How to Add RTL Support to Your Custom WordPress Theme

March 11, 2018design tips
About 75% of the internet speaks a language other than English. Some of these other languages read Right-to-Left (RTL), which can completely ruin the layout of many English-only designs. Thankfully, having a theme that flows well for RTL languages (such as Arabic) is largely a matter of updating your CSS. With a few design considerations …
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10 Best Safari Extensions for Web Designers & Developers

March 11, 2018design tips
Apple’s Safari web browser is beloved by many Apple and Mac enthusiasts. It’s a solid alternative to Chrome (and often does a great job on the privacy and security front). There are some great Safari extensions that can help designers increase their productivity, and create a better browsing experience. You can find all of these […]
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Consistent Design Systems in Sketch With Atomic Design and the Auto-Layout Plugin

March 11, 2018Uncategorized

Do you design digital products (or websites) and hand design files off to developers for implementation? If you answered yes, settle in! While the should-designers-code debate rages on, we’re going to look at how adding a methodology to your design workflow can make you faster, more consistent, and loved by all developers… even if you don’t code.

Let’s dig in!

Why a methodology?

In the development world, it seems like at least half of your career is about staying up …

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CSS-Tricks Chronicle XXXIII

March 10, 2018design tips

It’s been many months since our last CSS-Tricks Chronicle. As a reminder, these are just little roundups of news of a slightly more personal nature and that of the site itself and surrounding projects.

Last update, I wasn’t even a dad yet! That’s changed 😍. My daughter is going in for her four-month checkup today!

I’m also working out of a brand new office here in Bend, Oregon. We split the space with CraftCMS. It’s the first time …

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Extinct & Endangered

March 8, 2018design tips

I’ve been watching a lot of nature documentaries lately. I like how you can either pay super close attention to them, or use them as background TV. I was a massive fan of the original Blue Planet, so it’s been cool watching the Blue Planet II episodes drop recently, as one example. A typical nature documentary will always have a little look how bad we’re screwing up the environment twist, which is the perfect time and place for such …

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Vox Accessibility Guidelines

March 8, 2018design tips

I remember seeing these accessibility guidelines from Vox a while ago but it’s still interesting to go over them again today and see if there’s anything missing from my own process when it comes to improving accessibility.

And there’s an awful lot to remember! Color contrast, alt-text, keyboard navigation, focus states, and ARIA attributes are only a small snippet of the total number of things we ought to be mindful of when designing websites and so this checklist is certainly …

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How To Accelerate Your Conversion Process On Your WordPress Site

March 8, 2018design tips
You may have an amazing product to sell or a great service to offer but if your website cannot convince web users to stay then it is bound to fail. SEO can bring in traffic but it cannot convert users into potential customers. This article will provide you essential tips to accelerate your conversion process. …
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Some Things About `alt` Text

March 8, 2018design tips

I’m sure you know about alt text. It’s the attribute on the image tag that has the important task of describing what that image is for someone who can’t see it for any reason. Please use them.

I don’t want to dimish the please use them message, but some interesting alt-text-related things have come up in my day-to-day lately that are related.

When you don’t

Hidde de Vries wrote You don’t always need alternative text recently:

But when an icon …

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