The Basic Anatomy of a Brand Style Guide
Style guides were originally created for printed publications to establish a consistent usage of layout and language by a variety of contributors. Today, branding style guides have a similar purpose to establish consistency but of a company’s brand instead.
Creating a Simple and Effective 404 Page
Go ahead and take a look at the design of this 404 page; as you can see it is very clear. I have specifically chosen something so simple and clear so that we don’t get lost in the unnecessary bells and whistles.
The overall look and feel of this design is simple for the sake of the example; at the same time so is the layout. As I will explain to you shortly, a 404 page shouldn’t have a lot going on, so the layout is kept simple too. You don’t need clutter in any of your pages, including the error ones.
How To Balance your Skills Between Design and Code
Web designers and developers are usually seen working together on various projects. Designers end up following a path of creating pixels, while developers pick up the frontend and backend coding techniques. If you find yourself leaning towards either side then it’s worthwhile to follow whichever path interests you the most.
But it’s also important for some people to have a balance between these two facets. In this article I want to share some ideas for balancing your own skillset between coding and designing interfaces. These topics mostly pertain to building websites but you could also consider these ideas for app & software developers, too.
How to Create a Simple HTML5 Contact Form
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a very simple, to the point contact form that will be very easy for you to understand. Creating a form in HTML5 only differs slightly as HTML5 brings in a few more attributes to the table that enhance the form filling experience making both developer’s and user’s life easier; besides that there isn’t much difference.
33 Beautiful Free Handwriting Fonts
Handwriting fonts have many uses in the world of art and design, and there are a lot of free handwriting fonts available. To save you the trouble of trawling through hundreds of mediocre handwriting fonts to find a really stunning, professional-looking example for your project, we have collected 35 beautiful fonts for your perusal.
Key Elements to Help You Make Your Landing Page Successful
The purpose of all landing pages is to bring in as many visitors as possible and convert as many of those as well. There are many different things that can affect the success of a landing page; however, some basic things have been proven to help landing pages in general. This is where this post comes in – I’m here to tell you about these basic general things that will help your landing page shine; I promise this is not rocket science.