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9 Best Project Management WordPress Themes

WordPress is arguably one of the best platforms for blogging and web development.  If you are looking to get your website up and running, it is useful to use themes that are catered towards your business. When considering a project management theme, there are a number of things to consider – track invoices, expenses, create projects, assign tasks to name a few.

In this article, we will be showcasing some of the best project management WP themes. With the help of these third-party plugins and themes, users are able to customize their sites more easily and get the support they need to run and maintain the site.

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14 Awesome Website Color Combinations and Palettes

Choosing the right color palette for your website is tricky. A website design comprises of a variety of elements – text, buttons, links, logo, banner images to name a few. Over 90% of our initial assessment of a website is made on color alone, so it would make sense to choose your color schemes with care. To come up with interesting and attractive color palettes, designers spend a lot of time studying color theory and following schemes that tend to trend more than others.

To get you started we have gathered some of the best website color schemes you can take inspiration from. We have included color codes for each design – this way you are able to plug in the codes and create a site that evokes the same look and feel of the original site.

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Designer’s Guide to Custom Typography

Where exactly do you begin if you want to create a custom typeface?  What are some of the practical methods and considerations you should keep in mind before you begin? If you are looking to create one, you should be able to picture how the type is naturally written. The more you practice it, the better and more creative typefaces you will create.  As designers, we tend to get stuck on techniques and details of the craft but the more you create, the more you tend to not look at objects in isolation. This helps you see it in relation to every part of the design. Playtime is an important aspect of the design process. Give yourself plenty of time to come up with something fresh and innovative. If you try to nail it at the get-go, you will not be able to explore the typefaces true potential,  so make sure to give yourself a lot of time before you start to put pen on paper.

In this article, we will discuss how to create and develop bespoke and customized typography by looking at some tips provided by industry professionals. If you are new to this discipline, this guide will help you get started on the right path.

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How to Design Great Microcontent for a Website

Microcontent is imagery, written copy or videos/gifs that can be consumed in less than 30 seconds. Infographics, video clips, images/illustrations, graphs, text blurbs, memes, short listicles, email subjects, webpage titles are all considered as microscopy. A concise way of presenting data is proven to be more beneficial and effective especially when designing for a fast moving world.

Microcontent is usually optimized for social networks. Single images, short snippets of memes, 6-second videos that can easily be shared on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest are all examples of micro-content. Different social networks have different aesthetic norms – content should be adjusted to accordingly to fit the norms of a particular platform.

There are two types of microcontent – 1. Small clusters of words that often make up the tiniest bits of the framework that provide information and direction as to how to use a website or an app can be termed as a micro-copy. It could be labeled information or copy on CTA buttons. 2. Images or gifs that lead the user to a URL is also a popular type of micro-content. When designing micro-content, it is important to think of them as fragments. It should be short, easy to understand and inviting.

In this article, we will discuss the two types of micro-content, how to put them together and some website demos that use micro-content effectively. So scroll down to learn more about how best to create better, more usable pieces of content that will make your work better.

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10 Best Directory Website WordPress Themes

WordPress is a versatile platform. If you are thinking of creating an online directory then WordPress offers a collection of great themes. Whether you are looking to list a business, classified adverts or events WordPress themes has it all. Some of the features that are built into these themes include Google Maps integration, front end submission forms, and monetization options.

If you are a business owner, you would want to promote your business, products, services and get maximum exposure for your business. In this article, you would find over 20 versatile and responsive WordPress themes that can be customized to suit your requirements. Browse through these great themes to find the perfect theme that fits your needs and enables you to build a professional online directory.

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9 Common UX Problems and Solutions

People are hard-wired to recognize patterns. From the shapes in clouds to predictable stock market fluctuations, people see things that sometimes don’t exist. UX designers can use this to their advantage. By studying users behavioral patterns, designers are able to see how users navigate pages, use a menu option and how they use your site.  If you use the internet on a regular basis, you are bound to notice a lot of UX patterns and problems associated with it. Some solutions to these patterns worked well and those are the ones we see repeatedly.

In this article, we will discuss the various design patterns that are prevalent today and how users use them. Using various examples, we will cover how these design patterns are used by some of the best websites and web applications to solve some existing user problems.

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