Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As a designer for nonprofits, I constantly reference these guidelines when making design decisions. Now that you’ve gotten familiar with WCAG, I want to share some resources that have helped me comply with these guidelines when making design decisions. These tools are a great starting point for creating accessible designs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 19, 2013

At Benetech, our goal is to create positive social change through technology. Telling our story is an important way we’re able to accomplish that goal—it allows us to generate the interest and support necessary to develop technology that helps countless people around the world. And I hope you like our new site!

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Technology is evolving at the speed of light. Here are 4 up and coming technologies that have the potential to change your nonrpfit’s daily operations forever. Mobile web design. If your site is not mobile friendly going into 2014, this should be your top priority. Image courtesy of River Rock Films. Live Tweeting.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 14, 2017

Indeed, with millions upon millions of the CMS-based sites operating in the virtual realm, making your pages stand apart from the masses can mean the difference between successful exposure and wallowing in obscurity. Here are four great ones worth checking out and incorporating into your design and editing strategy.

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Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

When designing and developing a website or application, a challenge is that roles and tasks can often operate in silos. To tackle this challenge, we recently piloted a new component-based design approach that prioritizes real-time collaboration. Component-based design. Spoiler alert: the results so far are positive!].

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Byte Technology

JULY 18, 2017

Ask yourself this question: what’s one consistent element of every outstanding and beautifully designed WordPress site you’ve ever seen? Indeed, having the perfect fonts can mean so much to the readability of a site, and using typefaces that meld perfectly with other design elements can really make a huge impact on the user experience.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 2, 2016

In the world of e-commerce—that virtual marketplace that has increasingly redefined how we shop and spend—the right design can mean the difference between boom and bust, soaring profits and slumping sales, simple success versus outright failure. Is it aesthetically pleasing to the point of encouraging sales as well as repeat visits?

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 8, 2017

The best WordPress bloggers, site owners and administrators know that one of the keys to having a fantastic and wildly successful web page is to integrate everything you post and promote with some sort of social media component. If your site takes the style of a magazine or news outlet, check out Cool Stuff.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

And that slowness can mean a lot to a popular blogger trying to retain a loyal readership or, more critically, to someone running an e-commerce site where dollar and cents are vital to staying in business. Remember this always: when a visitor first lands on your site their initial impression is everything.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 14, 2016

Like all things in the virtual world and online living things seem to move at the speed of light, and website designers are no exception. So what’s next for the ever-changing world of website design? Effective user interface (UI) patterns will still be critical to quality website design. .

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2016

For anyone who designs, owns or runs a website, the threat of getting hacked is a constant reality whether you’re a mega-corporation dealing with millions of users or just a one-person blog shop promoting products or services. WordPress pros preach this unceasingly: keep your site’s core program and all the plugins and themes updated!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. The rise of social media and mobile technology has changed the way people process information. It’s crucial that your social media and mobile technology campaigns are integrated into your website. Home Page Design. design and result in more clicks than text links.

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Byte Technology

MAY 10, 2017

So many choices in fact that everyone should be able to find a design that ideally suits their needs. A premium theme for all sorts of business websites, Highend is fully loaded with ready-to-use templates all built around a drag-and-drop page builder design with sliders, icon fonts and more.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 27, 2017

And yet, if your site has one of those always helpful “frequently asked questions” (FAQ) sections, so much time and trouble can be avoided for both the business owner and the person making a purchase. It’s simple, works great and is a nice—and no-cost—choice for those WordPress e-tail sites just getting started.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 24, 2017

It may be a funny sounding word to many beginning WordPress users, but widgets can be—and should be—a vital component to any WordPress design. Here you get a comprehensive view of all available widgets as well as the designated areas on your WordPress site where they can be placed. What exactly are widgets?

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Byte Technology

JUNE 8, 2017

No matter whether you’re a newbie to the WordPress platform or a seasoned professional, one thing that should never be forgotten is the important role security takes in regards to your site. Also called a “web application firewall,” these plugins create an effective shield between your site and anything and everything that comes to it.

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Byte Technology

MAY 14, 2021

At Byte Technology , we are a very knowledgeable web design and development company. After the installation of WordPress, there are a few set-up procedures for your site. Change site title, time zone, and tagline. Upload site icon and favicon. Things to Know: What to do after installing WordPress. Install caching.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 19, 2016

Finding the right match in the field of website design is really not that different than shopping for an auto mechanic, a physician, a plumber of a financial advisor, as there are always multiple questions to be asked: Is this person qualified? Will their design be engaging enough to encourage repeated visits?

