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Securing WordPress and Building Trust While You Do It

By Sean Lehane, January 7, 2021
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As someone who has worked professionally with WordPress websites for 15 or so years, the most common question I have heard from clients, coworkers, and even other colleagues in digital is some variant of: “Is WordPress secure?” 

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Topics: Strategy Wordpress

Accessibility Challenges in an Emergency (Web Design for Disaster Part 3)

By Mike McCaffrey, August 31, 2020
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During a natural disaster or public emergency, your users may face a variety of new physical, mental, and environmental challenges, while access to your platform may become more important than ever. Read more
Topics: Accessibility Mobile Strategy User Experience

5 Tips To Get Top SEO Results

By Jason Blanda, July 6, 2020
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Every marketing professional knows that being at the top of search engine results is important and that SEO will help to get them there. You may have also heard that SEO can be challenging to learn, but the truth is, SEO doesn't have to be difficult, and sometimes it can be pretty fun!

These 5 basic SEO techniques are easy to implement and will have you on your way to the top of search engine results:

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Topics: Analytics Strategy

Are You Ready for Drupal 9?

By Anya Mykhailova, June 16, 2020
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Drupal 8 was one of the biggest releases in the platform’s history. Its release empowered the community to adopt more modern development technologies and tools. If you migrated a site from Drupal 6 or 7 to Drupal 8 you probably can attest that a considerable investment of time and resources was required for a successful migration. Luckily, migrating from Drupal 8 to 9 will likely be a walk in the park, in comparison. 

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Topics: Drupal Strategy

Emergency Landing Page Best Practices (Web Design for Disaster, Part 2)

By Mike McCaffrey, May 29, 2020
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An emergency landing page may be the best way to ensure that your visitors can find the information they need in a crisis, while minimizing any unwanted distractions. Read more
Topics: Accessibility Guidance Information Architecture Strategy User Experience

Telling the Story of an Online Education Innovator

By Lily Berman, March 18, 2020
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Let’s take a trip back to 1996. Bill Clinton was elected to his second term as president, and the Nintendo 64 was released in North America. People called the internet the World Wide Web and logged into AOL to check their email while tying up their phone line. There was not much else to do online, as Google, Twitter, and Facebook were not around yet (thanks Slate and Wikipedia for the time capsule info).

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Topics: Articles Community Guidance Higher Education Nonprofits Project Management Strategy

Drupal 8 Evolution: Advice for Drupal 7 Website Owners Hoping to Migrate to Drupal 8

By Scott DiPerna, November 27, 2019
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When is it time to panic?

“God help us, we're in the hands of engineers.” – Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park

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Topics: Discovery Drupal Guidance Higher Education Information Architecture Project Management Strategy

Donation Page Best Practices

By Thiago de Mello Bueno, November 25, 2019
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We’ve recently had the opportunity to streamline the donation page and form UX for a client. There’s a good amount of information out there on how to do it well, but a lot of it is scattered, and one often has to sleuth up chains of citations to get to the source material. As is to be expected, applying general UX best practices and basic heuristics to any user flow gets us a good part of the way there, but the donation process—an important conversion for any organization looking to receive funds online— has some unique particulars, some of which might even be counter-intuitive. 

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Topics: Articles Discovery Guidance Nonprofits Strategy User Experience

Sessions From the Great Wide Drupal North

By The Kalamuna Team, August 6, 2019
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We were honored to have two members of our team present sessions at Drupal North this past June in the beautiful and vibrant city of Montreal, Canada.  Drupal North is an annual,  free, three-day conference focusing on Drupal-related topics and the community that drives the Drupal Project forward.

We were pleased to make new connections while also reconnecting with friends and peers. As always, it was also a privilege to be given the opportunity to share our expertise.

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Topics: Accessibility Analytics Community Conferences Discovery Drupal Guidance Information Architecture Nonprofits Responsive Design Strategy User Experience

How to Reduce Bias in Your UX Practice with Persona Scenarios

By Patricia Rodriguez, July 15, 2019
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Do a search for "personas" on the web and you’ll get a smorgasbord of smiling faces of all ages and from all backgrounds - and top results are all related to design, user experience, and agile. Demographic-based and often marketing-driven, personas are pretty mainstream and relatable - except when they’re not.

And like the web, personas are evolving.

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Topics: Discovery Guidance Strategy User Experience

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