Algorithms are restricting our online experience by prioritizing engagement over discovery, creating filter bubbles and homogenizing content. To reclaim the web, we must curate our own sources, engage intentionally, and seek out diverse...
Web design has evolved from pixelated table layouts and Wacom tablet sketches to AI-generated, hyper-personalized experiences. As AI redefines creativity, designers aren’t being replaced—they’re becoming directors of a new, smarter web.
Footers are usually treated like the website’s leftover salad—tossed together with whatever’s left and shoved to the bottom. But here’s the truth: footers can be the secret sauce to boosting user engagement and conversions! With a little...
Forget boring tourist passes: the new Zürich Card is a masterclass in Swiss design. Clean typography, modular grids, and a shape-shifting card motif make it a pocket-sized identity system.
In 2025, AI has gone from sidekick to co-creator in web design and development. 93% of designers use it daily, 91% of developers generate code with it, and Big Tech says 30%+ of new code is machine-written. —proof that the industry isn’t...
The web isn’t just centralized—it’s now *thinking* for us. In the age of AI, a handful of companies don’t just own the platforms—they shape reality itself. If we don’t reclaim control soon, the future of the internet won’t be built by...
Modern websites are exhausting us. Cookie walls, pop-ups, onboarding tours, and constant nags are burning through our patience before we even see the content. UX fatigue isn’t just bad design — it’s killing trust, driving churn, and...
The web’s newest users are no longer just people—they’re AI agents navigating, summarizing, and acting on content. This shift introduces Agent Experience (AX), a new layer of UX that ensures sites are legible and actionable for both...
Web development in 2025 isn't just changing—it's mutating. If you’re not orchestrating AI, ditching bloated frameworks, and thinking beyond screens, you're already obsolete. Here's what's next (and why it's coming faster than you think).
Struggling with blank screens? These 25 AI prompts for web designers will spark ideas, fix UX headaches, and even impress clients. Save time, design smarter, and future-proof your work.
In 2025, web design and development paychecks are more about impact than job titles — and the global salary gap is staggering. From $190k U.S. AI gigs to $15k local roles in Southeast Asia, the numbers show exactly where skills pay off...
Every “fresh” design trend you love is probably stolen—from Soviet posters to 80s neon, from Bauhaus to Blade Runner. We’re not inventing; we’re remixing. Here’s the proof that today’s hottest web aesthetics are just yesterday’s styles...
The designer portfolio is dead—and AI killed it. Recruiters don’t click your link, algorithms flatten your work into bullet points, and the real hiring decisions happen on LinkedIn, X, and in community feeds.
Think “user” and “customer” are the same thing? Think again. Confusing the two could be the silent killer of your product—and your profits. Here’s why designing for the wrong journey could cost you everything.
Our roundup of exciting new tools for designers is a smorgasbord of options, from open source editors to artificial intelligence tools are designed to speed up creative workflows. Most of the tools hitting the market right now include...
A/B testing isn’t the ultimate truth in design—it’s often a flawed experiment with misleading results and false confidence. Instead of obsessing over data noise, designers should prioritize real user insights and meaningful design...
Web design once thrived on quirky mascots that made brands feel fun and approachable, but they’ve largely disappeared, replaced by soulless minimalism and corporate sameness. As startups prioritized looking “serious” over having...
Skeleton screens aren’t clever UX anymore—they’re just visual duct tape over slow, bloated apps. In 2025, users see through the shimmering gray lies, and it's time we stop pretending they work. If your site needs skeletons, maybe what it...
While it may seem to be admirable, it could turn out to be extremely difficult to rely solely on your own creativity when building a website from scratch. In truth, the ability to build a great website usually depends on the tools you...
A feature-rich WordPress theme that offers “unlimited flexibility” may still not be able to handle certain demands you place upon it. You may have to accept the fact your need or needs will go unfulfilled, try to resolve the problem...
What you can incorporate in a website design can have a definite impact on its performance and by extension on your business. What you are actually able to incorporate into that same website design depends heavily on the WordPress theme...
It’s a New Year, but one thing hasn’t changed. The number of web design resources and tools just keeps on increasing. That’s a good thing. But it does make it that much more difficult to find a theme, plugin, or resource you really have...
The WordPress directory has 50k+ free plugins that were developed so you can extend a WordPress website with functions and features far beyond your imagination. Additional thousands of WordPress plugins are available from various...
There is certainly no shortage of excellent WordPress themes you can select from to help you create an engaging and high performing website. Finding the best one for the job would most certainly be a challenge as there are literally...
