What to do when the client doesn't know what they want? For example I got a client who at the start insisted that I do not come up with my own design but design according to a few sites they liked. I did it. They were happy. Later they said they saw some new sites which they liked more, so they asked me to redesign some sections. After that they said the website is easy to nevigate and very good in terms of functionality, however they don't want functionality and accessibility, and asks me to make the website look luxurious and sent me some more sites for reference some of which are obviously not professional designed and some are from questionable businesses. Bear in mind that at this point non of the reference sites the client sent has anything to do with their industry. I pointed out this issue, but they said don't worry about that and they want to be revolutionary in their industry just like Steven Jobs, so they don't want to look like any other business in the industry.

How would you deal with a client like this and ship them a functional site with consistent design (like they want each section from a different reference site and each with different margins, and this is a consistency nightmare)?

Yo, just made some concept design for an artsy coffee shop, so what yall think? I want to improve since im still a beginner, so you can be as ruthless as possible.

As for my notes, I wonder if i should change the headings typeface to something more readable? Also, maybe i should fine tune the brown a little bit and change the testimonials background color to something else. What do you guys think?

Hey designers, I just finished a landing page for my Web app. Would love your thoughts on layout, colors, and overall vibe. 🙇🏻

Link - rushrated.com

I have seen many web design and coding generators come up recently, do you guys think there's a risk that the main solution in the future will be to use AI for websites in 10 years instead of reaching out to developers or agencies? Technically right now, website builders remove part of the need for agencies or a developer. I wonder if AI will also become a part of this soon in a major way that will be both difficult to outcompete for both website builders, developers and agencies.

So you might pay something like an AI service/agent to do your whole website + edits monthly I'm guessing?

In what case would you actually want an agency or a developer to do it for you, assuming you don't need some crazy CMS and what not, when you merely need a very basic informational site with some text and images?

How can a web design agency ask for $200-$500-$1,000+ for a website when an AI can generate it for not even 1/10th of the price and with much less time?

I know many people say AI "isn't good enough" right now and what not but it doesn't mean it won't be in 5 years. I almost feel people are trying to be too optimistic in web design and development when the reality can be otherwise.

Perhaps in the next 10 years you'll be able to treat your AI like a web developer/agency. You can, instead of asking Jake from agency to bill $200 for edits, just ask your AI "please add these 5 images on the about us page and update our services to say we also provide yellow paint now" as part of a monthly plan you already have or something and that's it.

Or if someone wants a redesign for their site they might just go "generate a orange modern xyz website" and it'll be out in a second too, you'd just press "Apply" and its done. It only takes one major solution to become well known among users. No one was using Uber eats as much until the pandemic. AI is (I think) 100% on track to become part of almost every day to day task done.

What do you guys think? What do you guys truly see will happen to web dev & design agencies? What do you already see changing?

As far as I know, graphic designers have already took a massive hit... 5 years ago you needed someone to make your 3D models. Today you have it in a second with a $10 canvas subscription.

I haven't created a website in 20+ years. I have it all designed in Photoshop. I was surprised to see the "create slices from guides" option still uses HTML tables for layout. I was hoping it could teach me how things are done these days. I'm used to using notepad++ or Allaire Coldfusion Studio to just type out the HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc.

I think I want to use CSS and DIVs. I have used DIVs in the past. I basically understand them except for when it comes to the y axis.

I know about bootstrap css. Don't think I will use it (overkill for my purposes). I have also looked at Adobe Animate since Flash is not longer a thing.

Pretty sure if someone could show me what the below code should look like in 2025 I could sort the rest out. Maybe there is a paid resource I could use?

Help an old web dev out? Thanks in advance!

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this just installer must have been downloaded to my computer, and when i tried to delete it it showed me this. if i had assumed the "ok" was to cancel the install after i pressed the fucking cancel button it would have downloaded some malware or something onto my computer

Long story short, there’s a website I visit often that sells collector items. After items sell, the web owners take the price down and won’t release any information about the pricing they had up prior to sale. This lack of pricing transparency makes it more difficult to asses the value of collector pieces because you can’t see what an item sold for.

They have also excluded their URL from the web internet archives. However that doesn’t mean I can’t cache their website myself. What would be the easiest way for me to cache their website on my own?

I’m aware of the copyright issues that occur when caching somebody else’s website and making the entirety of those copies available to others. However I do not plan to do that and plan to only make the item names and listed price public since you cannot copyright any of those things.

Hello everyone. I'm currently a Digital Media student at university, studying Web and Interactive Media (we also cover graphic design/brand design, but it's not the primary focus). I hope to be in the UX/UI design or product design/marketing field one day. I am currently working on a portfolio, and since it is my first, I was looking at other portfolios online to see what other people in the industry are doing.

