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WordPress 5.0 has arrived , and with it comes a new and improved way to create content in the post editor. At WP Engine, we’re excited for this change and are now ready to begin auto-upgrades for our customers. Historically, we have halted updates mid-November through January 1 in respect of holiday schedules, and this release is no different. Now that we are in the new year, we are ready to share...
Sifting through the thousands of themes in existence today is a daunting task, and finding the right one for your website is just part of the challenge. No one wants to trust their portfolio, online magazine, or e-commerce site to just any formulaic theme. Making sure it’s well designed, well
Countless publications such as Wired and the New York Times live on WordPress. The News Pro Theme gives you the look and feel of a full-featured publication. Display featured stories, article snippets and different categories. The theme even includes built-in ad space so you don’t have to account
As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re shifting our focus to food with this new StudioPress Theme: Daily Dish Pro, which is designed to make your content just as appetizing as the best meal at your favorite four-star
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability
Decentralized P2P Lending Services vs Networks
In contrast, each network member in the transitive trust networks establishes his/her own trust lines with other users. And by doing go he/she evaluates and weighs all the risks. At the same time, other participants can use its trust lines (for example, when making multi-hop payments, etc.). A
The Future of Blockchain: Technology Partnerships with AI, Bots, and IoT
With more companies looking to undertake digital transformations, cities have also started considering what this same process might mean for key issues related to infrastructure, crime and security, energy consumption, and social issues. As The Hill explained, “Smart cities can reduce
UX Research Cheat Sheet
User-experience research methods are great at producing data and insights, while ongoing activities help get the right things done. Alongside R&D, ongoing UX activities can make everyone’s efforts more effective and valuable. At every stage in the design process, different UX methods can keep
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The Layer-Cake Pattern of Scanning Content on the Web
People don’t usually read every word on a webpage, in an app, or even in an article or text passage. Instead, they often scan — because their experience with many websites has taught them that scanning can deliver almost the same value (that is, amount of information) with significant less
Beyond Usability: 3 User Experiences Reshaping Their Industries
When they call a regular cab, riders have no control — hence, all the anxieties listed above. With Uber, they suddenly get all the control they need: once they order an “uber”, they see how far away the car is and how much they have to wait, they know in advance how much the ride will cost
OK-Cancel or Cancel-OK? The Trouble With Buttons
We get countless questions about small details in UI design that don't matter much to the overall user experience. One classic is the order of buttons in dialog boxes: OK / Cancel Cancel / OK Both are reasonable choices, and people can argue for hours about their preferences: Listing OK
Layered Interaction Analysis of Direct Manipulation (Jakob Nielsen)
A typical example of the lack of transparency is the complicated installation procedures involved in transferring certain large applications from the floppy disks on which they are sold to the user's hard disk. The user's goal is to move the application to the hard disk and to run it, but it is
Indicators, Validations, and Notifications: Pick the Correct Communication Option
Three common approaches for status communication include validation, notifications, and status indicators. These terms are used sometimes interchangeably in product design, but they stand for different communication methods that should be used in different circumstances. Understanding the
Tesla’s Touchscreen UI: A Case Study of Car-Dashboard User Interface
The map appears in the background of all apps, potentially interfering with any content displayed above it or with the use of swipe to close or maximize applications. The red traffic markers are visible in the area between the calendar and the media player app, potentially distracting the driver
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UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet
Think of service blueprints as a part two to customer journey maps. Similar to customer journey maps, blueprints are instrumental in complex scenarios spanning many service-related offerings. Blueprinting is an ideal approach to experiences that are omnichannel, involve multiple touchpoints, or
Infinite Scrolling is Not for Every Website
The success of infinite scrolling on social media sites such as Twitter have made this technique popular, but that doesn’t mean you should do it too. Continuous scrolling is advantageous for content that streams constantly and has a relatively flat structure, where each unit of content belongs at
The Sketch Test: Test and Improve Your UX Deliverables and Other Documents
A dendrogram is a type of data visualization produced by card sorting (a popular information-architecture research method). It shows all the main terms presented to users along the left-hand side, and the tree-like structure on the right half of the document shows the percentage of participants
Long-Term Exposure to Flat Design: How the Trend Slowly Makes Users Less Efficient
You may ask: isn’t it a good thing if users are forced to pay more attention to language and placement of design elements on the screen? In our course on the foundations of HCI we teach that deep processing is better for memory than shallow processing (in other words, processing the meaning and
Preventing User Errors: Avoiding Unconscious Slips
Some tasks really do require users to type very detailed or precise information, but forcing people to provide this information in a very specific format can be at odds with good usability practices: If you are asking users to input numerical information into a form, be flexible, and format that
3 Tips to Convert a Data Science Internship into a Job
Transitioning from an internship into a high-paying career is hard. In the data science world, the competition for employment is intense. While there still are a lot of unfilled roles out there, most of them require something slightly more than just a textbook education. The best way to make the
An Insider’s 11 Take-Aways from Companies Winning Industrial (IIoT) Cybersecurity
One of the more interesting areas now being explored: public ledgers. A growing number of companies are looking at Blockchain public ledger technologies to help authenticate assets and provide an audit trail with end-to-end chain of custody. (Industry groups are getting involved too—the Trusted
Five Best Open-Source Antivirus’ for Carefree Cyber-Threat Protection
You can detect a lot of different types of malicious software by using open source antivirus products. Experienced developers in both fields will tell you this is the most secure way to connect to the internet today. These programs simply make their code available for free so you can modify and
Is Artificial Intelligence Still Relevant for Startups?
The larger the data set you can gain access to, the more interesting work your platform can do. Look at CentralSquare Technologies, an AI startup that connects emergency call centers around the country. Emergency dispatch centers ran independently for a long time before startups like CentralSquare
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5 Misconceptions You Should Know About Before Launching Your Tech Startup
Bring together an advisory board that has built successful startups, study the lean startup methodology, secure an experienced product manager, find a lawyer who’s familiar with tech, or consider partnering with a startup accelerator. Most importantly, know exactly what you’re getting into
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues
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Horizontal Attention Leans Left
Should you deviate from convention, understand that it is a risk which may jeopardize the effectiveness and persuasiveness of your content. Users will look for information where they expect it to be in a conventional layout. If that content isn’t there, the consequential search they will embark
Mobile First Is NOT Mobile Only
While hiding navigation under an expandable menu can be a necessity on a small mobile device, it is not a practice that is native to the desktop; rather, it is a trend inspired by mobile and reinforced by responsive design, a technology that allows the same content and functionality to be present
Comparison Tables for Products, Services, and Features
The biggest problem with most comparison tables isn’t a design problem, it’s a content problem. When attribute information is missing, incomplete, or inconsistent across similar offerings, otherwise handy comparison tables quickly become useless. This is especially problematic for dynamic
