Earlier this year, we honored Webby for Good nominees using WordPress to bring positive changes to the world. On November 15th, 2018 industry experts and technology innovators from across the EU will meet for the Webby’s European sister show, The Lovie Awards. Winners are selected for creating a stunning overall digital experience as well as for excellence in select areas: websites, apps, mobile sites and podcasts, online advertising, internet video, and social media.
This year, WP Engine partnered with The Lovie Awards to bring Lovie For Good, a project highlighting digital experiences bringing positive change to the world. From an algorithm to promote compassionate leadership to campaigns recognizing the importance...
New year, new you, did you say? Well, that was our reality in 2018 as we rolled out some of our favorite new platform additions. We took the lead on the Amazon Polly plugin, the first plugin to bring voice technology to WordPress. The WP Engine Digital Experience Platform continued to evolve and
Despite concerns that Gutenberg would launch too early, that simply hasn’t been the case, and in recent months a herculean effort has gone into checking a considerable subset of the most-used plugins to make sure they’re Gutenberg-compatible. An equally heavy lift has been undertaken by
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
Blockchain Scalability: Even If Most Transactions Are in Layer II We Still Need a Layer I
Ultimately, there seems to be a consensus among the majority of the community that utilizing both layer I and layer II solutions is a no-brainer. What exact combination we end up seeing from the myriad solutions being developed is anyone’s guess, but using both offers the security and speed that
Transparency In The Cryptocurrency Ecosystem with James Giancotti
For any entrepreneurs looking to start crypto or blockchain projects, Giancotti gives his advice which is to focus on solving a problem and building something people want, not making money. Blockchain project should be built with the startup mentality: build a great product, form a company around
A Tale of Two Bubbles: Why Cryptocurrency Isn’t the Next Dot-Com
The similarities are fairly obvious. Cryptocurrency startups, much like the dot-coms, are experiencing an influx of capital that’s boosting the valuations of solid, innovative companies along with their relatively worthless counterparts — Dogecoin comes to mind as a cautionary tale. But
Intranet Design After a Merger or Acquisition
Ask employees to offer suggestions for news articles and items. A simple “suggest an article topic” form (that asks for the topic, why it might be interesting, and whom to contact to interview) can generate diverse ideas from around the organization and help employees feel involved. Plus, it
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UX Responsibilities in Scrum Ceremonies
If you find yourself spread too thin and unable to attend ceremonies, you’re likely trying to do too much in a given sprint. Reprioritize your workload to favor what needs to get done in the current sprint to ensure that developers have what they need for the next one. Shifting your mindset this
Mobile Microsessions
A good design will often translate into a reduced interaction cost and thus low task time. Yet, it is not enough. You can do more. To understand why, let’s think of a user who is trying to check in for a United Airlines flight on the phone. First, the user must find the app on her phone, launch
Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them
An older version of Walmart.com used a modal dialog to prompt users to log in during checkout. At best, this modal could distract users and launch them into a full-fledged quest to find the Walmart.com password rather than simply completing checkout as a guest. At worst, users may feel that
Top 10 Application-Design Mistakes
It’s really rare for icons to stand on their own, with most users able to understand them immediately. Even icons that might seem universal (such as the hamburger menu) are not as familiar to users as most UX practitioners would expect. It gets much worse if your application has icons that are
10 Best Application UIs
But Xero might be a more interesting example, simply because it targets the traditionally dry domain of accounting. One of its main features lets users automatically reconcile bookkeeping entries with bank account transactions. As a match is made, the 2 matching entries are removed from the list of
10 Usability Heuristics Applied to Video Games
PlayerUnknown’s Battleground Mobile (PUBG Mobile) on iOS keeps Help documentation accessible and visible in the top right corner of the game homepage. However, simply having a Help section doesn’t make finding what you need any easier; it’s also important that the help content is clear and
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Decision Making in the Ecommerce Shopping Cart: 4 Tips For Supporting Users
Because shoppers are making final purchase decisions in the cart, it is essential that the cart clearly summarizes the items in it. In the cart, include product images that are large enough to show some details, allowing the shopper to differentiate an item from other similar items that he may be
Why Personas Fail
Personas do work — or, more accurately, they often work. But humans have a great ability to generalize from a single observation, so it’s understandable that somebody could sour on personas (or any UX technique) if her one experience was a bad one. You can appeal to the logical side of most
Using Swipe to Trigger Contextual Actions
Contextual swipe is popular in app development, but when used incorrectly it can cause confusion. Take caution when using it as a primary method of providing actions for content. Although more and more users have learned to associate swipe with delete, some apps still do not use it, while others
How to Report Errors in Forms: 10 Design Guidelines
When you need to draw extra attention to a potential error, you can use a modal or confirmation dialog to explain details and help the user fix the issue. However, use such dialogs sparingly as they have two big disadvantages: (1) they are disruptive; (2) the error message is presented in a window
iOS Design Rules to Break
The LinkedIn app reuses the same Plus icon throughout the app for a variety of functions. On the main home screen shown above, the Plus icon can be tapped to follow a company (without confirming this is what the user intended). When searching in the app, the Plus icon can also be used to quickly
Repositioning Your Brand Against Cybercrimes Through VPNs
Earlier last year, the Cambridge Analytica scandal made headlines in the world, shaking the public’s trust in Facebook to the foundations. As if that was not enough, hackers came calling and were able to gain access to over 30 million users’ records in September 2018. In what seemed the most
How IoT has Exposed Business Organizations to Cyber Attacks
This is why you can’t only focus on managing your IoT from a technological standpoint. You must also pay attention to the people who work for you, especially those who come into contact with your company’s sensitive data. If any of them want to harm your business, it’s up to you to intervene
8 Things Every Business Should Know About Data Recovery
The frequency of backup must be based on data criticality and affordability. And there’s no debate on whether you should create and maintain a regular backup. The point is when and how. You should backup business database nightly. But in case some data is lost in between the backup cycle, use
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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How to Save Money Filing Patents
For example, in Size Appeal of Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., SBA No. SIZ-4977 (2008), the SBA Size Determination Board determined that an “affiliation” with an individual minority stockholder (a venture capital firm) transformed the otherwise small medical device startup company into a large
The Freelance Entrepreneur’s Guide to Surviving In The World of IoT
The world of Internet-of-Things (or “IoT”) is constantly changing in big ways. For example, cloud-based software like Microsoft Office 365 and Photoshop are popular enough to be considered a trend. They are also useful and have a bright future. For instance, cloud-based software can be updated
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The Fold Manifesto: Why the Page Fold Still Matters
A second set of data comes from Google’s analysis of display advertising (PDF) across a huge number of websites. The study looked at how “viewable” an advertisement was, with viewability defined as 50% of the ad’s pixels being on-screen for one second. Advertisements just above the fold had
Scrolling and Scrollbars
If you must make your own scrollbars, stay as close to user expectations as possible. Unless your scrollbars look like scrollbars, users might not notice them. Unless your scrollbars behave like scrollbars, users might not be able to bring the desired content into view. In either case, your
Zigzag Image–Text Layouts Make Scanning Less Efficient
Some images may have too much information: you may consider them crucial to the understanding of the offering, but users may be overwhelmed, especially when they are less familiar with your offerings or your content. These complex images may also compete with the informational text. Select
