In an effort to help the WordPress community grow and prosper as well as expand and add value to the WP Engine Digital Experience platform, WP Engine recently acquired StudioPress. For our customers, this means, in addition to the Genesis framework, they’ll have access to 35 premium themes. All StudioPress themes are built using the Genesis Framework, are professionally designed, mobile-responsive, and built for seamless use, right out of the box.
Starting this week, we’ll be exploring the StudioPress themes, one by one. This week, we’ll showcase Altitude Pro, a bold and enticing child theme build to work in combination with the reliability of the Genesis framework.
The annual Greater Austin Business Awards competition, presented by The Austin Chamber of Commerce, is designed to honor excellence in all aspects of business. In order to promote awareness and perpetuate good practices, the Awards recognize companies and organization in the Austin region for
With regards to Genesis, the good news is that it has no substantial backwards-compatibility issues with Gutenberg. The main focus of updates to the StudioPress themes are focused on adding styles for the new Gutenberg blocks. However, what we’re most excited about are the brand new features we
Almost three years ago, WP Engine expanded its global presence and opened a second international office in Limerick, Ireland (our first was in London). Known as a city where technology and culture collide, Limerick has been the perfect location for WP Engine to grow and evolve. At its start, the
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Finally, Hathaway sees this as a unique opportunity for the United States to work with countries around the world, and with organizations on an extremely local level. “We cannot succeed if our government works in isolation,” she added. It requires “leading from the top” from
Images of Fitbit next smartwatch reveal heart-rate improvements
Fitbit is on schedule, as its boss James Park keeps reminding us, to launch its next smartwatch by the end of the year. We don’t know what the smartwatch will be called, though Blaze 2 seems likely, but thanks to leaks we know its design and some of the hardware improvements. Images obtained by
Cross-Platform Scaling: The Way Forward for Businesses on Blockchain
Over the past 18 months, we have witnessed a significant shift in the state of the financial markets. Cryptocurrencies, once a niche fascination, have exploded in value. At the start of 2017, digital currencies held collective market cap of less than a $20 billion. They entered 2018 with a
Design Thinking 101
History of Design Thinking It is a common misconception that design thinking is new. Design has been practiced for ages: monuments, bridges, automobiles, subway systems are all end-products of design processes. Throughout history, good designers have applied a human-centric creative process to build
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Better Link Labels: 4Ss for Encouraging Clicks
Notice that this quality of good links is last in the list. Concision is important, but it must be balanced with the other priorities (specific, sincere, substantial) in link-label writing. There is no maximum word count for links. They can be as long as they need to be to achieve those other three
Service Blueprinting in Practice: Who, When, What
Teams that frequently participate in service blueprinting initiatives include design, product/project management, research, and development. Fewer than 50% of participants identified participation from senior leadership, customer support, marketing, or sales, all of which we should participate to
Help People Create Passwords That They Can Actually Remember
One of the most famous memory studies is Miller’s “Magical Number Seven” (Miller, 1956). Miller reviewed several published memory experiments and determined that, when shown lists of elements of various length, most people could roughly remember 7 (plus or minus 2) elements. But Miller’s
The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think
The OECD project looked at a broad range of job-related skills, but of most interest to us is the test of technology skills. For this part of the study, participants were asked to perform 14 computer-based tasks. Instead of using live websites, the participants attempted the tasks on simulated
Designing Effective Infographics
Similarly, the chart below lends itself to misinterpretation because of how the y-axis is truncated. The chart was published to show how Americans felt about a controversial court decision. It visually implies that there is a stark difference of opinion between Democrats and Republicans. In fact
Web Research: Believe the Data
Unfortunately, there is still too little publicly available research on Web usability. Some proprietary research exists and I am gratified by the growth in the number of companies that are running their own studies. But we also need published results since many of the findings do generalize. For
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Setup of an Eyetracking Study
If you want static visualizations of where individuals looked on a page, you could use a setup similar to ours, but you wouldn’t need as many users. You could collect data from 8-12 participants. (For regular qualitative usability testing, it’s usually best to test with around 5 users, but for
Applying Discounts and Promotions on Ecommerce Websites
JCPenney was mindful of price-conscious buyers and implemented a Find Best Coupon banner during checkout. Users could click this, and an overlay would appear on the right, showing available coupons. Once users found an appropriate coupon, they could click Apply and the code would be applied
Storyboards Help Visualize UX Ideas
Storyboards can be a form of ideation. You can sketch out an idea of how a user may use a feature if it helps to visualize a potential experience or you want to have a better understanding of the user’s environment before starting development. Ideation storyboards should be used as a means of
Salesforce’s Lightning Design System shows a UI element, Button Group Base, along with an example of how to implement it, guidelines for how it should function, and when an alternative variant (such as Button Group Disabled) should be used. The example is a live element that is interactive and
Design Charrettes & Team Sketching: ½ Inspiration, ½ Buy-In
In an intranet design, the HR representative sketches a section page with 90% of the above-fold space dedicated to the benefits of the open-enrollment period. When explaining her design, she says that this year there will be no print mailings to employees, and that people already get so many
Evaluating Popular Web Browsers in Terms of Security and Privacy
Firefox features ‘Content Blocking’ which allows users to block the trackers that the browsers detect. It offers a wide range of add-ons to its users who want to up their online privacy game. Since Firefox is the only open-source browser that is widely used so anyone can examine what source
Best Data Visualization Tools for 2020 Reviewed
One of the main benefits these tools and software offer is the ability to provide real-time visualizations. In a business scenario, you’ll want to update new reports. You don’t want to access the datasets and find they are obsolete, closed, or can’t be updated automatically. On the other
Data Legislation Is Coming. Can You Get Compliant?
Additionally, Apple came out in favor of federal data regulations. The company supports giving users the right to control what information is stored, who it is shared with, and why. Considering that consumers, Congress, and now big tech are all in favor of stricter protections, companies need to
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
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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
How to Manage Conflict at Work
You may think that you have the world’s most exceptional colleagues, but sooner or later, you’ll have a conflict at work. Unfortunately, conflict at work and misunderstandings happen all the time, so managing them in a proper way to minimize their effect on your productivity is critical to
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Ensure High Contrast for Text Over Images
Left: In this edited version, a blur has been added to bottom of photos containing text, and the font color has been changed to the default dark colors instead of white. Additionally, the text has been moved down to have consistent placement with other grid items, allowing the blur to be contained
Password Creation: 3 Ways To Make It Easier
Allow users to unmask the password. Seeing the password will support memory and will allow users to check their work. On desktop, hide the password by default, and next to it, place a checkbox labeled Show password. On mobile devices and tablets, show the password by default and let users toggle
Pop-ups and Adaptive Help Get A Refresh
One advantage to presenting help information on the same page with the main content is that people don’t have to leave their current location to go look at help This supports rule #3 above, because it requires minimal context switching and makes it easy for people to continue where they left off
