Website Development Trends For 2022

Website Development

As we all know, Google is constantly changing and tweaking its ranking algorithm to provide the best experience for searchers. As a website owner, there can be a lot to keep up with to make sure that your site is up to date and performing at its very best to provide a seamless experience for users. With that said, one thing Google continues to take into account and values is providing a good user experience. 

As we look further into 2022, a well-maintained site will continue to be a pressing factor on your site’s health and competitiveness. Without a solid and well-maintained foundation for your website, this will negatively affect your site in the search results. As a result, you will lose traffic, fall behind competitors and miss out on revenue. In the sections below, we will cover some of the most popular development trends that will help take your website to the next level in 2022. 

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Five Adobe Photoshop Tips and Tricks

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Photoshop is by far the most popular and best photo editors on the market. For over 30 years, this tool has been a leader in innovation and creativity. With that being said, there are many tools, features, and settings within the editor. In the sections below, we are going to dive into some tips and tricks and tricks within Photoshop that you may not have known about or can help you enhance your skills!

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What will replace Adobe Flash Player in 2021?

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Adobe Flash Player was by far one of the most popular and widely used flash players out on the market, but in December 2020, Adobe discontinued it. Due to this, browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge etc., no longer function with it. This leaves us to find some alternatives that can function just as well or even better. Below, we will look at four of the most popular Adobe Flash Player Alternatives people are using today.

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Why Web Developers Should Blog

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There are a ton of bloggers out there. Who wants to see any more? Well, there are actually a ton of reasons why more web developers should be on their own sites blogging about their experiences.

Make a Website Developer Portfolio

Show off your stuff! The work that you do should follow you wherever you go. Placing this on your blog is a great way to showcase what you did and how you did it. If you are a freelancer, this is a great place to put your money where your mouth is and display your finest work for all the world to see. Generally, portfolios can be pretty boring. Don’t just show your work. Talk about it. People like to know the back story about the different processes you took and decisions you made. Continue reading Why Web Developers Should Blog →

The Details in Web Design

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I’ve been doing a lot of reading in the area of web design and development lately and one theme has been popping up more and more: a good designer pays attention to details. Throughout the ages graphic design as a whole has been extremely focused on details. An artist working on something as simple as a printed panel would need to make sure everything was absolutely perfect because once the project goes to press, there’s no turning back… well… at least not without having to pay an arm and a leg for it.

How the Basics of Web Design Have Changed

Yet, it seems that the attention to detail that was so faceted with traditional graphic design somehow disappeared, or became overlooked with the birth of web design. Now granted, when people first started designing for the web the options were extremely limited, but with today’s limitless capabilities using things like CSS, JavaScript, and Flash, pretty much any detail you could imagine can be brought to life. Continue reading The Details in Web Design →

Photoshop for Beginners – Tips, Guides & Video Tutorials

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Ask a younger graphic designer today to imagine what the world was like before Photoshop. It’s quite impossible! How did Earth spin for so many years without layers, masks, color channels?

Photoshop has revolutionized the world we live in. And most don’t notice how much of their every day life has been “photoshopped.”

But google Photoshop tricks or tips and you’ll become bombarded with the praises sung by millions of devoted Photoshopees. In my quest, I’ve discovered many sites chocked full of cheesy designs, impossible navigation and difficult instructions. Continue reading Photoshop for Beginners – Tips, Guides & Video Tutorials →

Should You Hire a Web Designer or a Web Developer for Your Website?

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People use the terms “web designer” and “web developer” interchangeably. When creating a new website or upgrading a current site, who should you hire?

This article will explain the difference in the two disciplines of a web designer and a web developer.

Websites contain different elements, including appearance, content, functionality, and usability. Each requires a different set of skills. A web designer focuses on what you see on a web page. A web developer focuses on what you can do on the website. Let’s look at the different properties. Continue reading Should You Hire a Web Designer or a Web Developer for Your Website? →

Adobe Labs and New Betas

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Adobe Labs

http://labs.adobe.com

Adobe Labs provides you with the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging innovations, technologies, and products from Adobe.

Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. This allows customers to become productive with new products and technologies faster and the Adobe development teams to respond and react to early feedback in order to shape the software in a way that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

At Adobe Labs, you’ll have access to resources such as:

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Adobe GoLive Replaced in 2008

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Just incase you may have missed it…

Adobe has announced that it will discontinue its one-time flagship website creation tool, Adobe GoLive. The rumor mill has long held that Dreamweaver, a web development tool that came into the Adobe fold following the 2005 acquisition of Macromedia, would one day replace GoLive and now it seems that the day has finally arrived.

Although GoLive is still for sale on the Adobe site, Devin Fernandez, GoLive’s product manager, tells Macworld that the company believes Dreamweaver is a better fit for today’s web developer. Continue reading Adobe GoLive Replaced in 2008 →

Adobe’s Open Screen Project

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The Adobe Open Screen Project is dedicated to driving consistent rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics. Adobe’s Open Screen Project is supported by technology leaders, including Adobe, ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless, and leading content providers, including BBC, MTV Networks, and NBC Universal, who want to deliver rich Web and video experiences, live and on-demand across a variety of devices.

The Adobe Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR™ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices, including phones, mobile internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes. Adobe’s Open Screen Project will also address potential technology fragmentation by allowing the runtime technology to be updated seamlessly over the air on mobile devices. The consistent runtime environment will provide optimal performance across a variety of operating systems and devices, and ultimately provide the best experience to consumers. Continue reading Adobe’s Open Screen Project →