Home Features Arts (Image credit: Adobe Stock) Stock art is a perfect solution for when you have a great concept for a project, but don’t have the budget to commission an illustrator or photographer to fulfill the artwork requirements. Thankfully, there are plenty of great stock art websites that enable you to sidestep this issue…
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In recent years, Facebook has become a powerful platform for posting, sharing, and watching videos. In fact, nowadays, people watch more than 100 million hours of Facebook videos on a daily basis. However, unlike traditional viewing on television and even YouTube, a large percentage of people watch Facebook videos from their smartphones, and play them…
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Every month we roundup the best new portfolios released in the previous four weeks. This month we’re looking back at the whole of 2019, and picking out 19 of our favorites from the last 12 months. There’s a mixture here of colorful and restrained, experimental and expected; the one thing they all have in common…
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Are you looking for ways to improve your website design? Want to ensure that your business website is effectively communicating with your target audience? The team from Visage share their tips for success in this infographic. Here’s a quick summary: Typography Color Iconography Callouts Negative space Illustration Layout Comparison Accuracy Simplicity Check out the infographic for…
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So what’s cool with the kids, and what are likely to be the key trends of note among younger audiences in 2020? Given that 73% of Snapchat’s users are aged 18-24, its data insights likely provide some indication, and this week, Snapchat has provided an overview of the key trends of note as we head…
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Hey, do you want to get that elusive verified tick on your Facebook and/or Instagram profile? Of course you do, everyone does – and now, Facebook has provided an updated overview of how you can do it. But a word of warning – even if you do apply through these processes, there is absolutely no…
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While it’s difficult to predict the future direction of the various social media platforms, it can be interesting to note what strategies marketers are actually planning to implement, which, in large part, will reflect where they see things headed, based on their real-world experiences. So where will marketers be spending more of their social media…
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Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,…
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Did you know that WordPress comes with automatic updates enabled for minor releases? This means that the WordPress.org team can automatically install security updates without requiring user input. However, it does not automatically update your website when there is a new major release. Unless you are on a managed WordPress hosting service, you’ll have to…
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As part of its burgeoning eCommerce push, earlier this year, Facebook acquired video commerce startup Packagd, which, prior to the acquisition, had been focused on enabling users to make direct purchases of products via live-stream, unboxing-type videos. As reported by Bloomberg, Facebook quietly purchased Packagd to help build a new live shopping feature inside its Marketplace…
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