Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

WordPress is an incredibly rich and multi-layered content management system, one packed with options and features that help it clearly stand head and shoulders above other platforms. That said, check out these seven helpful and easy-to-use features most WordPress users probably don’t even know exist. Hide and Seek. Sidebars Simplified.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

NTEN is excited to announce we will be working with Pongos Interactive to implement our new site. Pongos is a Wordpress development firm located in Maryland. The decision to move from Drupal to WordPress was not taken lightly. Website survey – we have a survey live on the site now.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

You may be considering revamping your website by migrating it to a new system or creating a brand new site from scratch. Security features , such as two-factor authentication, the ability to assign restricted permissions to different users, and automated security tests. Compare top platforms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

Race Forward’s digital footprint now includes four main properties, including Colorlines , a daily news site. As communications director Melissa Franqui explains, “Any communications department, not only ours, has to be continuously asking, is the site communicating our mission, our current work, and our values to our intended audiences?”.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

SEO – Search Engine Optimization – (if you don’t already know) is the practice of improving and promoting a website in order to increase the number of visitors the site receives from search engines. Basically, it’s about ranking higher in the search engine results for keywords related to your site. The more the better?

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 6, 2009

I’ve been struggling with this for as long as I’ve had this site on WordPress (since January 2007). The problem: From time to time, for no apparent reason and based on no obvious trigger, the theme would revert to the default WordPress theme. Many sites talked about the issue. Sure, that worked. Yes, I did.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 15, 2017

So why wouldn’t you do the same for your WordPress website? After all, WordPress sites are made up of many different component parts, including the core program, hosting, software, plugins and even themes. For less busy sites, every six months is most likely enough.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

This is especially easy if WordPress or another simple CMS is being used. For fun, you can also offer a bounty for any spelling or grammar errors found on the site. QA and user flow testing Interns can walk through the main user flows of your website and note where there is confusion. Many eyes make for light work.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, some people check out your site first before they decide whether or not to donate, just to see if you’re legit. Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform. With a WordPress site, you can get exactly what you want.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 11, 2009

Several friends who have decided to explore WordPress have asked how I built my site. That took some research, and was easier once WP was installed in a test environment. I now know enough to tweak the site myself, but sometimes need guidance from Robyn. 5) Robyn copied the content from my old site to the new one.

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Forum One

MARCH 2, 2023

Source: Builtwith.com – Webflow Usage Statistics Webflow offers a no-code friendly environment that allows designers or content managers to easily implement motion design and animation on a site without needing to write javascript. In the past two years, more than 300,000 sites have been built using Webflow.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 22, 2017

In last week’s post we looked at the importance of keeping your WordPress site in top-notch working order with a few simple maintenance tasks that you should be performing on a regular basis. And remember this as well: perform these various maintenance tasks at least every three months, or every six months for less busy sites.

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Byte Technology

MAY 16, 2017

It’s a unfortunate reality that too many site owners and administrators don’t put enough stock in the importance of having a method with which new and loyal users can be kept in the loop. That said, not all contact forms are considered equal, especially those designed for WordPress sites where there are so many choices for customization.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 18, 2015

All this passing-on of links has catapulted Facebook into first place for referral traffic among social media sites—indeed, a recent study from Shareaholic shows that the site “now drives more than 25 percent of all website traffic.” It’s easy to do—add them by generating code on Facebook’s developer site—and the payoff can be huge.

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3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Proven – Open Source platforms like Drupal, WordPress, CiviCRM, etc., WordPress alone today powers the online aspirations of more than 67 million websites. And it might surprise you to know that WordPress is used by the likes of CNN, the New York Times, eBay, and UPS.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

WordPress site designers, owners and administrators all have something in common with one another: they all want to see their sites perform better: look more attractive: get more hits and conversions; see more pass-alongs and click-throughs; engage more repeat visitors etc. One great way is to initiate A/B split testing.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The new website also applies insights from usability testing to improve the experience of exploring community data to help individuals and families decide where to live, and exploring data to help community leaders and policymakers serve more of their residents. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Using a graphic design tool such as Canva or Venngage , converting powerful stats, quotes, and CTAs into graphics is a time-tested, proven method to grab the attention of your followers, thus increasing your engagement on Twitter (and all social media). Create custom graphics for powerful quotes, statistics, and call-to-actions.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 12, 2015

