Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Have a Simple, Visually Powerful Web 2.0 Icons and buttons have strong appeal and impact in Web 2.0

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

It allows you to set a limit on the number of failed attempts a user can make before they’re locked out of the system completely. Then go to “Appearance, Widgets” and add a text widget to your sidebar. To stop this, install and activate the Login LockDown plugin.

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Byte Technology

MAY 10, 2017

It also features custom widgets and navigation menus—a nice asset to help people find their way around your site—as well as specially-designed sections to add employee profiles, photo galleries and examples from your company’s portfolio. And the social integration option alone is worth giving it serious consideration.

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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. Manipulate that Widget. Speaking of widgets, even WordPress beginners are aware of how easy it is to drag and drop them into their sidebars.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 11, 2017

It’s amazing to think that, when it was first launched, WordPress was a fairly simple and intuitive content management system designed to help the beginning blogger get their feet wet in the virtual world. The homepage is all widgets, which makes dragging and dropping content really fast. Digital Online Marketing Commerce Sale Concept.

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

One common misconception people often have is that you need a big budget and a coding expert to create a beautiful and useful NGO web sit e , but that’s not the case. All you need is an easy-to-use website builder, or content management system (CMS), and an understanding of a few web design strategies. Serious and professional?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Whether that’s web design, graphic design, translation services, cooking, animal training, plumbing, knitting and so other skills that are necessary (or a luxury) for a nonprofit to be successful. Don’t write ‘web design’ for example. Sign-Up for Nonprofit Insights for Targeting Volunteers in 2015. Subscribe to updates.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Already there are more than 10,000 playspaces entered into the system -- and KaBOOM! Check it out on their site , or use the nice widget below to search for playspaces near you. The widget is great as other bloggers or web site owners can embed some easy code to have the widget on their own site -- magnifying the visibility for KABOOM!

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Every post, every original piece of artwork, your payment system and so on. Failing to back up your data on a regular basis is another one of the most common oversights for WordPress newbies, as many of them rely on their web hosting company to deal with the issue. . * Imagine losing everything you’ve worked for in an instant?

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Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

As wonderful as the WordPress content management system is, by its very nature—capable of supporting hundreds of different themes, thousands of plugins and so much more—it can be quite slow at times. The post The Fast Lane: More Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

So spend a few extra bucks on a host such as WP Engine, which is, by all accounts, super fast, easy to use as an administrator and comes with a solid support system. The post Built for Speed: Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Load Faster appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2016

To that end, Sucuri, a web application firewall, is one of the leading defensive systems you can get. Testimonial Widgets is incredibly easy to understand and use, and in mere minutes you can add customer experiences to your site and really demonstrate that those relationships are important to your success.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 16, 2017

Now you’re ready to place the donation form on your site: do this by placing a donation widget in your page’s sidebar or footer or by going to “Pages, Add New” and clicking on the “Add Form” button. The post Money Matters: Creating a Donation Form for Your WordPress Site appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2016

One of the hallmarks of the WordPress content management system is the ability to engage a user audience and create a back-and-forth conversation of sorts in the virtual world. WordPress experts will tell you that a website comment section can strain internal resources, especially for your web hosting server.

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See3

MARCH 16, 2008

Sprout is a tool that lets you easily build your own widget. What I love about this widget is that it includes a link to video — using the See3 logo as the key. What I love about this widget is that it includes a link to video — using the See3 logo as the key. Check out the menu on the right side.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2010

I’ve created widgets and had the chance to use them from a participant’s perspective. Not to get too cheesy here, but it really does mean that the money being raised (and illustrated in the widget) is helping a cause that I’m passionate about. Let me tell you, they are fun! Do you have fundraising milestones?

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Web Consultant and Dan Mouyard, Sr. Web Developer, TerpSys. In an ever-changing world of social media and web collaboration, tools for user interaction and engagement are becoming increasingly prevalent. Implement accessible widgets: Make sure any rating, sharing, and voting widgets are accessible via keyboard.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2012

Browser plug-ins, widgets, web apps, and templates: all of these are apps, too. Virtual Aid Drive is a set of web-based online fundraising and donation drive management tools. Integrating Donation and Accounting Systems with NPower Northwest. Or any widgets, plug-ins, or other apps you wish you had? How About You?

