Category Archive: Uncategorized

5 Tips for Choosing the Right Website Support Partner

Finding a long-term support partner for your open source website is kind of like dating. First, you ask your friends if they know of any agencies that they’ve worked with that they would recommend. You Google all recommendations and look at other companies that rank highly in your search results. Read More

10 Tips for Email Newsletters People Want To Read

A newsletter is no longer just for news and updates. It’s an opportunity to connect. After all, people can get news and updates for just about anything, elsewhere. The inbox is a battlefield. When we’re trying to reach our audiences with a connection they’ve opted in for, we’re competing with… Read More

California Open Data Portal: One Year and Counting!

In October 2014, the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) launched their new Open Data Portal. And it was a big deal: CHHS is the largest non-federal health agency in the country (and one of the larger health agencies in the world — with an annual budget of… Read More

More Than Just Posts: How We Use WordPress to Extend Influence

WordPress started in the early 2000s as a platform for blogging. As the development of WordPress has matured over the years, features like themes and plugins now allow developers to use it for much more than just small websites and blogs. Nevertheless, I still often hear questions like, “but isn’t… Read More

Mapping Content to Audiences – Part 2

Part 2: What They Want to See. In Part 1, I walked through some hard truths about what we publish online: people engage with content they find valuable. But how do we figure out what will resonate with our key audiences? The good news is, there are lots of… Read More

Is Drupal 8 Right for Your Next Web Project?

This Thursday is the long awaited release date for Drupal 8, the newest version of the leading Open Source CMS. It’s packed with big improvements, and the new version represents a big leap forward for the future of the CMS. There is a better mobile experience, a new services layer… Read More

Upgrading to Drupal 8: A Planning Guide

Co-written by: Jess Snyder, Senior Manager, Web Systems at WETA A year ago, Andrew wrote that the Drupal 8 decision was coming, and advised folks to plan. Around that time, he talked to folks about their plans, many replied, “my plan so far has been to put my fingers… Read More

What’s Your Drupal Upgrade Path?

Exciting! Drupal 8 is going to be released this week! If your website is built on Drupal 6, you should be seriously planning your upgrade path now, as the clock starts ticking on support for D6. As a rule of thumb, the Drupal community supports the two most recent version… Read More

Are you ready to create impact?

We'd love to connect and discuss your next project.