Figma frames are one of the main assets for design. They serve as containers for all your design elements. Make the best of them with this 7-point checklist for frames in Figma! What is a Frame in Figma?  Figma frames are essentially the containers for your design.  In Photoshop, we know them as Artboards. This is the canvas where you’ll place all the elements of your design. Unlike Photoshop, Figma offers a range of interactive and layout tools for a smooth design process. Before we even begin designing we must decide where is our design going to live. Is it going to be for web, m ..read more

How many words per minute can you type? In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a typing test game with JavaScript. The app will feature a timer that runs for 1 minute, then displays the result. What We’re Building Take a look at the demo, feel free to fork it on CodePen, and (of course) see how many words you can type in a minute! HTML Structure Okay, let’s get started. The HTML structure will consist of the following elements; A timer button An <h3> tag containing the text to be typed. An input text for typing the words. A reset button that will prompt the user to retake the te ..read more

Plenty of time in the past, I’ve shown you how to create different types of charts using CSS and JavaScript. Today, I’ll guide you on how to build line charts in pure CSS. The Best CSS and JavaScript Chart Tutorials on Tuts+ George Martsoukos 31 Aug 2022 What We’re Building Here’s the line chart we’ll be working on: What is a Line Chart? A line chart looks like a cardiogram; it consists of data points that are connected through a line.  Line chart showing the population of the town of Pushkin, Saint Petersburg from 1800 to 2010, measured at various intervals - Taken f ..read more

Building a JavaScript calendar is the best way to understand date functionalities in JavaScript. This tutorial will create a real-time calendar similar to the one in your digital devices. By the end, you’ll have something like this: HTML Structure We will start our JavaScript calendar by building the structure with HTML and CSS. Once the interface is done, we will replace the functionality with JavaScript. The HTML structure will contain a header showing the current month and year. Then, we will have arrows to navigate to the next or previous month, and lastly, we will have a grid showing ..read more

Featured images are usually one of the first things that visitors notice when checking out a WordPress blog. So it’s important that your images send the right signals to visitors.  It starts with choosing or creating eye-catching and relevant graphics for your posts. You also need to ensure that the images aren’t blurred, that parts of them aren’t cropped out, and that the files aren’t so big that they make the page load too slowly.  To avoid these issues, you may need to change the featured image size in WordPress. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to do this with an image edi ..read more

Making elements appear based on their scroll position is a very popular design choice when building web pages but it usually involves using a plugin or library. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to implement animation on scroll using vanilla JavaScript and CSS. The main advantage of using a custom implementation (as opposed to a library) is that it allows us to optimize our functions for accessibility and performance. Scrolling Animation Demo Here’s an example of how animating elements on scroll works: Our implementation relies on CSS for animations and JavaScript to handle triggering the ..read more

Designers are always in search of unique ways to display content. Yet there is a delicate balance between something that looks good and is both accessible and intuitive. Everything needs to be in harmony, otherwise the end result suffers. Neumorphic UIs can serve as an effective solution. What Is Neumorphism? Neumorphism is a design technique that is based around soft UI elements. Think of a frost effect or a blur glass effect. Elements appear to extrude from the background, which makes them stand out. But since they tend to use a soft UI color palette, the effect is usually more subtle than ..read more

Whether you’re a moviemaker or film blogger, you should understand the value of a website. This is especially important when promoting a film or a new business. As such, choosing the right theme is key. Thankfully, WordPress doesn’t fall short when it comes to movie-related templates. We’ve taken the time to create a list of the best WordPress movie themes you can choose from. 10 Best WordPress Movie Themes on Envato Elements Envato Elements offers thousands of top-tier digital assets. These range from photos and video templates to music, WordPress themes, and so much more. Downloa ..read more

Check out this quick SVG viewport and viewBox tutorial. We’ll break down exactly what viewport and viewBox are in SVG for the web.  You’ll learn: The difference between SVG viewport and viewBox The aspects of your SVGs you can control with each How they are each applied Let’s begin! Viewport or viewBox? Tuts+ instructor Adi Purdil explains how to use SVG viewport and viewBox in this video. Subscribe to the Tuts+ YouTube channel for more courses and explainers like this! SVG Viewport  If you literally break down the word “viewport” you’ll get a hint as to its role in SVG. It cr ..read more

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build two versions of a responsive vertical timeline, from scratch. First, we’ll create the basic structure with minimal markup and the power of CSS pseudo-elements. Then, we’ll use some JavaScript to add some transitional effects as we scroll down the page.  Let’s get an idea of what we’ll be building (check out the larger version on CodePen). This tutorial has been updated with another timeline version—check out the demo below and the added extra section! 1. HTML Markup The markup we’ll use is pretty straightforward; a plain unordered list ..read more