Finding inspiration

When considering inspiration for patterns, it’s useful to start thinking about what could or should be turned into a pattern – for instance, something you might want to reuse across multiple areas of the site, or across even multiple sites. Some good examples include testimonials, contact strips, and call-for-action banners.

You can get inspiration from anywhere – think about real sites, the ones you use daily, and the common patterns those have.

One thing you need inspiration for is the images and content for your site. This is where services like Openverse come in handy, offering a portal to easily get resources with licenses that allow free use.

Openverse

Sometimes it’s hard to find that perfect image. You can search using something called Openverse right from your WordPress install. This gives you access to more than 700 million creative works. You can discover more about Openverse here: https://openverse.org/. To access...