“Taxonomy.” That’s a weird-looking, poly-syllabic word that might be a bit scary, but you’ve seen them and used them all over the web. Learn what they are dive into this three-part series on taxonomies and WordPress.
In the interest of saving their time and protecting their site, I always recommend that clients avoid permanently deleting content in WordPress. Luckily, there are default features that make this easy to do and plugins that make it even better!
A quick quote today about how to make usable websites.
After my recent post on contact forms and email addresses, I tackle the issue of spam and “hiding” emails in hopes of avoiding it. After trying various security measures, I’m pretty cavalier about it all.
A roundup of excellent tweeting in December AND January from me and those I follow. Plus, take a quick survey to tell me what you think about the “Fake Follow” series. Interesting? Confusing? Boring?
More reasons to not force links to open in a new tab or window. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Even if you don’t spend much time working on websites, you’ve surely come across the “title attribute” on a website. Here’s what it is and why it’s a not worth using.
When a user goes to the “Contact” page of a website, what should greet them? An email? A form? Both? After asking this question over and over to clients, I think the answer is quite clear.
After the Annual Staff Retreat, I share a few accomplishments in 2013 and goal for 2014.
WordPress 3.8 is out, and if you don’t see it coming, you might get smacked over the head with the drastic change in colors. However, it’s easy to change the default color scheme.
Keeping donors involved in your organization is the key to happy and returning donors. Still, of the organizations I give to, few do a good job of following up.
A short little rant for the day.
Tweets abound. I’m joining a few new things, sharing some wit (read the McSweeney’s article!), and sharing stuff that I think is just plain interesting.
A fun little illustration of how removing visual information can help you say more with less.
Take 10 minutes to watch these two videos about the WCAG 2.0 accessibility guidelines (you’ll learn what those are) and how Canadian websites can be inaccessible too. As a bonus, these videos were made with accessibility in mind themselves.
Accessibility Camp Seattle 2013 got me thinking about how we can make more of the web more accessible. Here are five ideas.
