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- How To Host A WordPress Site On Amazon Lightsailby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Leonardo Losoviz) on February 2, 2023 at 9:00 am
Lightsail provides all the power we need to host our websites, as we are used to from AWS, but making it way easier than ever before. In this article, Leonardo Losoviz […]
- Understanding App Directory Architecture In Next.jsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Atila Fassina) on February 1, 2023 at 11:00 am
The new App Directory architecture has been the main character of the recent Next.js release, which keeps bringing up many questions. In this article, Atila Fassina explores […]
- The Magic Of February (2023 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on January 31, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by artists and designers from across the globe, they come in […]
- How B2B Sales Help Us Understand Our Role As UX Designers Betterby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Paul Boag) on January 31, 2023 at 8:30 am
Throughout a customer journey (particularly in B2B), there will be interactions that are primarily between two people rather than a human and an interface. In this article, […]
- Easy SVG Customization And Animation: A Practical Guideby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Adrian Bece) on January 30, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Developers often feel discouraged from editing SVG markup and experimenting with SVG animations, thinking it’s a significant time investment or they need to use a complex […]
- How To Build Strong Customer Relationships For User Researchby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Renaissance Rachel) on January 27, 2023 at 11:30 am
In this article, Rachel walks you through various ways that product teams can utilize to build relationships with customers. She will share some tips and tricks from her […]
- Creating A High-Contrast Design System With CSS Custom Propertiesby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Brecht De Ruyte) on January 26, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Managing our colors can truly help people to access our content. In this article, Brecht de Ruyte takes a deep dive into how we can create a high-contrast system while […]
- Better ROI For Your Digital Products: Why Continuous Research Is Keyby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Suzanne Scacca) on January 26, 2023 at 10:00 am
57% of product professionals say that product research has a positive effect on customer satisfaction. 42% agree that it affects profitability. Imagine how much more […]
- Product Reviews And Ratings UX: A Designer’s Guideby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on January 25, 2023 at 12:30 pm
How do we design effective reviews and ratings? With a distribution chart, decimal scores, tags, recommendation score and unedited product photos.
- Copying Designs Doesn’t Work, And Here’s Whyby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Peter Ramsey) on January 24, 2023 at 11:00 am
Striking the right balance between inspiration and innovation might be hard. Let’s explore how to effectively get inspiration from others without losing that magic spark, […]
- Smashing Podcast Episode 55 With Tejas Kumar: Is Technology Making Us Redundant?by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Drew McLellan) on January 24, 2023 at 8:00 am
In this episode, we ask whether technology is making us redundant; will we all soon be replaced with AI? Vitaly Friedman talks to Tejas Kumar to find out.
- Level Up Your CSS Skills With The :has() Selectorby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Stephanie Eckles) on January 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The CSS relational selector :has() offers what was previously impossible without JavaScript. Let’s explore some magical powers that :has brings.
- The Key To Good Component Design Is Selfishnessby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Daniel Yuschick) on January 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm
In this article, Daniel Yuschick demonstrates that building selfish components is the key approach to avoiding different pitfalls on the way to good component design.
- How To Design Better UX With Introverted Designby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Pratik Joglekar) on January 19, 2023 at 3:00 pm
In this article, Pratik Joglekar explores the typical traits of introverts and uses them to make parallels and categorize digital experiences that can stand out without being […]
- Figma Auto Layout Masterclass: An Online Workshop To Support Ukraine 🇺🇦by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on January 18, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Get better at your craft and support the people in Ukraine — that’s the idea behind our Figma Auto Layout Masterclass with Christine Vallaure. **We are donating all […]
- Code Documentation, Streamlinedby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Atila Fassina) on January 17, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Writing code documentation can be overwhelming when there’s no smooth process in place. Streamlining best practices and setting automation in your favor works a long way […]
- Optimizing The Image Element LCPby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Eloïse Martin) on January 16, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Largest Contentful Paint (or LCP) is a major web performance KPI which is still a new concept for many web developers since it became a ranking factor just recently. In this […]
- Top Front-End Tools Of 2022by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Louis Lazaris) on January 12, 2023 at 9:00 am
Useful front-end tools for CSS and JavaScript developers that were most popular last year and will help you speed up your development workflow. Let’s dive in!
- Designing for Accessibility: Best Practices for Closed Captioning and Subtitles UXby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on January 11, 2023 at 8:00 am
Captioning can be much more than text. Design patterns for better UX of subtitles, captions, video players, transcripts and on-screen text.
- Making Your Collaboration Problems Go Away By Sharing Componentsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Shane Hudson) on January 10, 2023 at 11:30 am
Recently UXPin has extended its powerful Merge technology by adding npm integration, allowing designers to sync React component libraries without requiring any developer […]