The New Modular Web: An Introduction
Traditionally we have always been working with websites on the base of them being viewed in just one way. After all, web publishing is closely based on that of print publishing. Over the past years,...
View Article4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Run Your Website Without a Website Maintenance Service
Is your website important to you? If you are reading this, I am going to assume that your answer is yes. Now imagine your site going down. Would you know about it? Far too many business owners do not....
View ArticleLanding Pages: What They Are, Why You Need Them, and How They Help SEO
We talk a lot about landing pages nowadays on the web. Landing pages have grown from being just an web analysis term to a successful technique for conversion optimization. The best part is, it’s a...
View ArticleWhat Is Your #1 Website Goal?
When we start a new website project with a client, the first thing we discuss is what the primary goal is for the website. We do this for one primary reason: It gets everyone on board and behind the...
View ArticleThe 8 WordPress Plugins We Always Rely On
Here at Bernskiold Media we work a lot with WordPress as a framework of choice. Even though many of the projects we do for clients are diverse, some plugins are used all the time. With the tens and...
View ArticleWhy You Should Never Title Your Links “Click Here”
Click here to read more about link titling. A very common phrase for linking on the web, where only the word “here” would be turned into a link. Recognize yourself? You’ll be pleased to know that...
View ArticleMaking Accessible Websites Doesn’t Have to be Hard | WordCamp Antwerp 2016
I was invited to WordCamp in Antwerp, Belgium to speak on the interesting topic of web accessibility. We have recently completed an awesome project with a client, where accessibility had to be of...
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It’s Time We Get Rid Of The Standard Ugly Text Page
You know it all too well. You visit a website and go to read a page on it. It has a page title, maybe a subtitle and then body copy. In one long an often slightly too wide column. It’s uninteresting...
View ArticleWhy Following WCAG 2.0 to The Letter Doesn’t Make Sense
In the world of law, there is a philosophy that you shouldn’t follow the letter of the law, but the spirit. Much the same, I argue, applies to most guidelines and rules. Recently, I have been seeing...
View ArticleWordCamp Boston 2016: Creating Intuitive Editing Workflows That Clients Love
Thanks to everyone who came out to WordCamp Boston and attended my early morning tolk on Editing Workflows in WordPress. As WordPress has evolved from a blogging tool to a full-fledged CMS and even...
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Most WordPress Page Builders Are Too Difficult
In the world of WordPress, page builders seem to be the lastest craze. They promise, at least when bundled in a theme, golden and endless possibilities. The reality however is far from. Page builders...
View ArticleNever Force Links To Open in a New Window
In about 50% of the projects we do, at one point or another are we asked to have all external links open in a new window. Should they? No. They shouldn’t. And here’s why forcing links to open in new...
View ArticleMeet APIs: The Bright Future for Web Development
Forgive me if the headline sounds technical. This is not going to be a technical discussion on what Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are. But we are moving towards a world where websites and...
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No More Content Migration Ever Again
It’s time to give the company website a do-over. You sit there trying to figure out what to keep and migrate from your old site and what to remove. The decision ought to be much simpler than you think....
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How a Simple SSL Certificate Helps Your Business
Lately greater focus has been placed on SSL certificates. You’ve been hearing a lot about web security too, and these go hand in hand of course. All in all, we are trying to make the web a safer place...
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Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as not secure in July
Last year, Google started marking websites with login and payment forms as “not secure” if they were on HTTP as opposed to HTTPS. This year, Google is going further. Starting in July 2018, Chrome will...
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Do you colors have enough contrast for the web?
Accessibility is an important question. A common misunderstanding is that it is only about adapting for fellow humans with disabilities. That’s not right. An accessible web is good for everyone! How...
View ArticleLecture: GDPR for WordPress from WordPress Meetup Gothenburg
With less an a month to go until GDPR comes into effect, too many small businesses are a little too worries about meeting the requirements of the GDPR. Sure, it is a big regulation. The purpose and...
View ArticleGDPR for WordPress from WordPress Meetup Westeros
As I’m writing this, it is almost exactly one week before the new data protection regulation (GDPR) comes into effect. Many are still worried about what to do and feel confused. Just like in...
View ArticleHow automation helps businesses
Let me tell you about a recent conversion I had with one of our great clients over lunch a couple of weeks ago. It’s useful for everyone in business. They have expanded their business rapidly over the...
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