“How to” blog posts about graphic design, web development, and software and tools that help designers and developers be productive.
In this post, I share how I created an HTML5 canvas that allows users to drag and drop symbols with their mouse or finger on the canvas using Adobe Animate.
I work with many local businesses providing integrated marketing, graphic design, and web designer. These local businesses are often an excellent fit for Facebook engagement and marketing.
Surprisingly, even though many of these businesses spend time creating posts and regularly pay to boost posts, they miss taking this straightforward step that builds their following.
Ever wondered how to share and loop a video on your PC, Mac or YouTube. This post shows you how to quickly change settings to Loop your video on all three.
I started using Machform for my static HTML websites back in 2010. Then, as it is today, Machform is a simple, self-hosted form solution that JUST works and has an affordable one-time license fee. Here are some tricks I've learned and still use to help recover "lost" content quickly.
Threading text frames link multiple text frames, so the text flows from box to box. In the case of multiple-page documents, especially long books, changing the order of pages can become complicated. A helpful trick is to turn on Show Text Threads so that you can see how your text boxes are connected page-to-page. Here's how to do it.
Did you know that CSS allows you to consistently find and style all the links that end in a certain extension on your website or webpage? Cool, right? CSS can search for exact URL matches and query whether a term is contained in a URL.
Accessing old files requires organization. I find archiving projects effectively is crucial when wrapping up a design project. This post provides tips and how-tos for archiving various types of design projects.
The secret to a crisp logo in Powerpoint is to start with a vector file and then convert the vector logo to a shape in PowerPoint. Read on to find out why and how to do this PPT trick.
E-commerce stores focus on decreasing cart abandonments because that's how profits are made! One technique to combat cart abandonment is to use the HTML page title as a flashing visual to re-grab the attention of a distracted shopper. View examples and learn how to implement this on Shopify or Wordpress, too.
Today, I wanted to add my husband's photos to my Photos library on my iMac. I plugged in his iPhone and accepted the trust notifications. However, to my surprise, only a few photos showed up to import into my Photos library. Hmmm...strange. I have an easy solution if you're running into this same issue!