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How do I proactively make sure my website is accessible?

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Ask Me Anything” The Washington State Nonprofits Conference provides a chance for me to answer questions about all-things-nonprofit-websites for any attendee of this great conference. I’ve participated in 2021, 2022, and 2023, answering questions about website accessibility, website strategy, and content management. Many of the questions … Continue reading “How do I proactively make sure my website is accessible?”

Resources for Nonprofits Dealing with COVID-19: Cancelled Fundraisers, Remote Work, and More

Cancelled events. Working from home. Social distancing. These are unprecedented times for everyone, including nonprofit organizations. Here are some valuable resources for organizations trying to adapt.

New WordPress Special Characters Plugin

Celebrating the release of a small-but-important new plugin for the new WordPress block editor. I look forward to supporting it with my own Hawaiian Characters plugin soon!

My Web Design Must-Read List

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the what helped me learn my craft. This post shares many of the sources that have helped me learn everything I know today and the websites I follow to stay up to date.

Website Basics for Small Nonprofits Webinar & Slides

Last week, I had the pleasure of giving a new webinar for Washington Nonprofits. It covered a lot of information in just under an hour, and we got great feedback! So nice to be reassured that a SIMPLE start is o.k.! The site can grow over time! Webinar Participant The presentation specifically speaks to smaller … Continue reading “Website Basics for Small Nonprofits Webinar & Slides”

Nonprofit Web for All from SeaTech4Good Speed Geek 2017

I had a great time “speed geeking” with 30 folks. In 5 minutes, I introduce them to web accessibility, showed examples of assistive technology and accessibility problems, and gave them a quick intro to the tota11y accessibility testing tool!

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!

Why I Recommend SiteGround Hosting for WordPress and Nonprofits

It’s rare that I endorse a product on this blog, but I’m making an exception here. This won’t be a regular thing, which I hope says a lot about my decision to write this post at all. There were a good three years when I struggled to recommend a web host when people asked. After a while, I … Continue reading “Why I Recommend SiteGround Hosting for WordPress and Nonprofits”

Brief Review of new Idealware WordPress Plugin report on Nonprofit WP

Over on my new site, Nonprofit WP, I just published a brief review of the new Idealware report on selecting WordPress plugins for nonprofits.

Death To PDFs! [link]

I’m not a huge fan of Medium.com, but my dislike of PDFs is far stronger, so I was excited to see The Heritage Foundation ((I’m no fan of The Heritage Foundation’s politics and beliefs either. I did not read this report, but the section “Poverty and Dependence” is awfully objectionable. What I like is the technical desire to avoid a … Continue reading “Death To PDFs! [link]”

WordPress 4.3: Two New Features Add Efficiency & Security

WordPress 4.3 brings text formatting “autocompletions” and automatic password generation (and weak password shaming!). Check out these features that even the most casual user should know!

A WordPress Formatting Manifesto

I recently released the MRW Web Design Simple TinyMCE plugin for WordPress. It’s a plugin that came directly out of the work I do to serve clients and make using WordPress as easy as possible. In this post, I want to share how I made the final decisions for what buttons I removed from the default WordPress editor, and provide a framework for what it means to format content well on the web.

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