As a designer, you are probably looking for ways to make your work life easier. Freebies are one of the best ways to save time by avoiding some tedious tasks, so make sure you add some of these design freebies to your arsenal.

Here are the best free resources for web designers from January 2015. We have UI & wireframe kits, icons, mockups, fonts, and more...

In this installment, we are looking at a special search engine to find code snippets, a very resourceful reference to address issues in the Flexbox module, and development tools for better management of color, typeface and gradients.

If you choose any of the themes in this list, you’re sure to make a great impression. Each features a clean, elegant style that display images, writing or digital content prominently. They also integrate well with most shopping cart plugins. These themes are fully responsive and support all post styles so you will be able to easily display your work and impress your visitors. Don’t forget these themes are free, too, so you can choose your favourite one even if you’re on a strict budget.

The free e-book includes 144 pages of visual case studies and expert advice, from some of todays most well-designed companies.

Managing a WordPress site isn't as simple as launching it and then sitting back and waiting for visitors to come. In this post I’ll look at some of the things you need to do to manage your site effectively over time. I’m going to look at five key areas: Content, Code, Performance, Backups, Security.

GenerateWP, the popular WordPress code generator site, is celebrating two years in operation this week. In celebration of the site’s two year birthday, GenerateWP is introducing custom code snippets, which will allow users to save their own snippets in a public and/or private library.

We know how much designers love free content, whether it is for inspiration or to actually use them for their next project. Here are a new set of the freshest resources we’ve come across recently in order to feed your hunger for new material.

Compare job search websites like oDesk vs Elance vs Freelancer vs PPH and find out where to best look for graphic design and programming jobs as an expert!

I had a boss who told me that when she started her million-dollar business, she made sure her stationery, cards, etc. were the best stock, printing and design she could get. She said it sold her company to prospects before she had ever opened her office. Without sounding cocky, you must sell yourself to a prospective client so they feel they are lucky to have you as their designer.

Want more traffic from Twitter? Here are the 10 most wanted Twitter Hacks and Plugins for WordPress.

I compiled a set of premium themes to refresh your perspective and get you up-to-date. Some of them are multi-purpose, and some of them aren’t.

Some great resources for royalty-free stock photos for FREE

Checkout the best Google analytics plugins for WordPress to figure out exactly what changes you need to make on your site. See who visits and where they click.

Here are five facts that show how significant the ongoing consumer shift to mobile is, why it is important for retailers to adapt quickly by providing a mobile-friendly customer experience, and how implementing Responsive Web Design is a solution.

Choosing the right framework that is the perfect fit for your projects could be a little bit overwhelming – there are a lot to choose from. The good news is that there are a handful of alternatives that are much leaner than Bootstrap or Foundation. Most of these frameworks ship with just the right amount of styles and components to help you get started, while allowing you to be able to extend them in the direction you want for your project.Here are 10 lightweight alternatives.

Hero header images containing various office peripherals and everyday objects are becoming increasingly popular, particularly for design agency and portfolio websites. Following this trend can be time consuming and requires some pretty swish photography equipment, but there are some shortcuts in the form of PSD mockup templates. In today’s post I round up a mixture of free and premium templates with ready made tabletop scenes that can be customised to quickly produce a cool hero image for your website design.

The Rudecolor 2015 Color Trends Mood Boards for Designers is a wonderfully visual color resource, that I've really enjoyed looking through, and referencing. It's also FREE to download!

All designers need a little inspiration from time to time. From James Victore’s “There are no shortcuts”, to Bill and Ted’s “Be excellent to each other”, there is a wealth of good advice ready to help you out.

If you want to develop a website, you’ll need an HTML editor. You could, of course, use the Windows Notepad to build a website, but that would hardly be convenient, comfortable, or pretty, for that matter. Crucially, a good HTML editor must do two things very well: syntax highlighting (coloration of the code) and autocompletion. Naturally an extra feature or two is welcome. With that, let’s have an impartial look at the nine best free HTML editors for Windows.