Tools & Resources Archives

26NTC Field Notes: Day 3

Legal risks of AI, approaching AI with ethics, and a recap of Anil Dash’s Day 1 keynote. That’s a wrap for 26NTC!

26NTC Field Notes: Day 2

A case study on implementing an AI chatbot at an organization that serves vulnerable organizations, volunteer recruitment tips, and racist data! Let’s get to it!

Learning to test accessibility. Decolonizing philanthropy. Applying the tenets of reproductive justice to technology decisions. The Nonprofit Technology Conference has that and more. Read up on what I’m learning as I go!

[Technical] Removing Axes, Subsetting, and compressing a variable font with fonttools

I hope that helps someone out there! I know for sure that I’ll be back to reference this as soon as I’ve forgotten it all in three months.

How to send a webhook request with PHP from one WordPress site to another using WP Webhooks [Technical]

I lost an hour to this problem, so I’m blogging it to hopefully help others. I’m experimenting with the WP Webhooks plugin for helping me solve a problem with sites that I manage.1 Webhooks are a simple technology that lets a “request” to a specific URL that then completes some other action. That request contains … Continue reading “How to send a webhook request with PHP from one WordPress site to another using WP Webhooks [Technical]”

The Events Calendar “Reset” now on Github

I built a thing for people who build WordPress sites with The Events Calendar. It also is a great excuse to show people a technique I think can make most sites in the WordPress ecosystem more beautiful. (Not kidding.)

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]”