For the past 24 years, Media Temple dedicated itself to serving the needs of the digital creative community. Thus, our mantra—for creatives, by creatives.  This mantra led to our decision that now is the time to retire the Media Temple brand and fully integrate into GoDaddy. Since joining GoDaddy, we worked hand-in-hand with them to incorporate the best of Media Temple into offerings, including improving GoDaddy’s customer experience and leveraging Media Temple’s unique expertise on what it truly means to run a world-class hosting organization. If you closely examine GoDaddy’s hosting off ..read more

As long as I’ve been creating web experiences, I’ve heard people use the “building a house” analogy. To build a house, first you need a blueprint (strategy), and then you pour the foundation (platform), build the walls (wireframes), install the plumbing and electrical (APIs), put in the fixtures and flooring (content) and finally decorate (visual design) and move-in (launch). Ok, so I’ve never built an actual house before, so I might have missed a step or two, but you get the point. It is a very sequential, “waterfall” type process. And if you’re building a home it makes a lot of sense. You ca ..read more

New web design trends are always emerging and being adopted by web designers, making web design an ever-evolving discipline. Here are the 7 new web design trends that you should consider this year.  Very Peri color schemes Every year, the color experts at Pantone announce a ‘Color of the Year’. Their choice of color is informed by their research into emerging trends around the world, in all sorts of sectors from fashion to economics. This year, the Pantone Color of the Year is Very Peri.  Pantone said: “As we move into a world of unprecedented change, the selection of Very Peri bring ..read more

Strong content design is about much more than applying your brand identity or basic design principles. Good design is inherently good storytelling, delivering a core message through visual communication. But the way you tell that story through both content and distribution is changing.   As society, technology, and communication channels evolve, there are many more layers to consider if you want to create meaningful, impactful content that resonates with people.  Here are three trends that are influencing the way we can—and should—design content.   1) Inclusive de ..read more

According to statistics from DataProt, about 122.3 billion email spam messages are sent daily. That’s about 85% of the world’s daily email traffic. We’re talking about billions and billions of unsolicited, unwelcomed, and sometimes virus-infested emails being delivered to people’s inboxes every minute.  Over the years, technology companies have developed complex filters to prevent spam from being both sent and received. These filters use algorithms to assess an email’s content to determine whether an email is spam.   Spam filters are incredibly effective and helpful. However, if you ..read more

In the simplest terms, a domain name is your web address, but you can also think of it as the main entrance to your online space. It’s something you want people to remember so that they can type it in their browser at any time and visit your website. It’s also something you want to be up to date with the latest trends so that it stays effective and relevant. Just like brick-and-mortar stores continuously change the look and feel of a shop’s entrance to suit the latest trends, online business owners should be aware of the latest trends in the domain world.  In this article, we look at the ..read more

A Captain Planet Metaphor for the 5 Components of WordPress WorkPress is an open-source, dynamic, content management system (CMS powering over one third of the world’s websites. To understand how WordPress works, we break down the 5 components that join to make the single most popular CMS in the world. And what is the fun of learning if we can’t use a Captain Planet metaphor to help us? Captain Planet is a superhero made up of 5 powers; earth, fire, wind, water, and heart (the arguably less cool power). When the Planeteers wear their rings and come together Captain Planet is summoned! Without ..read more

Even on their best days, humans struggle with change. So do businesses. And the pandemic wasn’t the year’s next “hottest fad,” it was an existential threat from nature itself. When the pandemic hit, we all watched as some companies easily adapted, some struggled and made it through, and some were dead on their feet. Fortunately, as an agency, change is our day job. We thrive in chaos, pushing through fear and ambiguity to create opportunity. Every day we’re fighting side-by-side with our clients to help them survive and design the future. While the last two years have taught us that nothing is ..read more

Congratulations on starting your WordPress site!  Figuring out how to build your website and what features to include can be overwhelming. Scrolling past thousands of plugin options can definitely induce a case of paralysis through analysis.  If you’ve ever collected Pokemon cards, you may remember something called a starter pack. It contained enough cards to get you going. In the spirit of that concept I selected 5 free or “freemium” plugins that work in conjunction as your starter pack to get you going on your WordPress journey. So, read up and equip your site for battle.  1 ..read more

NFTs are making huge waves around the world and have gone from virtually unknown to the cultural cache of appearing on the New York Times Sunday edition front page and featuring on a South Park in just 1 years time. They featured at Miami’s art festival Art Basal and are hitting record sale prices at auction houses like Christys and Sothebys and are popping up as profile pictures for celebs everywhere. How can you find your place in this movement? NFTs and web design are not too far apart. Web designers are inherently creative and technical, already in position to break through to this world ..read more