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Wave 2.0 – The open source Software as a Service starter kit.
The Story Behind Building a Government COVID-19 Website.
Yoome Free WooCommerce Theme – A free WooCommerce WordPress theme for creating stunning online shopping stores.
HTML Boilerplate – Manuel Matuzovic describes every used element for the basic structure and with explanations why.
Wix Goes After WordPress – This isn’t a Coke vs Pepsi type of rivalry. In terms of market share, it’s more like an ant (Wix) flicking a spec of dirt on Godzilla (WordPress).
Reseter.css – A futuristic alternative to Normalize and other CSS resets.
The Whimsical Web – A curated collection of websites with an extra bit of fun.
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Swipey Image Grids – SVG isn’t just useful for illustrative animation. It’s useful for creating UI too.
Minimal Toolkit – A collection of free tools for generating random user data, placeholder and image converters, and much more.
Dev Dad Jokes – A silly little app, trying to add a little extra humour into the world of developers.
Cindy Free WordPress Theme – A free WordPress theme for building an accessible, inclusive website for your hometown, city, village, community, local government, or politician.
Taking the Occam Razor Approach to Design – We take a look at the importance of ditching the unnecessary when developing design concepts, and why it’s so hard to do in the first place.
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The Juro Open Source Privacy Notice – You use the design patterns created for the Juro privacy notice on your own website privacy notice for free.
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In WordPress circles (whether it’s your local meetup, a trusted publication, or your networking group), you may have heard terms like Core Editor, Gutenberg, and the Block Editor used interchangeably over the last four years. And if you’re following contributor work on the project itself, you may also have heard some additional nuances—Gutenberg plugin, Gutenberg, or Block Editor.
It can get a little confusing, so let’s take a look at four terms that will help you find your way:
Now that we’ve cleared up the definitions, let’s talk about the plugin. When might you use it? What would you use it for? You can think of it as an early access program or a “WordPress lab.” The plugin is updated every two weeks, which means that bugs that have been reported are often fixed and that what you see changes rapidly.
The Gutenberg plugin also contains features that aren’t yet ready for their WordPress debut but are ready for curious users to test and provide feedback. This is a common practice that allows stable features to make it to your site in WordPress releases while allowing experimental features to be tested and refined. To get a sense of whether using the Gutenberg Plugin might be something you want to explore to get access to earlier features, check out the “What’s New” release posts and the Core Editor Improvement post series.
It depends on your comfort level! Generally speaking, it is not recommended to use the plugin on a site that has launched and is actively in use unless you’re very comfortable with the code side of WordPress. Fortunately, each WordPress release comes ready to go with multiple versions of the Gutenberg plugin.
But if you are a keen beta tester who loves reporting feedback, or you feel comfortable navigating how to opt-in/out of the experimental aspects of the plugin, here are a few reasons you might want to dig into what the Gutenberg Plugin has to offer:
Do you use the Gutenberg plugin and share feedback on GitHub? Thank you! This kind of feedback is what helps ensure stability in what’s shipped in WordPress releases.
As a designer, photographer, or any other creative professional, showing off your work with a free portfolio website can help you book more jobs and earn more revenue. There are so many online portfolio builders to choose from, so we’ve put together this list of the best portfolio websites to help narrow down your search.
Each listing includes a brief description of the portfolio and a link to its website where you can sign up.
The Behance network is a wonderful place to host your online portfolio. It’s also a social network where you can follow and connect with other creatives and employers. Clients can post jobs on the site, so having a Behance portfolio might just help you snag a gig.
WordPress is a website builder trusted by many creatives and brands around the world. You don’t need to be an expert with code to build a stunning WordPress portfolio. You can choose from a variety of templates (free and paid) to get you on your way to showcasing your work. With WordPress, you can start a blog, share your creations, and get very creative with how your portfolio looks.
If you haven’t heard of DeviantArt before, you’re missing out. For the uninitiated, DeviantArt is a huge online art and design community boasting a membership that’s 61-million large. Although not explicitly a portfolio-hosting site, some creatives use their DeviantArt profile page as their online portfolio.
Crevado Portfolio is an online portfolio-hosting site with a free subscription that allows you to host 30 images. A paid subscription (starting at $6) unlocks features such as custom CSS, contact forms, and more. View the portfolio examples on their site to see Crevado in action.
This online portfolio-hosting site has a free version that allows you to have 10 hosted images and 10MB of space. Paid subscriptions start at $4.99 and give you more disk space, the ability to have a custom domain, no ads on your portfolio, etc.
Coroflot is a job network for creative professionals. They also give you the ability to create and host a free online portfolio on their site that can be seen by other community members (including potential employers).
FolioHD is a simple-to-use online portfolio-hosting site. The unlimited free trial to FolioHD gives you 36 uploads and basic design customization options, while the paid subscription plans that start at $6 per month give you image protection, a contact form (for potential clients) and more.
Though Flickr is first and foremost a very popular online photo-sharing site, some creatives, especially photographers and videographers, could potentially use their Flickr profile page as an online portfolio. You could group your work into albums or galleries, with headings such as “Web Design”, “Mobile App Design” and so on, which gives the added benefit of exposing your work to people searching and exploring Flickr.
With over 2,000,000 hosted portfolios and millions of pieces of work posted on the site, Carbonmade is a top choice for displaying your work. Besides being affordable, with plans starting at $8 per month, Carbonmade has a user-friendly interface and doesn’t require any coding knowledge. Check out their featured portfolios to see Carbonmade in action.
PortfolioBox allows you to create and host online portfolios on their site. They have several design templates, and you can even mix and match components from several design templates in your portfolio design.
With Krop, you can make an online portfolio that gets included in, what the company calls, their Creative Database–a search tool for employers that allows them to find talent from the site’s resumes and portfolios. Krop gives you unlimited image uploads, the ability to select other design themes, use a custom domain name, and more.
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