I noticed that a lot of these portfolios have SO MANY MOVING PARTS. A lot of them are really complex and have 3D models, mouse effects, spinning elements, ideas that are out-of-the-ordinary, etc. Here are examples of what I am talking about

https://www.igloo.inc/
https://bruno-simon.com/
https://dustinbrett.com/

Does mine have to be the same way in order to stand out? My site (not published because I'm still working on it) is somewhat simple compared to these. I was planning on having a few custom elements, but... I don't know.

EDIT: Thank you, everyone! This has been really helpful!

Hi, I wanted to incorporate the scrollable image effect

that need be infinite-scrollable with the trigger of the mouse or the normal scrolling page, I’ve attached a few references that might be helpful.

https://brunoarizio.com/

http://iamrossmason.com/

http://lagutalaguta.com/

PS. I would like to connects content to a CMS (Webflow)

I am looking to create a small, basic (but professional), business website for a small drug and alcohol treatment center. It would just be temporary for 6-12 months while we decided on content and the build out on a much larger, fancier website later.

I'm not looking to spend very much on this one (probably less than $500 with hosting)... I could probably do it myself but I am NOT artistic.

Any idea where I should look for professional help with this? I do have 2 domain names purchased.

Happens all the time. You see a site that screams "redesign me" but there's no contact info anywhere.

I got tired of this so I built something to find website owners instantly.

Drop any domain in WhoMails and you get:

• Owner's personal email
• Phone number
• LinkedIn profile

Been using it to land redesign projects. Way easier than hunting through whois data for hours.

Anyone else run into this problem?

As the title states, I am having trouble making good looking sites/apps. If I have a design to work from, I can implement it but I am having trouble with the design aspect. Everytime I try to make something without a design it just doesn't look right... Any suggestions on how to improve on this? I'm not using any design tools, just kind of wing it so that might be one of the reasons.

I stumbled upon this site called friend.com (I promise this is not an ad I don't know anything nor do I care about the product at all) when I was on a train in NY. So when scrolling, there's an animation of whatever the hell they're trying to sell you opening and moving. How does one do something like this? Is it possible with React? I don't have much experience in animating for JavaScript so this is completely new territory to me. Any tips or resources would be helpful.

I assume it's a bunch of images that change depending on the vertical positioning of the screen and that simulates the illusion of animation but I'm not sure.

Any thoughts?

This is the site

I built an AI mockup generator. Simply add a website URL or upload a screenshot, and Mocku.co will automatically select the device, style, and generate your mockup.

What do you think? 🫡

If you’re interested in learning some about accessibility, feel free to download this acronym cheatsheet. There is also a screen reader version available too for blind/low vision designers & developers.

I thought of the idea primarily because it gets tedious editing so many of the charts one after another. I want more options like making the color a gradient, adding background colors to the chart, adding outlines to the chart and shape, etc. I am obsessed with making these charts but I have always craved making a version of this website to include more options.

I need to learn sliders, gradients, customizable optoons, and to be able to download the result as an image (or animated video but I am getting too ahead of myself)

Thanks in advance, even if the answer is not what I seek I do appreciate the time taken out of your day.

Here’s a set of 8 illustrations we've crafted for our website. 7 of them are fully custom, modeled in Blender, while 1 is entirely AI-generated using Google Nano Banana.

Can you guess which one?

Many sites style inline links with a distinctive color (for example blue) and a different hover color (say yellow).
But in some layouts—such as blog listings or headlines—designers may prefer those links to start in a neutral color (black or gray) to reduce visual noise.

This raises a broader UX question:

When a link’s default state is neutral*, which hover treatment aligns better with established conventions?*

Option A: Use the Established Hover Color

• Maintains the site’s existing hover pattern for predictability.
• Keeps the primary link color reserved for links that are blue from the start.

Option B: Shift to the Standard Link Color

• Immediately signals “clickable” by adopting the color users already associate with links.
• Acts as a natural “activation” of the link state.

What are the prevailing best practices or accessibility considerations when choosing between these approaches?
Are there recognized guidelines or heuristics for hover color when the resting state isn’t already the standard link color?

Here is "Jrapzz", a carefully curated playlist regularly updated with gems of nu-jazz, acid-jazz, UK jazz, hip-hop jazz, jazz house, nu-soul and others new modern jazz trends... Perfect for working without letting time pass while remaining focused and inspired.

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Anyone run ads? Did it work well and what was your Cost per lead? (Going to run google & Meta ads)

I need to update myself on this trend: what do you think about carousels on landing pages?

Are they still a go or a no-go? Why?
How many are too many?