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Wordpress Themes

Probably by now you have taken a look at your newly installed WordPress but don't know what to do next. One of the most important things that you need to do when installing WordPress in your site is to make your blog look pretty, thus install WordPress theme. There are two options where you can do this second step to installing WordPress and they are as follows.

The first option is to search for best WordPress themes. Make sure you choose something that would make it look good not just for your eyes but as well as others. Once you've chosen which type of WordPress theme you would want to use, download it to your computer. After that you need to extract the files and use an FTP client. Put your address, username and password and then hit 'Enter'. The next thing that you need to do is to find the folder that says 'www' and click on it. In order for you to upload your WordPress theme, click on the file that says 'wp-content' and click on the 'themes' folder. Once done, drag the folder of your theme to it. Now what you should do next is to go to wp-admin to log in to your beautified WordPress blog.

Another way to install WordPress theme is to use Artisteer 2 Standard Edition. This really works well and helps a lot in giving you the chance to choose the best WordPress theme that you desire. Set up the Artisteer and hit 'export' then click 'WordPress'. After that, enter the details and click on the button that says 'Export it as a folder' then create the folder. Go to your documents then drag and drop the folder to the 'themes' folder of your WordPress blog. After doing all these, you may refresh your WordPress to see the theme that you've just downloaded and hit 'activate recipe'. Now you have successfully installed your WordPress theme. If you want to change your blog's appearance, all you need to do is to go to the Dashboard's setting and do the changes through the options. If you want to add a page, go to your Dashboard settings and hit the 'pages' tab.

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Responsive Website basics...

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Pure CSS Team Grid Snippet

A great snippet that you can use to add a team section in your about us page. when you hover over a person a card pops out with links to various social media sites. Designed by  Andy Tran.

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Helpful Websites

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Adobe Creative Cloud Shortcuts | @genspen A useful website which will teach you different shortcuts for various adobe software.

COLOR PALETTES

Adobe Color | @mizunostudies Colour generator based on chosen colour rule!

Coolors | @mizunostudies Simple colour generator with easy to use adjusters! (less recommended than adobe colour but less intimidating!)

Colour Lovers | @haravanda Create your own palette and test them out on patterns

Design Seed | @haravanda Palettes from photos. This helps if you need some quick colour schemes

Movies in color | @haravanda  Palettes generate from movie shots for colour studies

DIGITAL PAINTING

Level Up! | @animationlife Livestream archive with critiques that features artists that work in the video game industry

DRAWING

Onairvideo | @mizunostudies Figure drawing - video format

Artist.pixelovely | @mizunostudies  Figure drawing - the really known one

Onairvideo - still images | @mizunostudies Figure drawing- still images

Newmastersacademy | @mizunostudies Figure drawing - video format

@artmodelsphoto | @mizunostudies Figure drawing - still images

Jake Parker | @mizunostudies Speaks & draws, draws & speaks - very well known already but adding him anyways! c:

Proko | @haravanda Anatomy tutorials and tips - video format

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Wordmark | @mizunostudies Type a word(s) & see what it looks like with every single font on your computer/laptop (no download required!!)

Thinking With Type | @genspen Teaches you important elements about typography and font types!

Type Genius | @genspen Pairs up different fonts together perfectly (a set list of typefaces)

Lorem Ipsum | @genspen A lorem ipsum generator to fill up your page.

Canva | @haravanda An online, lightweight and free version of photoshop for image editing and brochure making

My Script Font | @haravanda Template and tool for making your own font

Graphic Burger | @aimhigh-studyhard Top-notch resources that include Icons and Mock-ups, among other things, free for commercial and personal use.

iBrand Studio | @aimhigh-studyhard Resources including Tutorials, Freebies, and Inspiration primarily for designing brand identity.

PsPrint | @aimhigh-studyhard Downloadable templates that provide information on product dimensions, layout, bleed, safety zone, border requirements, and any folding or mailing guidelines.

GotPrint | @aimhigh-studyhard More downloadable templates. This site includes PSD, AI, and INDD files.

TheHungryJPEG | @haravanda Online store for fonts and resources. Also, have a 1$ section deal/ month along with a separate freebies section

Web Designer Depot | @aimhigh-studyhard A useful site that has a blog with How-Tos, Resources, News, etc. They also have a Freebies tab!

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Incredible importance of Back-End Web Development

Whereas making a new website, designers must concentrate on both front-end and back-end development. The front-end of an application refers to the code that is visible to the website visitors. Typically, front-end code creates interfaces where the application communicates with the users. Alternatively, the back-end code interacts with the server, and provides content or data to be displayed to the users. Therefore, the back-end code relates to the application along with the web server and databases. The combo of application, server and database makes the whole back-end coding both complex and significant.

“Exactly why Developers Should Pay Far more Focus on Back-end Web Development?”

Makes it possible for Information Exchange As noted before, back end consists of three key elements of a website, i.e., application, web server and database. When opening the user interface of a website, each user must provide his login id and password. The login id and password provided by the user is verified by the back end. Likewise, any kind of information submitted by the user is placed in the databases through the back end code. Also, the back end retrieves information through the database, and transmits the information to the graphical user interface for exhibiting to the user. For this reason, the back end of a web-site serves as its structure and help information exchange. Runs in different Environments In the present day, companies release websites and web apps in several settings. For example, several corporations prefer managing websites on web servers, although some set up web applications in the cloud. At the same time, many organisations even join both hosting choices to get benefits like enhanced performance and scalability. The web server setup is different from a particular network to another. Also, the coders normally distribute server-side workload over multiple systems. The varying internet hosting environments enable it to be vital for programmers to modify the back-end of websites. Contains the Application Logic Most developers nowadays retain the interface and application logic of a website split to easily simplify its development and upkeep. In addition to including the domain and infrastructure components of an application, the application logic at the same time performs the routine data processing essential for each business. The backend of a website contains its application logic. Therefore, the designers should consentrate on backend website development to modify from one frontend to a different one seamlessly, making many user interfaces access the same application logic. Adds Utility to every single Front-end Functionality When creating a website, coders really need to create backend code to provide utility to each frontend efficiency. For instance, they should generate code using a server-side coding language to add functionality to a user login form. Each time a user goes into his login credentials, the backend code will collect the values, and do a comparison utilizing the login data stored in databases. Likewise, backend code also brings efficiency to varied forms, profiles and accounts. Therefore, no web-site can function without high quality backend code. Influences the Website's User Experience The simplicity and user experience of a website influences its popularity in the longer run. As mentioned previously, all things needed to come up with a website function are performed at the back-end. Therefore, the user experience provided by a website will probably be influenced by the quality of back-end code. Any issues in the back-end code may result in frequent website crashes, operating the website slowly, as well as other operation issues. At the same time, minor issues inside the back-end code might make the website susceptible to targeted spyware and adware and security assaults. It is recommended for the coders to focus on the standard and design of the back-end code to really make the website deliver richer user experience without any potential distractions.

It is also necessary for the programmers to effectuate back-end web development by picking the right computer programming language and framework. Since they have option to select from many server-side computer programming languages, the programmers should pick the language that meets all demands of the project. Similarly, they also need to pick the right website development framework and methods according to the specific server-side programming language.