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. Historically robots aren’t able to solve the distorted text, but new artificial intelligence programs are changing that, allowing non-humans to gain access to sites with a scary 99.8%

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

To test the speed of your current webpage, you can use Google’s Page Speed Insights tool. There are also more tools available on the internet to test speed and gain information on how to speed up your webpage. If running a WordPress website, these changes can be done easily by utilizing plug-ins like WP Rocket and ShortPixel.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

To test the theory, I recently ran a remarketing campaign on Facebook promoting my article, “ How To Get More Online Donations With Content Marketing.” 522 clicks to my site at a cost of $0.29 Here are a few guides for popular sites to get your tracking codes set up: Google Remarketing Tag.

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Ideas Donation Online Strategy 111

Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The W³ Awards competition honors creative excellence on the web and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, videos, and marketing programs. The site offers an intuitive and high-performing experience across devices, with a smooth ticketing process and user-centered design.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The W³ Awards competition honors creative excellence on the web and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, videos, and marketing programs. The site offers an intuitive and high-performing experience across devices, with a smooth ticketing process and user-centered design.

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Award Colorado Washington Children 46

Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

And when it comes to designing and running a WordPress sie—whether it be a blog, a money-making e-tail page or even a bit of corporate PR—getting the right image that grabs attention and keeps visitors interested and engaged is incredibly important for a successful website.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Off page SEO factors – factors that are behind the scenes and used by search engines to communicate with your site (e.g. In other words, when people search for a keyword that is valuable to your brand you want to be the one ranking on the first page to drive more traffic to your site. So how do you get those first page results?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 25, 2023

Plus, you can see what pages donors are visiting on your site before deciding to make a gift. If you’re using a CMS-hosted service like Wix, WordPress, or Google Sites, the process is a little easier. You first need to test the connection to your website.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

put our servers to the test?) Embedding your episodes on other relevant pages on your site is a way to capitalize on existing traffic. Make your full pod player embed available for partners to add to their sites. Using a tool like Speakpipe will make it easy for people to leave recorded messages right through your site.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

Your nonprofit’s website serves as your organization’s home on the internet, so it’s understandable that you want to get your site up and running as quickly as possible. However, it’s not worth it to rush the project, especially if you fail to set a strong foundation and have to rebuild your site from scratch a few years down the line.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The native capability of something called “Sites&# – which is a publicly facing version of what’s called “VisualForce&# – a markup language that includes HTML as well as APEX code (Force.com coding language). But with that power, may come some sacrifices. But there is a lot there.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Forum One has worked with EPA since 2012 to plan and implement a range of strategic, prioritized efforts to unify and optimize the Agency’s complex enterprise Drupal presence, encompassing hundreds of sites. Nation’s Report Card, National Assessment of Educational Progress Long Term Trends. Distinction – Website for Education.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Here’s a final checklist to run through before you launch your site to make sure everything is ready for the big-time. User friendly - Have a few staff members or volunteers who weren’t involved in the design process go through the site as a "normal" user. At a minimum, test the site on iphone, ipad, and Android phone.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

There would be no need for a redesign, or a site at all, if it wasn’t for all of you reading, commenting, sharing, linking, and generally driving this space. As any one who has commented on this site before knows, I reply to every comment via email as well as on the site. Phase 4: Building, Testing, Tinkering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. Letting them subscribe to your site content through RSS feeds or email can help them ensure they’re getting the most-update information from your organization with ease and convenience. It will give what you need to be a smart consumer.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2016

Don’t have time to click through hundreds of links on your site to see if they still work? Use the W3C Link Validator to scan your site for broken links so you know what to fix. Do you already know that your site is responsive, but you’re not sure how a particular post or page is looking? W3C Link Validator. Neither do we!

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NTEN

JUNE 23, 2014

Furthermore, across our multiple online platforms and websites, there’s little to no design consistency, and the transitions between the sites are clunky at best. Finally, and perhaps most glaringly, none of our sites have a real responsive design, making them difficult or impossible to access on a mobile device.

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