Top 10 Lorem Ipsum Alternatives

June 3, 2014February 12, 2018 Christopher Gimmer Leave a comment

So you’re a theme developer and you’re tired of using the same old boring Lorem Ipsum as a dummy text generator. We hear you loud and clear.

But what other choice do you have? You need to display some text right?

You’re not the first designer who’s faced this problem and that’s why we searched the web for the best Lorem Ipsum alternatives to incorporate into your next project. Some are very useful while others are just plain hilarious. When developing your next Bootstrap theme, make sure to give one of these a try. (more…)

13 Bootstrap UI Kits That Will Improve Your Workflow

May 20, 2014January 15, 2020 Christopher Gimmer Leave a comment

If you are just starting to learn Bootstrap, we have created a series of tutorials called 14 Days of Bootstrap 4 that can help you with your development.

If you’re not using a UI kit for your web designs and themes, it may be time to consider it.

Put simply, UI kits can save you time and money while drastically improving the look and feel of your design. Not only will you be able to differentiate yourself from the default Bootstrap styling, you can change the overall styling of your theme much more efficiently.

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Top 20 Google Web Fonts and How to Use Them

May 13, 2014September 22, 2014 Christopher Gimmer 2 Comments

As a web designer, you’re probably well aware of the importance of typeface. With the growing amount of businesses engaging in content marketing, font selection is becoming all the more crucial.

There’s nothing worse than coming across a website with awesome content and horrible typeface. One of your main goals as a designer is ensuring a positive experience for the end-user.

After the release of Google Web Fonts, it’s become a lot easier to incorporate beautiful typography into your websites. The only difficulty is sorting through the 600+ styles that are offered.

For this reason, we’ve put together our top 20 Google web fonts that are sure to bring out the best of your design. (more…)

Top 5 Reasons to use Bootstrap

April 23, 2014November 20, 2018 Christopher Gimmer Leave a comment

If you are just starting to learn Bootstrap, we have created a series of tutorials called 14 Days of Bootstrap 4 that can help you.

Are you a web designer or developer who’s new to Bootstrap and front-end frameworks? Are you wondering what all the hype is about? Allow us to shed some light.

Over the last few years, Bootstrap has become an increasingly popular front-end development framework. More and more developers and designers continue to get on board. Evidently, there’s a reason for that.

The Bootstrap framework is feature rich and offers several benefits to those using it. We go over these benefits in the top 5 reasons to use Bootstrap. (more…)