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 of...
The Stevie Awards are a set of hundreds of business awards given annually by the American Business Awards organization. They were created in 2002 to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of companies and business people worldwide. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards are given to
In addition to all of the above, the Genesis Framework will be further upgraded for Gutenberg with the release of version 2.8 in Q1 2019. 2.8 will include built-in features that allow you to easily and efficiently style and control Gutenberg blocks as well as auto-load demo content, which can arm
As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re extra excited to bring you this new StudioPress Theme: Breakthrough Pro, which is the first new theme to be launched since our acquisition of StudioPress in June. Breakthrough Pro
Blockchain Supercharged with AI: The Next Revolution
Artificial intelligence needs vast amounts of data to learn and make insightful decisions; blockchain becomes useful a novel way of storing data securely. As mentioned earlier, blockchain often boils down to being a distributed ledger technology, which means it creates a massive database of every
9 Blockchains Transforming the Way We Pay, Play, and Work
Look past digital currencies’ nosebleed pricing volatility, and you’ll discover a robust, decentralized, secure database. Brands and technologists are quickly figuring out how to put this powerful ledger to good use. Here are several real-world examples that demonstrate cryptos’
Banking is the Next Personal Assistant
Technology can be the catalyst to kick off this shift, but banking decision makers must reconstruct the roles they play if they want to bring this tech-reality to life. Instead of cold, numbers-driven institutions, consumers wish to have banks that offer friendly, knowledgable and familiar faces. A
Brand Is Experience in the Digital Age
Why is it important to understand the components of brand, and to differentiate brand from its common misinterpretation as simply a logo, a figurehead, or a website, among other things? Only when all three brand components — visuals, tone, and behaviors — are present and true to the core brand
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Service Blueprinting in Practice: Who, When, What
This mental model can be viewed as an extension of the previous mental model, service blueprinting as an exercise and framework; however; people who view service blueprinting as a collaborative tool emphasize the goal to align, communicate, and create shared understanding amongst varied roles
The Most Hated Online Advertising Techniques
Of the 330 open-ended responses, 232 were qualified responses which were coded to indicate the ad attribute that the participant mentioned (e.g., obstructed content, animated ad) and the affect expressed by the comment (e.g., positive, negative). For example, if a participant indicated she
Instructional Overlays and Coach Marks for Mobile Apps
Users cannot be expected to read a manual before using your app. People do not launch an app to spend time learning how to use the interface, but rather to complete a task in as short an amount of time as possible, using the least amount of effort possible. This is the paradox of the active user
Placeholders in Form Fields Are Harmful
In this pattern, labels are placed within the form field as placeholders until the field becomes active and the user moves the input focus into the field. At that point, the placeholder label moves to the top of the field. As a result, the floating label (also known as an adaptive placeholder) is
7 Tips for Successful Customization
Users often won’t bother to customize the site, even if the system is clear and simple to use. Because of this, don’t depend on customization to make a good experience. Generic site experiences, with no customization, should be strong enough to support users. You do not want a user staring at
Wishlist or shopping cart? Saving products for later in ecommerce
In today’s rich ecommerce landscape, finding the right product takes time and effort. Thus, it makes sense for users to want to avoid redoing the same work. However, using the shopping cart for saving items of interest occasionally conflicts with the normal functionality of the cart, which is to
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Web Research: Believe the Data
Web users often turn away rather than having to register. Quite simply, it's not worth peoples' time to answer all your questions. Even if we get a Web-wide standard for one-click registration, users will resent being asked to register. Every click is a burden for busy Web users, but more
User Experience vs. Customer Experience: What’s the difference?
For example, the claims process may function flawlessly and meet user needs when tested in the lab, but if the information provided in the confirmation email contradicts or confuses the messaging from the claim workflow, the journey breaks down. And if the entire claims process changes dramatically
Parallel & Iterative Design + Competitive Testing = High Usability
My study was in the domain of traditional application development. In a recent study, Steven P. Dow and his colleagues from Stanford University took this approach to the domain of Internet advertising. For the Stanford study, a group of designers created banner advertisements for a social media
UX Debt: How to Identify, Prioritize, and Resolve
Why is it more expensive to fix a UX problem later, rather than before launch? For many reasons. First, redesigning and recoding consumes many resources: the team has to refamiliarize with the nuances and details of the already launched features, spend time debugging them, and then possibly
Better Link Labels: 4Ss for Encouraging Clicks
Learn more is the new Click here. Some of its popularity is likely due to a misunderstanding about how people read online. Mailchimp might justify using a vague link (Learn more) because it follows a very specific and well-written tagline (Make your life easier with automation). However
Big Tech Faces Data Collection Scrutiny, but Big Insurance Might be Next
These moves probably won’t be the last word on the issue, however. As more regulators start to look into what the insurance industry’s been up to, there’s a good chance that the public will start to take notice, too. If the public finally wakes up and notices what’s happening — it’s all
Is more IoT driving more cyber attacks?
Thanks to the IoT technology, we can remote control those connected cameras. Even if we are not home, we still can access these devices and check our properties. However, just because we are using those connected cameras and devices, if we do not do a good job in terms of security, such as
The future of tokenization and blockchain is not just ICOs
Voting and governance through tokenization has been done through Distributed Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). While in an ideal world the voting rights would work very similar to standard governance in companies, but there are again no regulations. This may prove to be an issue in specific
How to Use Cornerstone Content to Kick-start Automatic-SEO?
Select a keyword and write lots of content pieces around it. Example – consider a keyword digital marketing. Now write small pieces of content around semantic keywords of digital marketing. Keep doing this every day and make sure the body of every small content piece contains the keyword Digital
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5 Real Life Blockchain Implementations Outside of Cryptocurrency
CargoConX‘s main selling point is allowing shipping logistics companies to “Uberize” their spare capacity in containers. For this to operate correctly, CargoConX uses smart contract technology based on blockchain to increase accountability amongst all partners. Their CSS Connect API backbone
Argentina is Stepping-Up as a Country of Web Developers
Furthermore, businesses in the United States can also benefit from establishing their company in Argentina. The average developer in the US commands a salary of $76,141 according to Salary.com, demonstrating the enormous potential markup which could be applied. Given the strength of the dollar, the
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TV Meets the Web
Note how my example of selecting stories for a customized evening news show relies on a fairly passive user interface: click a button as a fixed set of choices are read. In general, I think that the amount of initiative and activity required of the user will be the major defining difference between
Instilling Confidence in Online Shoppers: I Bought a Sofa Online and Good UX Sealed the Deal
In my journey of shopping for a sofa online, I went from a skeptical shopper to a committed customer in only a few days, due largely to the quality of the experience. I faced a lot of frustration after hours of trying to spend my money online. In the end, I found myself purchasing a product for
Fight Against “Right-Rail Blindness”
The right-hand side of the page consumes maybe 20% of your available pixels: the most precious resource in computers. It can serve many significant and practical purposes. It’s a place to feature secondary content — to recommend or extend the user journey to other areas of your site. Not
