James George is a professional web developer and graphic designer. James is an expert in design, and a professional web developer, with a special interest in WordPress. Founder of Design Crawl, James has been a professional designer since 2005.
James's articles
James George lets us in on his 7 most-favorite Chrome extensions for designers, including a new design app called Gravit that works solely in the browser!
James George takes a look at Bookmark's website builder and its new artificial intelligence system AIDA.
James George introduces WordPress’ desktop app called Calypso, which can be used for writing and editing blog posts and pages directly from your desktop.
James George explains how to customize your site using the new Divi Builder Plugin, a page builder used in the popular Divi theme, with any WordPress theme.
James George takes an in-depth look at the website builder Simbla.
Faceted search provides advanced filtering for search results. In this article, James George covers WordPress faceted search with the FacetWP plugin.
James George looks at a few key designs featuring 80s-style fonts, explains why they worked and whether we can find a place for them now.
Screen resolutions keep increasing and so do the challenges of front-end development. James George looks at the current state of play.
James George explains how Adobe Creative Cloud for teams makes collaboration easy, giving them more time to focus on producing great work.
Designers are hunters, always tracking the perfect assets to tell their story. Adobe Stock brings the hunt into your Creative Cloud app.
Adobe Comp CC is an app focused on creating quick prototyping on your iPad. James tests the concept of fleshing out ideas without leaving your armchair.
HyperDB is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to connect to multiple databases, enabling features such as failover, replication and load balancing.
Genesis is an incredibly popular WordPress theme framework. In this article we show you how easy it is to create your own Genesis child theme from scratch.
Reverie is a WordPress starter theme based on ZURB's Foundation framework. This article explains why Reverie is a great choice for custom theme development.
This article serves as an introduction to using ZURB Foundation for WordPress theme development, covering the more popular starter themes and frameworks.
The photo editor market is a hard arena to break into, but that hasn't stopped Serif from trying. James gives us his review of Affinity Photo.
Often inspiration is seen as a rare and mysterious commodity. Mood boards is a great way to put some process into an act that sometimes appears miraculous.
The Genesis framework is one of the most popular WordPress theme frameworks available. In this article we look at some of the reasons why it's so popular.
Divi is a drag-and-drop WordPress theme that makes it easy for WordPress users to build their own custom sites, without knowledge of code.
Patterns are as old as art itself, but SVG opens up a raft of new possibilities online. James shows us some new tricks using Illustrator's Pattern Tool.
Portrait photos are one of the most common types of images on the web. James shows you how to use Photoshop to make big improvements quickly.
Learn how to make great choices with type to maximize your communication effectiveness. Making the right choices with type will make your work a success.
Read What Makes a Website Look Dated? and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Learn how to create a vintage badge in Photoshop using shapes and retro-style type. Use this vintage badge to add a retro flair to your design work.
Learn the qualities that make up a great event flyer. Learn how to design your event flyer to maximize its impact using typography, colors & images.
Learn how to use Photoshop actions to save you a huge amount of time. Record your own Photoshop actions to perform repetitive tasks with a push of a button.
Read 5 Colors, Shapes, and Techniques That Make Your Company Friendlier and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Design trends come and go, but the basics of visual design haven't changed a bit in 50 years. Technology improved exponentially, but old principles remain in place.
Learn how to create an icy text effect in Photoshop. Learn how to mix a few textures, filters, and layer styles to create an icy text effect in Photoshop.
Learn how to use popular blend mode tricks to save you a ton of time in Photoshop. Create dazzling effects and correct images using these blend mode tricks.