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Byte Technology

JUNE 27, 2017

Those who have been operating a WordPress site for a good amount of time have, probably unknowingly, accumulated lots of useless information and data such as outdated comments, spam, unneeded post revisions and the like. Your database has now been optimized, and you can feel secure knowing that your site is running at its very best.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 28, 2017

If you know even a little bit about the way the Internet works when it comes looking for specific topics, themes, sites and the like, then you’ve probably seen this term bandied about for years. In the past, however, WordPress sites defaulted to a URL structure that was decidedly unfriendly to search engines. search engines).

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Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

Is it the visual appeal of the site itself? Here are some tips that should be taken to heart when crafting a winning WordPress blog site. Remember that you want visitors to focus on the words, and a junked-up and cluttered site is a big turn off, especially in respect to sidebars. But what makes one blog better than the next?

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2017

There’s no denying the overwhelming popularity of Instagram and the impressive place it holds among social media sites. And for those owning, operating or administering a WordPress site, having a tie-in between Instagram and their pages can really boost hits and visits and add serious curb appeal that helps drive traffic to a website.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Ask any seasoned web designer what is one of the most important elements of building and running a site and you’ll no doubt get the same answer across the board: think mobile first. And it works seamlessly whether you’re on a self-hosted WordPress site or working via WordPress.com.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 2, 2017

Indeed, it’s this statistic that has created such a boom in the “responsive design” movement, where a website is built around the mobile-first philosophy that dictates that a website should appear and render perfectly no matter the device on which it’s being viewed. But have no fear.

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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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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In today’s world, nonprofits rely on their technology to help bring them closer to their goals. From bringing in revenue to connecting with constituents, the right technology can save your team time and help you facilitate a better donor experience. Technology consultants may offer services in a variety of areas.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 1, 2017

Many WordPress site owners and administrators have no doubt experienced an unease or wariness at one point or another when it seems that something just isn’t right with their site. Chances are that if you see this or other problems, your site has been hacked or otherwise compromised.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 25, 2017

When it comes to building your WordPress site, there are myriad options for creating a unique look that really defines you and your message, your product or service, your specific cause and so on. Then simply click “Insert Gallery” and log onto your site and make sure the images are appearing as you intended.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 16, 2017

Of course, the quickest way to grab donations from your site would be to add that all-too-familiar Paypal button, but that’s not always the right choice for everyone as the options for customizing the form are nearly non-existent, meaning your donation page will look exactly the same as millions of others.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 30, 2015

With a few clicks a designer or administrator can see numbers of hits and click-throughs, time spent on specific pages, which pages and elements are being ignored and much more. The post The Importance of Heat Mapping for Truly Effective Website Design appeared first on Byte Technology’s Non-Profit Web Design Insights Blog.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 26, 2017

You can also find that your site is suddenly suffering in search engine rankings, which can be a hit to your reputation. And, in worst case scenarios, can stand the chance of losing all your site data. However, professional help costs bucks, and for small site owners the cost can quickly become more than they can bear.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2013

At the time, mobile users of Breastcancer.org lagged behind desktop users in some important user engagement metrics, including pages per visit (-26%), time on site (-14%), and bounce rate (+12%). Our stated goals for the project were to bring mobile user engagement metrics in line with those for desktop traffic.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

True words no matter whether you’re running on a WordPress site or another platform. Indeed, according to Internet giant Microsoft having even a two-second longer delay in page load time cripples user ratings, click-throughs and—most importantly for those running a money-generating site—lost revenue by nearly five percent across the board.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

Do some searches on your site. Distribute the work to a team of staff and monitor your work and results monthly, including whether and how traffic and site search are improving. Need some help planning, strategizing, and/or getting the right technology in place to reach your goals and clear your year of regrets?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The usual culprits are images or JavaScript files being loaded from a third-party site. Website developers need to make adjustments to the site’s digital assets (the video, audio and images referred to earlier) to ensure they load properly. Blocked content on your website creates a poor user experience for your site visitors.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 5, 2017

They know what aspects of their sites are the most popular and which ones are tripping up visitors. you can essentially create a custom design for your site that speaks directly to their needs and wants. Write down this code as you’ll need to enter it on your WordPress site. They know what products and services they want.

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