Category: Design

Creating Better 404 Pages

404 pages–every website has one, and everyone has landed on one from time to time. The goal is to structure our information architecture and design so that no one ever lands one in the first place, but that’s only in a perfect...

What is the Difference Between a Style Guide and Pattern Library?

In the past few years, the topic of Style Guides and Pattern Libraries has become widespread…but what is the difference? First, a little more context: Recently, the Front-end Developer team at WebDevStudios set out to create a user interface (UI) pattern inventory....

Web Design Anti–Patterns: Setting Your Site Apart

There are around a billion websites live on the web today (according to the ISL). That’s about three websites for every single person in the USA. We all want our darling websites to stand out from the rest, but with numbers like that,...

Getting Sass-y with Color Functions

I love me some Sass. I also love the color purple, as you’ll discover below. I think part of the reason I dig SCSS is because you can dip your toes in gradually, which is less overwhelming. As time goes on, you...

10 WebDevStudios Development Resources To Up Your Game!

Some people make health a focus of their New Years Resolutions–not that being healthy shouldn’t be on a persons mind, but I like to use the New Year as a way to clean out the cobwebs of development. To think over the...

Design and Photoshop for WordPress: Tips & Best Practices

Whether you’re a theme designer, freelance developer, creative lead, or any growing number of web-related job titles, chances are that you use Photoshop. Some, like myself, probably use it every day. If you’re designing the next big WordPress theme or slicing a...

Project Scaffolding with wd_s

Part II of III in the wd_s Series: Part I: History of wd_s Part II: Project Scaffolding with wd_s Part III: The Future of wd_s A new project comes in: scoped, and all. Client provides Photoshop comps, sweet! Who is going to...