What are the business needs the company/organization wants to solve with its new website or app? This is one of the critical questions to ask when starting a digital project like a website or app, according to the “Five Pillars Framework.” Created by Content Strategist expert Rahel Bailie, I share… Read More »A helpful set of questions to ask before creating your next website or app
Most people (including me) already struggle to find a good Work-Life-Balance. However, I decided to spice things up this last year, and add a third component to that equation: study! For some reason I had the glorious idea to start a Masters Degree that was advertised as part-time (SPOILER ALERT:… Read More »Work-Life-Study Balance: A Guide to (Moderate) Success
Can’t access your WordPress admin dashboard anymore? Reasons might be that you accidentally deleted a bit too much instead of just your demo content, that you can’t access your login page after a major update, or that you got hacked and taken away your access rights to your site. If… Read More »8 Steps to Create an Admin User Without Access to WordPress Website
When designing for any medium, you as a designer are not responsible for content, but for the framing of the content. And bad content will ex- or implode that framing quickly. But what can you do about that problem? And what is bad content from a designers perspective? Let’s talk!
I recently worked with a client who found themselves involved in a big court case. A former supplier of theirs sued them over allegedly unpaid bills. The general company sentiment was that indeed there were bills unpaid – but for very specific reasons. However, no one was quite clear as… Read More »Law & Order: Content Strategy at Trial
Most of us will be physically or mentally handicapped at some point in our lives. A broken arm. A tremoring hand. Bad eyesight. The aftermath of a burnout. You name it. And then, there are many of us who will be physically or mentally handicapped throughout their entire lifetime. These… Read More »How to Improve Accessibility of Mobile Websites
this blog post is a reflection based on a talk by Tatiana Mac What Is My Privilege? Since I was obviously unaware of major parts of my privilege, the first thing I needed to find out for myself is how privilege is defined. For me, a privileged person has always… Read More »The Performance Privilege: Why Accessibility Matters!
That everyone should be able to access a website seems like a common truth. However, this is often not the case. And in the case of governments, I have learned that Web accessibility should be a number one priority. Here I share with you why this is key and what… Read More »Why accessibility should be a top priority for governmental websites
Why hotel chains should take their time to rethink and restructure their websites and how to do it. This is the first article of a little series to get your website clean and shiny, ready to welcome visitors from around the world. You will gain the knowledge and confidence to… Read More »Please, clean up your website!
Home page, website, web page – what’s the difference?
I often experience that the terms website, home page, and web presence are simply used synonymously. People don’t actually know that there’s a difference. When talking to anyone working in the web development field, this is when it gets useful understanding the difference, so you avoid pitfalls. So here’s your “website 101”.