This title is not clickbait. It’s a real problem. It’s been more than a year since Drupal 6 was abandoned by the open source Drupal community, leaving major security vulnerabilities in its wake. If it hasn’t already cost your organization, it will—and in more ways than one.
Let’s face it—writing content for nonprofit websites can be difficult. We all know the feeling of staring at a blank page and trying to develop compelling content. Unfortunately, research shows that great content for your online marketing efforts is critical to higher conversion rates and engaging user experiences that lead to higher donations, volunteer signups…
I’ve gotten support issues from several clients that all revolve around a central theme: things need to happen differently on the development server than the live server and no one wants to manually change or configure anything. I’ve hacked together various solutions over the years and they always fall short in some way. Either they…
Designing a new website, or redesigning your old website, is a large project to undertake. Larger than most people think. According to SME Website Statistic, 48% of people cited a website’s design as the number one factor in deciding the credibility of a business. So, the price of a web design failure can be high.…
Increasing the speed of your website will reduce bounce rates significantly on your nonprofit Wordpress website. Decreasing abandonment rates can help drive more donations, memberships, volunteer sign-ups, and engagement rates. According to an Akamia study, 47% of users expect your nonprofit’s website to load in 2 seconds or less. Below are five simple things that you can…
Recently, Rootid and American Rivers, a Washington, DC based nonprofit, launched a new website together that showcases refreshed branding, an updated UX design focused the use of storytelling to drive user conversions, as well as seamless implementation of extensive functionality updates. We began the revitalization process through extensive stakeholder interviews and goal setting conversations. Below…
Before you decide between Drupal and Wordpress for your next website, consider these important questions. They may mean the difference between success and failure for your project.
Loading your website faster can drastically reduce bounce rates on your nonprofit Drupal website. Lower abandonment rates means more donations, volunteer sign-ups, memberships and engagement rates. According to an Akamia study, 47% of users expect your nonprofit’s website to load in 2 seconds or less.
Hiring a web development firm to design and build a website can be daunting—time consuming and resource intensive. Finding a development company to work with can feel a like finding a mechanic you can trust to work on your car. Here are six questions that will give you confidence to start the process today.
UPDATE: Our presentation at Innovations in Healthy Food at The Federal Reserve Bank on December 14, 2016. See Slide Deck