wordpress website design (Tag)

October 9, 2017  |  Google Workspace

When working with non-profits and event management companies, one of the most common challenges we see is in managing the organization’s event calendars. Many times, fast-growing organizations have evolved around separate solutions for their internal calendars (e.g. Outlook), attendee calendar subscriptions (e.g. iCal or Google Calendar), and their website’s calendar (managed independently, through their CMS). […]

September 11, 2017  |  Web Design & Development

Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition (CABC) is a non-profit organization that promotes awareness and acceptance of breastfeeding through educational events and services, helping to improve infant and family health throughout the Chicago area. PixelPeople worked with CABC to re-design and re-build the site to provide easier access to information, help promote the organization’s events, and help […]

August 14, 2017  |  Web Design & Development

Have you ever clicked a button to submit a form and wondered…is anything happening? Did that work, or did I just lose all my info? That’s a classic example of inadequate design, and a scenario where a “microinteractions” can drastically improve the user experience. A microinteraction is a website element that gives instant, helpful feedback […]

July 10, 2017  |  WordPress Web Design & Development

If your business hasn’t yet switched to WordPress, you might still think that managing a website is difficult and time-consuming. But today, WordPress is bigger and better than ever, and in the hands of an experienced designer/developer, a custom WordPress website can be a natural extension of your brand, while making it easy to manage […]

January 9, 2017  |  Web Design & Development

The new year is the perfect time to resolve to finish up the “little things” you’ve been putting off–the finishing touches that will help your business, help your site visitors, and protect the investment you’ve made in your website. If any of these to-dos are still unchecked after 2016, it’s time for action. Secure and […]

September 19, 2016  |  Web Design & Development

Crisis Center for South Suburbia (CCSS) provides support services for victims of domestic abuse and helps raise awareness of domestic abuse issues through education and community events. PixelPeople joined forces with a team of professional project managers, marketers, and copy writers who donated their time through the Taproot Foundation to create a new website for […]

August 15, 2016  |  WordPress Web Design & Development

Despite the robust editing capabilities built in to WordPress’ native editor, there may be times when you want to add special styling or functionality to your page, beyond what the editor offers. Fortunately, WordPress also has a massive library of free (or at least inexpensive) plugins available–odds are, someone else has already faced the same […]

July 18, 2016  |  Web Design & Development

If your website needs to support users across multiple languages, there are plenty of solutions out there. But not all solutions are equal. Services like Google Translate are quick, easy and free to add to your site – but the translation quality is far from perfect. Misinterpreted information can be confusing to end users, and can […]

July 5, 2016  |  Web Design & Development

I’ve spent much of my career working with small businesses and startups, and I’ve lost many bids to the “fast,” “cheap,” and “simple” website solutions that are offered online–projects that don’t even require human interaction from the vendor side, because there’s no real thought or customization to them. They’re geared more towards keeping you on a […]

June 6, 2016  |  WordPress Web Design & Development

One of the biggest advantages of a website powered by WordPress is the massive amount of plugins available to optimize it, extend its features, and keep it secure–and many of the best plugins are free, like WordPress itself. Last week we listed some essential security plugins that can help protect your site. Now for the bells and […]

May 23, 2016  |  WordPress Web Design & Development

WordPress now powers more than 25% of all websites on the internet–and that can be seen as a positive or a negative by people who aren’t familiar with the platform. Glass-half-full people see the massive community of developers who extend and protect the platform as a major benefit. Glass-half-empty people focus on how its proliferation makes it […]