How to get started with committing to WordPress Core
Join Nathan Monk and Matt Oakley for an overview on how to get started with committing to WordPress Core
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Supporting our customers with Crisp
Crisp is a messaging platform that we've adopted at SMILE to interact with our clients. Though we're using it primarily for our SMILE support communications at the moment, we're hoping to branch out and explore how it can help us with broader client outreach going forward.
Back-end UX and why it is equally important as the front-end in WordPress
This article provides insight into why you should pay equal attention to backend user experiences (UX) and interfaces compared to the frontend in WordPress.
Finding inspiration for your UI/UX projects
Inspiration births some of the greatest ideas executed. If you have been designing interfaces for quite some time, there is a high chance you have felt unimpressed with some of your designs. This is usually resulting from the lack of variation plaguing UI design. Designers are often required to create similar components per project, this leads to repeated "patterns".
Why is prototyping so important in designing new web properties for HE?
We recently wrote about our chosen design system - UXPin. One of the reasons we chose UXPin is its prototyping power. In this article, we'll take a look at how prototyping has evolved and the value it now brings to our educational clients.
How important is your homepage?
Ask yourself this question. How important is your homepage? In the age of search engines, smart search, SEO etc, how many people actually land on your homepage and use it as a way to find out the information they are looking for?
What is Voice User Interface and how is it evolving the way we communicate with technology?
Communication between a computer and humans have always been unnatural - typing to get a response isn't the most intuitive method of conveying commands/instructions as opposed to the ease of using voice. The introduction of speech recognition technology aims to bridge the gap of communication - where computers can make sense of certain phrases and sentences.
A Blueprint for the Ideal Content Team: The Agency Perspective
Content is the stuff that websites are made of. And with the sheer amount of content migration that can come along with a website redesign, a plan is needed to help smooth the process. Nowhere is this more true than in the education sector.
What is UXPin and how can it help elevate your design process?
UXPin is not your average prototyping tool for linking static screens or artboards with transitions. It gives you everything needed to design prototypes that work like they’re the finished product.
Identifying Site and Menu Architecture Using GatherContent
At SMILE, we use GatherContent to manage our own website's copy and media content. We have learned that the ability to easily arrange and view our content in this way has highlighted how this system can be further used as a powerful tool to identify or improve site map and menu architecture. Here, we share some of our key learnings.