In the digital age, websites are more than just a collection of pages and links; they are a canvas for storytelling. A well-crafted website can tell a story that engages, informs, and inspires its visitors. This is especially true for...
Say you have Googled several nearby pet stores. You found one, reviewed the products, and closed the browser. Soon enough, websites you visit feature ads for pet items like food and accessories. The same pet-focused goods follow you on...
Do you know what is one of the most irretrievable things in the eCommerce business? It is called “the First Impression”. So you better buckle up and make the most of it! The internet seems to be flooded with eCommerce websites, each...
The days when you put a sign on your front lawn with the hope of selling your house are long gone. Sure, you might still put out a sign and circulate fliers, but most of your traffic will come from online viewings at websites like Zillow...
Are you looking for a way to increase your online presence? If so, you probably understand just how important it is to have a strong website. Most people use the internet when they are looking for something they need, so you need to have...
Linux VPS is a virtual private server that uses Linux as its operating system. On top of that, there is also a high degree of variability as to the choice of your Linux VPS OS, since the open-source nature of Linux allowed the developers...
PHP is the most popular and fastest server-side scripting language for developing websites and web applications. For various reasons, many developers prefer PHP development tools to other server-side languages like Python and Ruby. PHP...
When it comes to customizing your WordPress theme, the sky is the limit. There are endless possibilities when it comes to tweaking and adjusting your website’s appearance to make it truly unique. Not only will this give your site a...
WordPress is a perfect example of how the web has evolved from static to interactive, a shift driven by our desire to share thoughts and a great opportunity to promote our goods. A truly good WordPress theme goes beyond simply looking...
WordPress is an amazingly stable platform thanks to the dedication and talent of the hundreds of professionals contributing to it, and the strict code standards they follow. Even so, the huge variety of themes, plugins and server...
The Internet has changed significantly since its early days with every year introducing us to brand new trends. Needless to say, not all these new changes are equally good. Here are four of the top current trends in the field of web...
Whether you have recently launched an online store, want to in the future or have been running one for a while, you need to understand the sector and what’s required to make an ecommerce venture work. While ecommerce has definitely been...
If your business isn’t out there on the internet, you’re probably missing on a major part of your target audience. As much as 84% of individuals in the E.U. use the internet regularly. Making a website for your business, however, is a...
I’m excited to announce that Themify has released another awesome theme – Themify Shoppe. Designed by Liam McKay and coded by Themify team, Shoppe works hand-in-hand with WooCommerce, making it the ultimate multi-purposed...
Email is your post powerful marketing channel when used well. Your visitor’s inbox is a perfect opportunity for you to capture attention, communicate important updates and invite readers back to your site for increased visibility....
There are hundreds of ways to create responsive navigation, limited only by your creativity and the boundaries of what CSS can accomplish. Good responsive navigation is a little harder – a responsive menu must become a mobile menu,...
Front-end development is quickly becoming more and more focused on efficiency – faster loading and rendering through selector choice and minimizing code. Pre-processors like Less and SCSS go a long way in doing some of the work for...
CSS Transitions and transforms work beautifully for creating visual interactions based on single state changes. To have more control over what happens and when, you can use the CSS animation property to create easy CSS animation using...
Recently, I walked you through how to create a simple landing page that used a couple different CSS animation techniques. “Animation” is a loose term, in web design usually referring to anything that involves movement. CSS...
CSS flexbox is an incredibly useful tool for layout without using floats or positioning. Currently almost all current browser version support flexbox, making it a go-to standard for web design. It can solve a number of problems...
When Spotify launched their colorful new brand identity, featuring hip duo-toned imagery, it went hand-in-hand with a new Colorizer tool that allows artists to apply a variety of filters to images. This solved a problem in which Spotify...
Last week I demonstrated how to build a split-screen website layout using CSS flexbox and viewport units that offers an alternative way to present a brand’s featured content. Clicking on one side or the other navigates further into...
All websites are somewhat interactive…we click on links or scroll a page, but truly interactive websites take us on a user-driven adventure or draws us in through motion and sound while giving us the power of choice. Interaction...
There is no better time than the end of the year for some fresh inspiration! One of the most popular trends this year, features splitscreen layouts, lots of white space, clean typography and subtle effects. With this playful trend in...
The year ahead should be a really exciting one for design, with the introduction of wider support for SVG and a host of new things we can do with CSS as CSS4 gains broader acceptance. In taking a look back at what made a big splash this...