15 Best Podcast Hosting Platforms
Podcasts are on the rise. In 2020 consumption of podcasts reached 332.2 million internet users, and this number grew to…
By Louise North
3 Essential Design Trends, November 2022
Color and depth are key themes this month as we look at what design trends are happening across websites. Red is the…
Photostockeditor Now Includes AI-Generated Images in 4k
Everyone needs high-quality stock images; they’re essential for breaking up text-heavy websites, creating an emotional…
By WDD Staff
10 Best Website Builders for 2023
When you need a website, you have two options, you can hire someone who’s an expert in website building to design it…
By Simon Sterne
Why Do WordPress Theme Backends Have to Suck? (Hint: They Don’t!)
Whether you’ve worked with a few WordPress themes to design websites or worked with many of them, you’ll no doubt agree…
By WDD Staff
Exciting New Tools for Designers, October 2022
We write this guide to the best new tools for designers and developers each month. For October, we’ve sought out tools…
12 Best Email Marketing Services for 2023 (Ranked)
A robust email marketing strategy is a great way to reach your target audience directly.
But your email marketing…
By WDD Staff
3 Essential Design Trends, October 2022
This month, it’s all about the images. Each of the design trends we spotted has to do with the images you select – or…
How To Build A Design Portfolio With Zero Clients
A design portfolio is an excellent way to demonstrate your skills as a freelancer. As a web designer, you compete with…
By Daniel Segun
15 Best New Fonts, October 2022
Each month we publish this roundup of the best new fonts for designers to help you find new ways of packing personality…
By Ben Moss
How To Make Your Designs Scannable (And Why You Should)
Jakob Nielsen’s How Users Read on the Web is 25 years old this week, and one glance at an eye-tracking study will tell…
By Ben Moss
20 Best New Websites, October 2022
The design world fluctuates back and forth, swerving between love and hate for different design trends. Sometimes we…
5 Ways that UX Developers Influence SEO
User Experience is a crucial consideration for any web developer or designer; the only way to ensure that you’re…
Adobe Has Acquired You
There were mixed reactions on Thursday morning when Adobe announced it had acquired Figma.
By Ben Moss
Exciting New Features in Safari 16
Apple has released an OS update. Packaged in with it is the latest version of Safari, 16.
Expected to be released ahead…
By Ben Moss
Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2022
The Summer’s over, and we’re back at our desks to discover that the web’s best app builders, font designers, asset…
Are Modals In Web Design A UX Disaster?
Modals, a nifty little feature that allows you to display different messages at the top of your website, have been…
By Daniel Segun
15 Best New Fonts, September 2022
Typefaces give expression to text, communicating personality in a way that no other design element can. And so, we put…
By Ben Moss
Week Four: Start a Web Design Agency in 28 Days
Three weeks ago, you started a web design agency. Then over the last two weeks, you’ve taken a leap toward making your…
By Ben Moss
3 Essential Design Trends, September 2022
As the season starts to change, so do some of the trends that web designers are using in projects. From a return of…
Ridiculously Challenging WordPress Quiz
I bet you didn’t know that WordPress is the world’s most popular website builder and content management system (CMS).
By Nancy Young
What Customer-First Web Design Looks Like
The purpose of a website is to reach new customers and keep current ones engaged. Therefore, customer-first should be…
20 Best New Websites, September 2022
This month we’re seeing websites that are very conscious of the design trends they’re following. Designers are making…
Week Three: Start a Web Design Agency in 28 Days
Two weeks ago, you started a web design agency. Last week you began to define your agency by choosing clients, setting…
By Ben Moss