
Intermediate
Website Basics – Responsive Design
HTML and CSS are the fundamental building blocks of the web. Whether you’re a beginner who wants to get started in web development, a designer looking to hand-code their concepts, or a marketer who wants a little more control over their CMS, you’ll need to know HTML and CSS to get the job done.
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Beginners
Build your own WordPress Website
Powering over 60 million websites on the Internet, there is no better time to start learning the ropes of WordPress. The premiere blogging and content management system is perfect for those seeking an easy way to set up and maintain a blog.
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Article
Accessibility in Email Design: How to Execute it Right
Accessibility in emails means building emails in such a way that everyone can access them, irrespective of any physical disability. In order to convey your message effectively to all subscribers, you must create accessible emails.
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What You Need To Know About Using Video For Design
Since its inception video has developed into an unmatched communication tool. In today’s online landscape, any website that integrates video into its design puts itself at an advantage over its competitors. Few forms of media offer the insight and scope for creativity that video can. It appeals to the visual senses and habits of online audiences and is becoming an increasingly common and essential asset for this very reason.
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A look ahead at the Visual Design Trends for 2020
Great visual design is a vital part of creating digital content, whether you’re building a website, developing a mobile app, or producing a high-value blog post — and to get ahead of the competition, you need to keep up with the most prominent trends.
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2019 Year in Review
As we bid farewell to the twenty-tens and welcome in the twenty-twenties, we do so with a fresh face! For me, 2020 is not only a new year but a year that marks a significant milestone – a decade of design.
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Useful Design Resources
As a teacher, I see it as my responsibility to keep up with graphic design trends and emerging web technologies. Fellow designers might agree that this can be a challenging task in such a fast-paced industry. So you might ask how I go about staying on top of things?
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2018 Year in Review
Like most years, this year has come and gone in a flash! The best part about it is that we can now sit back, relax and recharge. In doing so, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the good, better and best moments of 2018.
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Gravity Forms for WordPress
There is a vast array of free contact form plugins available for WordPress but how does one know which one to use? Is it worth going premium when it comes to contact forms? With over a million WordPress sites already using the Gravity Forms plugin, what makes it so popular? The team at Philboss Design has singled out three key factors which makes Gravity Forms our contact forms plugin of choice.
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2017 Year in Review
What do Santa’s little helpers learn at school? The elf-abet! Why does Santa go down the chimney? Because it soots him! What athlete is warmest in winter? A long jumper! You know Christmas is only around the corner when you hear crackers like these. So with another year drawing to a close let’s reflect on the year that was.
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WordPress Plugins: Greatest Hits
Being a WordPress theme development teacher, I am often asked, what are my favourite plugins and why? As a result, I thought I would take the opportunity to write and share this article with you noting some of my ‘greatest hits’. I have also included links to some of the websites where I have integrated each of these.
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The Discovery Phase
The discovery phase, which is typically the first stage of the design process, is one that I consider to be of utmost importance. The time and energy invested during this stage of the design project are crucial to setting the tone of a project.
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2016 Year in Review
It’s the silly season again which means family, friends, holidays, presents, pudding, ciders, crackers and our annual review.
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2015 Year in Review
Once again we find ourselves at the back end of another whirlwind year for Philboss Design. By statistics in 2015 we spent a total of 563 design hours, 775 coding hours and 177 consultation hours on 48 separate projects for 32 different clients. We established 13 exciting new relationships, launched a total of 11 websites and delivered 9 commercial WordPress courses.
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2014 Year in Review
That joyful time of year is upon us once again so we have taken the opportunity to catch our breath and reflect back on the past 12 months. For Philboss Design it has been another busy one [no surprises there] and along the way we have had the opportunity to both continue working with our wonderful client base as well as form a number of new exciting relationships. So grab a coffee/beer/wine and a piece of pudding drenched in a generous serving of warm custard and let’s rewind back to January 2014.
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