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Even if you're using a content management system like WordPress or Drupal, by incorporating APIs, you can further enhance built in app-like functionality to create a highly customized experience. API stands for Application Program Interface, and has become known for, in large part, facilitating the Web 2.0 What are APIs?

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2016

If you’ve ever designed, built, managed or administered a website, you’re no doubt intimately involved with a Content Management System (CMS), a specific software application or set of programs used to create and manage digital content. But a newbie to web design and management may be asking themselves “what CMS should I be using?”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Sproutbuilder is this amazing drag-and-drop widget maker you’ve just gotta try ( invite here – just start, and it will prompt you to create an account when you want to save your sprout.) Corporations sponsor the widget, so there is a brand showing. I think like a lot of Web 2.0 Have a look at the demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

Read more on using the web for personal fundraising here and here. If you want to test their system, Carnet carnet at chipin.com. It's still in beta.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.),

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

One of your web servers has been hijacked and has been sending out hundreds of thousands of messages from some fellow named "Wilson." Perhaps that innocuous "Share this Page" widget on your web site — through no fault of your own — has been turned to the dark side. The names have been changed to protect the paranoid.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

To help your organization find the tools it needs, we have compiled a list of the best software and web-based tools along with resources on how to meet the many challenges of modern fundraising. Looking for a web-based software application for fundraising and contact management for donors and other contacts? Becoming a GrantStation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2013

To help your organization find the tools it needs, we have compiled a list of the best software and web-based tools along with resources on how to meet the many challenges of modern fundraising. Looking for a web-based software application for fundraising and contact management for donors and other contacts? Becoming a GrantStation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

at 1:34 pm Michelle, Just curious what you thought/opinion is of widgets? at 1:35 pm And just noticed that you are using the “online status&# widget for typepad and would like to know what you think about that in terms of building community on a nonprofit blog? at 8:03 pm I like widgets, for the most part. 4 Beth 11.01.06

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2012

Apps can be used online (a web app), on mobile devices (a mobile app), or as an add-on to other tools (widgets, plug-ins, templates, and so on)." Orange County Library System Shake It! " Some great apps mentioned in the webinar are as follows. Library Apps. for Android. NYPL Biblion.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Apps can be used online (a web app), on a mobile device (a mobile app), or as an add-on to existing software tools (widgets, plug-ins, templates, and so on). An "app" is a small piece of software that performs a discrete function, with limited or targeted functionality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. You’ll find: A directory of Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Internet Explorer Mobile: a mobile version of Microsoft's web browser. Bing Search: a web-based search engine app capable of filtering results to display only images, video, or local results. Bing Search: a web-based search engine app capable of filtering results to display only images, video, or local results.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Once upon a time, just a little more than a century ago, every factory that wanted to run its systems on electricity had to build its own electrical generating system. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. on our own servers or desktops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2010

There are official rules written by lawyers to protect the corporation and presumably to ward off cheating, gaming the system, or unfair play. I was looking at the web sites and applications of some of the organizations who were in the top ten for the $250,000 category. For Pepsi, the top prize is $250,000.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Once upon a time, just a little more than a century ago, every factory that wanted to run its systems on electricity had to build its own electrical generating system. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. on our own servers or desktops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Important to keep listening - even if nothing much is happening because it serves as your earthquake early warning system -- think of it of having a chronic illness going to acute. provides free data analytic tracking for services including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and more - accessible through a web dashboard, XML and Dashboard and Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

When your job is to download many of the latest tools and try new things on the web that might inform your strategy or make a good topic for your blog, encountering locked-down desktops and web filtering can be, well, annoying is probably way to soft a word. Restricted systems are more secure. This is all correct.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

The salient quote: Why not roll your own social network, include the OpenSocial API, and have applications, groups, widgets and portals to your site in any number of the “OpenSocial” platforms? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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