New MRWweb.com Design!
Big news in these parts! I’ve got a totally redesigned website here at MRWweb.com.
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NTEN Website Redesign Course in February. NTC in March!
The week of February 13, I’ll be teaching an online course for NTEN, “Anatomy of a Website Redesign.” Registration is still open!
DaizyLogik Launches New Website
Congrats to DaizyLogik on the launch of their new site! DaizyLogik is a Salesforce consulting firm that, like me, focuses on helping nonprofits. That’s why I thought we were a great team to work together on their new website. The new site does a great job at showing how to get the most out of WordPress.com. … Continue reading “DaizyLogik Launches New Website”
Chronicle VI & Blog Status
I’ve been busy. That means I have lots of interesting things to share (including an award!) and an announcement about this blog.
You’re Invited: Free Nonprofit Website Accessibility Event
November 17, 2016 from 12:00-1:30, I’ll be presenting “Web For All: Building Better Websites with Web Accessibility” at 501 Commons. This is a free event for all nonprofits! Please come and bring a friend.
WordCamp Seattle 2016 is This Weekend
Come to WordCamp Seattle 2016! Come to WordCamp Seattle 2016! Come to WordCamp Seattle 2016! Come to WordCamp Seattle 2016! Come to WordCamp Seattle 2016!
Finding Heading Errors on Your Website
After listing common heading errors in a recent post, it’s time to talk about how to find problems on your own site!
Chronicle V
This is post 5 of 7 in the series “MRW Web Design Chronicles” One of my favorite blogs, CSS Tricks, publishes a “chronicle” every once in a while to publish updates about what the author is up to. It’s a great idea and I’m going to steal it! The MRW Web Design chronicle will get … Continue reading “Chronicle V”
Common Heading Mistakes
It’s really important not just to use headings when writing for the web but to use them correctly. Here are the most common mistakes I see when people try to use headings.
Idealware’s Content Migration Lessons [link]
[W]e weren’t prepared for how much work it would take, and as our web design team moved steadily closer to launch our migration initiative fell behind. Yesterday, Idealware launched their new website. To promote it, they sent out a newsletter with some great lessons learned from the migration. I wanted to link to it, though, so … Continue reading “Idealware’s Content Migration Lessons [link]”
The 2016 #WADOReplyallpocolypse
I was on a rather amusing reply all thread last week. Let me share my favorite replies with you!
Conservative Design & Development in “The inaccessible web” [link]
Did you just come from the UserWay blog? Read this. I just discovered that the UserWay blog is linking to this post. This is unfortunate for a few reasons: Their post mis-attributes a quote to me, when instead it is clearly quoted from the article by Mischa Andrews. Reading the entire post makes this very … Continue reading “Conservative Design & Development in “The inaccessible web” [link]”
A Bit (Just a Bit) of Data on Donate Button Color
Blue vs. Orange. Two “Donate” buttons went head to head in a click test. Here’s what the results said and what I still don’t know.
Should Donate Buttons Be Red?
An excerpt of an email to a client describes the considerations I take when designing a “Donate” button on a nonprofit’s website.
Universal Design in Action: Facebook Video Captioning
Facebook found that video captions increase engagement by users. This is a great example of universal design in action!
Summer Blog Hiatus
I’m head-down on a bunch of projects and then taking some time off in July, so this will be the last post here for about a month. Here are two things to keep you occupied in the mean time.