“How to” blog posts about graphic design, web development, and software and tools that help designers and developers be productive.
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!
As a web designer, there have been many times in my career when I need to grab a copy of a website and share the files or save the files to my local machine. Often, this is part of an archiving process, especially when a site is undergoing a significant redesign or moving platforms. Learn more about the apps I use for archiving and downloading copies of live websites.
As a service provider, I never want to say, "Can you send that again? I don't know how to open that file type." Here's what I do instead. Hint. Hint. I use online converters.
Today I was asking, "Where do my photos get saved when I download them from the Messenger app on my Mac?" If you're asking this question or even just, "How do I download an image from Messenger to my Mac?" then this is the post for you.
If you've ever been curious about the HEIC image format this post is for you. Learn what the HEIC format is and how to configure your iPhone settings to use it or convert it to other formats, such as JPGs.
If you're having issues getting a shared Google Calendar to show up or sync on your iPhone, here's the trick that worked for me. It's simple to fix. All you are missing is the Google Calendar Sync URL.
While cleaning up my Mac's desktop, I recently noticed a file name and extension that I didn't recognize. The thumbnail didn't register on my Apple Mac, and the name and the extension .AVIF weren't jogging my memory. Are you in this situation too? Then read on to learn how to quickly view this file type and convert it to your preferred image file type.
Sometimes Facebook's @tag doesn't work when you're trying to give photo credit, or other credits, on an upcoming post. If this happens, I've found this trick that works.
As a designer working in print publications, getting your quote marks correct is imperative for good typography. As a rule of thumb, in your print graphic designs, you always want to use the typographer’s quote, or the curly quote. Here's how to ensure you’re using the right quote marks in Adobe InDesign.