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10 Things Your Image of Text Can’t Do (That Real Text Can)

"The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog." Each word is aggressively designed in a variety of conflicting fonts, colors, styles, shadows, glows, shapes, and more.

Whenever you can, don’t use images of text, just type out the text. There are an overwhelming number of reasons why.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022Categories Best Practices

The Digital Divide, Smart Phones, and Website Performance

The New York Times published a troubling-but-not-surprising article today on the effect of the “digital divide” on school children in the United States.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on February 23, 2016Categories Understanding Web Design

Two New Things From Google for Webmasters [link]

Whether you love them or hate them, Google offers a lot of tools and services that most of us use. Two recent changes caught my eye and I want to pass them on to all you website owners and builders.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on March 3, 2015March 2, 2015Format LinkCategories Tools & Resources

Behind the Scenes: Style Tiles

Five Style Tiles for a Website Design

Style tiles are a great way to test different design ideas without creating a monster.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on August 5, 2014July 31, 2014Categories Case Studies

When Should Nonprofit Websites Go Responsive? [link]

MRWweb.com on a small-size screen.

Have you heard of “responsive design?” It’s the practice of making a website “respond” to the screen size of the device viewing it in order to provide a better viewing experience. It’s kind of all the rage, but when is it actually a good idea?

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on October 30, 2012March 4, 2013Format LinkCategories Understanding Web Design

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Mark is a white man with short light brown hair and short stubble. He's wearing a collared blue shirt with a small white floral print in this formal portrait with a stark white background.

My name is Mark Root-Wiley (he/him). I design and build WordPress websites for nonprofits. About/Resume

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