I recently started using Keynote for presentations, before I had been an avid user of powerpoint. I found it easy to come up to speed on Keynote and friendly user settings as well as drag and drop import of images and the customizable shapes that can be created. The basic format of a keynote for … Continue reading Creating beautiful CMS presentations
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Top Ten for WCM!
Enterprise WCM Basic Functionalities! When you purchase a new content management system for your company you always have a long list of requirements for IT to work on - in order to get it set up. This list doesn't include components or designs, it's just the basic functions you will need in your web content … Continue reading Top Ten for WCM!
Blurry information in your web requests?
I cringe when I see requests to web teams not managed in a form and done all by email. Sometimes it's almost blank emails and other times it's an email with the history of humans long that they have to dig through and piece together what they need to do. If you are in an … Continue reading Blurry information in your web requests?
Think of reuse in your enterprise site
Two things to think about when you manage a site that has translations are how to reuse or make more simple updates. Images - AR locale Images such as your logo and possibly generic images on the site don't have to be translated if they have no text in them and are appropriate for the … Continue reading Think of reuse in your enterprise site
Top tools for managing web teams
When you deal with enterprise content management and lead a team, it's most often found everyone is remote. Even if your team is not remote the web publishing step is the last step in the launch process, and needless to say it's pretty chaotic. I've tried software in my time spent leading a 12 person … Continue reading Top tools for managing web teams
Web Design in Content Management Systems
When looking at how to design your website, think of design first. Customizing that design can always be done with web templates and components but first you want to be happy with the design. Is it engaging, clear, concise, have a good amount of white space and focus? Design Checklist.... Is the design engaging to … Continue reading Web Design in Content Management Systems
Working with Adobe XD
In the last year I've been working with Adobe XD program to create wireframes and site page designs for a client business. Did I mention there is a free version? Now what I would love to see added to this product is some thing that I have been missing for years.... the options of export … Continue reading Working with Adobe XD
Wappalyzer! Detect what CMS systems websites use…
"Wappalyzer is a cross-platform utility that uncovers the technologies used on websites. It detects content management systems, ecommerce platforms, web frameworks, server software, analytics tools and many more." https://wappalyzer.com/download#browser I just came across this amazing chrome plugin, that lets you browse sites, and find out what platform and CMS they are running as well … Continue reading Wappalyzer! Detect what CMS systems websites use…
Starting with Drupal
This morning I successfully installed, and set up a site using Drupal. It's very easy and wonderful so far to use. Simply downloading latest version, installing on your site, setting up MySQL database then running it! Very cool... I am working on the layout and appearance now, but I must say WOW. I went through … Continue reading Starting with Drupal
Lost Navigation, Tired Designs, Broken Links, Oh My!
Sites begin to show were when the are not maintained properly. Like that surprise summer storm that hits when we least expect, you look at your site and find an onslaught of new broken links, either by the frantic updates that happen or a slightly longer than meaning time to check such things. The reports … Continue reading Lost Navigation, Tired Designs, Broken Links, Oh My!
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