, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 691 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. – Tips for writing documentation that clients will actually read. WordPress AI: Generative Content & Blocks – An example of how artificial intelligence can enhance content creation within WordPress.

Vectors 87

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AUGUST 4, 2023

NASA Beta Website – The famed space agency has chosen WordPress to power its new website. The post Weekly News for Designers № 706 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. How to Detect User Preferences with CSS – Learn how CSS can help you cater to user color, contrast, and animation preferences.

Freelance 76

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 679 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Scalable CSS – A basic guide to finding the best approach to writing CSS that scales to any sized project. 50 Free Responsive Web Layout HTML Templates – Free templates that are easy to use and customize.

Color Schemes 94

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The post Weekly News for Designers № 731 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Heydon Pickering explores utility-first CSS, comparing it with traditional CSS methods, highlighting its focus on component-specific styling and its impact on design consistency and code verbosity.

Patterns 71

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

The post Weekly News for Designers ? Mobile UX Design in 2022 – Delightfully presenting your data is what leads to an optimal user experience. Learn Accessibility – An evergreen accessibility course and reference to level up your web development. 665 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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JULY 23, 2021

The post Weekly News for Designers ? How To Network Properly: Networking For Designers 101 – How to adopt a refreshing approach to networking. SketchKeys – These stickers provide a handy way to learn various keyboard shortcuts. Available for Figma, Sketch, Photoshop and more. 602 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Web Design 134

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JUNE 24, 2022

The post Weekly News for Designers ? Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users worldwide – The technology confines cookies to the site where they were created. Thinking Through the WordPress Admin Experience – Some thoughts and examples of what a revamped WordPress dashboard might look like.

Photoshop 108

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Finding a New Home for the WordPress Community – A look at how WordPress could power its own community. The post Weekly News for Designers ? Content Strategy 101 – The basics of crafting a content strategy for your website. 671 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Photoshop 107

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JULY 21, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 704 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Analysis of 39 WordPress plugins with over a million active installations – View a variety of facts and figures about the most popular plugins. WordPress 6.3 to Introduce a Development Mode – This handy feature should help theme developers.

Web Design 73

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JULY 22, 2022

The post Weekly News for Designers ? The 20 Best Templates for Creating Geometric Logos – Get a head start on your logo creation process with these templates. WordPress installer attack race – Follow along as an automated attacker compromises a fresh WordPress install. 653 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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MAY 26, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 696 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. WordPress 6.2.2 Restores Shortcode Support in Block Templates, Fixes Security Issue – The latest version fixes a block template bug introduced in WordPress 6.2.1.

Coding 77

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AUGUST 12, 2022

WordPress.org Redesign – Take a peek at the new home and download pages for the WordPress project. The post Weekly News for Designers ? Winamp, the Vintage MP3 Software, Is Officially Back – A staple of the early 2000s is back in development. 656 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Templates 95

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 710 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Write About What You Learn – Sometimes gaps in our knowledge only become clear when explaining things to others. Creating Custom Easing Effects – Learn how to create custom CSS animations using the linear() function.

Web Design 82

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AUGUST 11, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 707 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. How to Help Your Clients with Website Content Strategy – Tips for being proactive with your clients regarding content. Tailwind, and the Death of Web Craftsmanship – How the use of frameworks can result in a regression in web design.

Animation 69

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

daily.dev – This browser extension/website curates top web development news. WordPress 6.1 “Misha” – Performance and block editor enhancements are key parts of the new release. The post Weekly News for Designers ? State of CSS 2022 – Web styling features of today and tomorrow, as seen at Google IO 2022.

Web Design 81

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JULY 28, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 705 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Using Variable Fonts in theme.json – Tips for using variable fonts in WordPress block themes. Scoop: Vox Media Drops its Own CMS – The media company’s proprietary CMS has been replaced by WordPress.

Web Design 77

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JUNE 10, 2022

The post Weekly News for Designers ? How to Create Block Theme Patterns in WordPress 6.0 – The latest on building custom block patterns. 30 Poster Frame Mockup Photoshop PSD Templates – Show off your artwork in style with these poster frame mockups. 647 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Photoshop 102

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

New AI Image & Text Generator Blocks Arrive in the WordPress Editor – WordPress.com is experimenting with AI content generation tools. The post Weekly News for Designers № 682 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. How to Favicon in 2023 – A fresh look at the use of favicons in modern web browsers.

Layout 81

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The post Weekly News for Designers ? Glyphs – The Complete Icon Design System – A fully-editable open-source design system with plenty of features. 10 Things Designers Can Learn From Pastry Chefs – How you can use a lot of the same knowledge pastry chefs and bakers draw upon every day to improve your design work.

Fonts 143

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The post Weekly News for Designers ? Introducing the M3 Design Kit for Figma – Google has made a Material Design 3 kit available for Figma users. Things Strong Developers Do That Drive Their Team Crazy – How empathy and patience can help keep everyone on the same page. 668 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The post Weekly News for Designers ? MathJax – A JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all browsers. WebGL Video Transitions with Curtains.js – Learn how to build experimental video transitions using Curtains.js and shaders. 562 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Layout 142

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MAY 5, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 693 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Image Tiles Menu Animation – Learn how to create image tiles that transform into a full image when a menu item is clicked. Winamp Block for WordPress – Add a Winamp-style audio player to your WordPress website.

Templates 85

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

New WordPress Sandbox Project Demos – A browser-based tool that lets you test themes and plugins without installing WordPress. The post Weekly News for Designers № 674 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. The WP Awards 2022 – Review the winners and top vote-getters in a variety of WordPress-related categories.

Gallery 98

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 715 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. There’s No such Thing as a Desktop Screen – Next time you think “this is a desktop-only app,” think again. Responsiveness is a bit more nuanced than that.

Animation 61

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The post Weekly News for Designers № 681 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine. Calligrapher.ai – Experiment with this web-based tool for creating computer-generated handwriting. WP20 Commemorative Logos – Special logos designed to celebrate WordPress’ 20th birthday.

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