From competitive SEO research and monitoring prices to training AI and parsing local geographic data, real-time search results power smarter apps. Tools like SerpApi make it easy to pull, customize, and integrate this data directly into your app or...

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The past August, two students from Spain traveled on scholarships to WordCamp US in Portland, where they took the stage as panel speakers. Here's how WordPress.com and WordPress Campus Connect helped make it possible.

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For too long, personas have been created with considerable effort, only to offer limited value. Paul Boag shows how to breathe new life into this stale UX asset and demonstrates that it’s possible to create truly useful functional personas...

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I want to look at practical uses for CSS trigonometric functions. And we'll start with what may be the most popular functions of the "worst" feature: sin() and cos(). The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: cos() and sin() originally published on CSS-Tricks,...

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Elastic and bounce effects have long been among the most desirable but time-consuming techniques in motion design. Expressive Animator streamlines the process, making it possible to produce lively animations in seconds, bypassing the tedious work of manual keyframe editing.

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Real-time dashboards are decision assistants, not passive displays. In environments like fleet management, healthcare, and operations, the cost of a delay or misstep is high. Karan Rawal explores strategic UX patterns that shorten time-to-decision, reduce cognitive overload, and make...

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You asked, we answered: What’s the easiest way to collect emails on my site and give people a downloadable freebie in return?

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When I first started messing around with code, rounded corners required five background images or an image sprite likely created in Photoshop, so when border-radius came onto the scene, I remember everybody thinking that it was the best thing...

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Stu Robson outlines two ways to compile multiple CSS files when you aren't relying on Sass for it. Compiling Multiple CSS Files into One originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the...

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Use synced, unsynced, and locked patterns to reuse layouts, update content site-wide, and move from draft to publish in less time.

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Everyone has a different opinion which is great because it demonstrates the messy, non-linear craft that is thinking like a front-end developer. What’re Your Top 4 CSS Properties? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family....

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The idea behind this is to share a full, unfiltered look at integrating CSS Cascade Layers into an existing legacy codebase. In practice, it’s about refactoring existing CSS to use cascade layers without breaking anything.

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CSS is a composable language by nature. This composition nature is already built into the cascade. We simply don't talk about composition as a Big Thing because it's the nature of the language. Composition in CSS originally published on...

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Color what? Sunkanmi Fafowora explains how an everyday task for CSS can be used to create better colors experiences. What You Need to Know About CSS Color Interpolation originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family....

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WordCamp US showed there is no slowing down in the ecosystem of the world’s most popular content management system. Here are five key takeaways from our very own Tess Needham.

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Whether you’re building your very first website, starting a blog, or looking to improve your site’s visibility, WordPress.com offers a growing library of free courses to help you every step of the way.

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After covering in detail the underlying interaction paradigms of TV experiences in [Part 1](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/designing-tv-evergreen-pattern-shapes-tv-experiences/), it’s time to get practical. In the second part of the series, you’ll explore the building blocks of the “10-foot experience” and how to best...

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Slow websites frustrate visitors, reduce your site's visibility in search engines, harm conversion rates, and damage your brand. Fortunately, you can fix a slow WordPress website. Here's how.

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The light-dark() function is currently designed to support just two color schemes. Should it support others? Sunkanmi Fafowora says yes and no. Should the CSS light-dark() Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...

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Could there be a better way to welcome the new month than with a new collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching designs to make your September just a bit more colorful. Enjoy!

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