We have bad news (or exciting news, if you’re a web geek like me!). Starting in October, the Google Chrome browser will display “Not Secure” errors for any site that doesn’t have an SSL certificate and https URLs. What does that … Read more
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Smart Solutions for Translating Website Content
There’s no question that translating website content can help you reach a broader audience. Since we last posted about enhanced internationalization and multilingual site options, we’ve discovered more resources for translating website content. First, consider your needs. 1. Make sure you know … Read more
4 Ways to Make Donating Easy for your Supporters
Almost all nonprofits have some way for their supporters to donate online. How can you reach your donors better than the rest? Here are four things you can do to make sure your fundraising is even more successful! Make donating … Read more
Organize Your WordPress Media Library with Media Deduper Pro
Our Media Deduper plugin keeps your WordPress Media Library neat and tidy by guarding against duplicate files. Now, it’s even BETTER. We’ve released Media Deduper Pro with more features that will help you maintain order and clean up your existing files. What’s new? … Read more
Amazon Pay: A new donation option
Unless you’ve been living under a fundraising rock, you not only know about, but have probably already use at least one PayPal donate button. And for good reason: PayPal’s donate options include an embeddable button, discounted rates for 501(c)(3)s, and there’s no … Read more
♪ Happy Birthday to Us! ♫
We’ve done a lot of things over the last five years: Launched almost 200 WordPress sites Quadrupled in size Attended 15 conferences Bought so.very.many. desks, chairs, and computer monitors (and watched as our team moved those things from house to house, state … Read more
Choosing the Right Donation Amounts
Most people don’t give any thought to giving levels when setting up a donation form — they either keep the default donation amounts or select random numbers or amounts that they’d personally be comfortable giving. But these giving levels are … Read more
Stand Out on #GivingTuesday By Using These Tips
You know you should plan something for #GivingTuesday. You know you should start planning soon so you don’t wait until the last minute. But how can you stand out when so many other organizations are fundraising at the same time? … Read more
Email Deliverability: Where to Start When It All Goes Wrong
Working with a variety of nonprofit CRMs and email communication tools, we attend to deliverability concerns on a regular basis. Here are some tips for where to start when your email deliverability just… doesn’t… look good. What’s wrong? Bulk email communication is … Read more
How to Use Color on Your Website
How you use color is important on the web. Color schemes immediately help visitors recognize your brand, accent colors guide them to the important parts of your website, and contrasts even help to determine the accessibility of your site. Unfortunately, … Read more
Go Big! Use a Mega Menu to Improve Your Navigation
If you have bought anything online from a major retailer, you’ve likely used a mega menu. Designed to provide site users with a simple top navigation and detailed options below, mega menus show more links and sub-categories of information and improve how … Read more
Everyone loves the charity: water website! What makes it so great?
If you’re involved in nonprofit communications, then you will be familiar with the charity: water website. A treasure trove of inspiration for content and strategy organizers, this is one site that comes up especially frequently during Cornershop’s creative discovery sessions, … Read more