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Teach Editors How to Use a Design System

Design system workshop at Davidson

When organizations move from a template-based website to a design system-based site, content editors gain the flexibility to build new layouts to suit their needs. But it’s a very different way to think about content creation, since you can now stack and combine layout components like Lego™ blocks. Editors used to having one big WYSIWYG […]

Why “Read More” is Less Effective

Sign with the text "This office will not tolerate redundancy in this office"

Rather than creating separate fields in our CMSs for titles and link text that reference the same destination content, we make the title the link. It’s easier to write, easier to scan, and better for screen readers. A win-win-win!

NewCity Statement on Racial Injustice

Black Lives Matter activists holding a sign

It’s not enough to care. It’s not enough to read the news and rant on Twitter. It doesn’t matter if those of us who are white seem “woke” or not. What matters is what we do — today, tomorrow, next year, and every year. We have to stay in this fight.

Oklahoma State University’s website wins a Circle of Excellence award

OSU students wearing orange at an outdoor event

Oklahoma State University’s website relaunch represents the 1st phase of an initiative to break down silos. OSU has a BIG personality (think bright orange, cowboy hats, and the friendliest place you’ll ever go), and the website needed to better represent that on-campus experience.

Infinite Scroll: A Bad Idea for Usability and Accessibility

A spiraling staircase

Though a common interaction on the web, infinite scroll causes problems for accessibility, usability, and performance. The cost to work around them is usually not worth the tradeoffs, and in the end, it can have a negative impact on the user experience.

An Agile Approach to Content Management Systems

An image of a person prototyping content management

Before agile, developers would build what they thought you’d need and spend months polishing that concept. Now, we invite you in early so we can design a CMS that’s a much better fit for you and your organization.