| Free Visual Sitemaps Templates, The Evolution of Flat Design + Improving Mobile App UX | | Build Visual Sitemaps With This Free Template | | Good web design should always begin with the solid foundation of a well thought out visual sitemap. Sitemap Builder is a collection of 48 miniaturized web page layout templates that you can use to construct and plan your own visual sitemap. Do you know the best thing about this template? This week it's free to download! | | A Gentler, Toned Down Flat Design Aesthetic | | Just like all design trends, as time passes, they evolve. Flat UI is no different. Softer hues, gentler shadows, and lighter typography have slowly crept into the style over the last year or so and this has resulted in a design aesthetic that appeals to not just creatives, but mainstream users as well. The perfect example of 'almost flat design' in action is the Bootstrap-powered Trio web template. Note the colors, spacious layouts and clever use of shadows. | | Engage Your Audience With Kinetic Typography | | While kinetic typography is not a new design trend, it has recently seen a resurgence in popularity, especially in big brand advertising. Put simply, kinetic typography is the art of animating individual letters or words on screen. When created professionally, it has the power to truly engage an audience. The After Effects template Fashion Market has been designed for small eCommerce businesses and makes effective use of kinetic typography to give the viewer all the time they need to digest the product information and prices. | | Tell Your Story With a Long-Scrolling Layout | | With the rapid rise in popularity of mobile web browsing, web designers have had to rethink their 'above-the-fold' mentality. As opposed to desktop users, mobile users don't mind scrolling (or swiping), and this has opened up a whole new storytelling opportunity for web publishers. This trend is called long-scrolling. Miresume is a beautiful WordPress theme that successfully makes use of the long-scrolling technique. Whether viewed on a desktop or mobile device, the viewer, as they scroll, is entirely immersed in the content of the long page. | | Improve Mobile App UX With Micro-Interactions | | So subtle you barely notice them, yet they play such an important role in the UX of a mobile app. Commonly know as Micro-Interactions, they're those understated animations that let a user know that they have completed an action. For example, when you click 'like' on the Facebook mobile app, the thumbs-up icon seamlessly grows and then decreases. That's a micro-interaction. Photofeed is a new iOS template that relies on micro-interactions throughout to help improve the overall experience of the user. |  | | | Bold Typography & Vintage Design | | Bold text will always command the attention of the viewer. Combine that with a vintage color scheme and you have the perfect flyer template for your next event. | | |  | | | Clean & Responsive Newsletters | | A poorly-designed and non-mobile-optimized newsletter means unsubscribers. When it comes to newsletter design, the only way to go this year is both clean and responsive. | | |  | | | Colorful Geometric Overlay Effects | | Adding color overlays to images is all the rage at the moment. With this PS Action, you can take things a step further by adding a complex layering of geometric shapes as well. | | |  | | | eCommerce Layouts For Minimalists | | Minimalism is inspiring the latest crop of eCommerce stores. Clean, spacious, fast and easy-to-use is how you would describe the new WooCommerce Theme Furnde. | | | | A Deeper Emotional Connection With HD Video | | With improved internet speeds and the increasing number of devices supporting HD, more and more websites are making use of video backgrounds. Video tends to give the viewer a deeper emotional connection with a website (or brand) than a still image ever could. With over 200,000 stock footage items available on Envato Market, like the Swinging Light Bulb Loop above, discovering the perfect HD clip for your website has never been easier. |  | | Paul Andrew | Market Mail Editor | |
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