Advent Calendars for Web Professionals: 2018 Edition

Digital Wellbeing 2018 Advent Calendar

Are you a fan of Advent calendars? I am!

This year marks the sixth year I’ve published a roundup of online Advent calendars for people who work on the web.

Whether you’re a web designer, developer, programmers, user experience professional, digital marketer, blogger, or writer, you’re bound to find an interesting Advent calendar in my collection.

If you’ve been a long-time reader of my blog, you’ll notice some of the regulars in the list: 24 ways, Perl, UXMas, and several new ones. Continue reading Advent Calendars for Web Professionals: 2018 Edition

UX Win: ManageWP Dashboard Log Out

ManageWP admin log out message asking to confirm options

Managing multiple client websites used to be a time-consuming and detailed process for me.

Logging in, checking WordPress core, themes and plugins for updates as well as confirming backups and security were working correctly for each site took time.

When I discovered the online ManageWP website service for client website management, I was thrilled! Now I could manage my clients’ websites easily from one dashboard.

It’s one of my favorite online services!

Their dashboard makes it straightforward for me to check my client websites without having to log in to each site.

I can quickly view the easy-to-understand dashboard for necessary updates, review comments, optimize the site, and get customer support from ManageWP when I need it.

What’s clear to me in the two years I’ve used ManageWP is the care they’ve taken to improve the user experience.

One example is the log out process. Continue reading UX Win: ManageWP Dashboard Log Out

Latest Research Shows Gutenberg Usability Improves, Pain Points Still Exist

movable type in sections of wooden box.

In the latest usability testing results of the new WordPress editor, participants reported an 85.5 score out of 100 on the System Usability Scale.

According to 10up’s testing the Gutenberg publishing userflow, participants were able to complete the last steps in publishing a post with few friction points. Continue reading Latest Research Shows Gutenberg Usability Improves, Pain Points Still Exist