There is no such thing as a cheap and easy “fix” to supporting and communicating with people with disabilities. Every single person who reads this post has a role in making websites more accessible. Yes, even you!
Anyone who knows me knows that I care a lot about making websites accessible. So it may surprise you that I won’t install a certain kind of web accessibility tool. Here’s why.
As someone who provide services online, it’s no surprise that I write a tremendous number of emails. I’ve spent years thinking about the keys to good client emails. Here’s my list.
After completing the initial layout and home page templates with the Site Editor, I moved on to dealing with some custom post types and taxonomies and putting the site styles to the test against existing content.
As I take my first deep dive into the new WordPress Site Editor, I’m stream-of-consciousness blogging the experience for future reference. Hopefully this will benefit others too!
RSS is a simple, old, and perfect technology that’s been around forever and is just as good now as it was ten years ago. It’s time you gave RSS another look.
I just thought of the perfect (and very obvious in retrospect) example to help explain why nonprofit website menus should never match their org charts.
In 2022, I launched two major redesigns and countless other projects along with one human being. It was quite the year, and here’s the recap.
Why do people put bad design elements and features on their websites? Information cascades are a good way to think about it.
I was on a podcast discussing my proposal for improving how the WordPress block editor handles CSS.
Day 3 of the 2022 conference brought a keynote about a local equitable housing initiative and my web accessibility Ask Me Anything session. Plus, online conferences are still hard on attendees.
Whenever you can, don’t use images of text, just type out the text. There are an overwhelming number of reasons why.
Day 2 of the 2022 conference saw me attend one session about improving facilitation that fosters racial justice through “micropractices.”
Day 1 of the 2022 conference included a keynote all about technology in nonprofits, a presentation by one of my clients, and a brand new name and logo for Washington Nonprofits!
The final day of 22NTC was a fun grab bag! I learned and talked about WordPress and CRMs, data visualization, inclusive presentations, and ended the day listening to author Saeed Jones.
Today included three really fun community conversations—the “hallway track” of this online conference—and then a lot of sessions about including stakeholders in technology projects, usability testing, and the combination of the two!
