In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll find a handy guide for moderated vs. unmoderated usability testing, learn about future of image lazy loading in WordPress, discover how to optimize SVGs, and more. Continue reading January 31, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News
West Metro Detroit WordPress: February 2020 Pricing and Strategies Business Roundtable
Note: Since our January 2020 West Metro Detroit WordPress business roundtable meetup was canceled due to low registration, I’ve rescheduled the event for our February 2020 meetup.
When I first started creating websites, I did pro-bono design and development work for nonprofits and local faith organizations.
Transitioning to a pricing model was a big step for me.
And I had a lot of hiccups along the way.
I remember one prospective client from years ago who asked for a website with new logo design, multiple forms, photo gallery, and online forum, but only wanted to pay $100 for their site.
By that time, I had learned about pre-screening my prospective clients.
I didn’t take that project.
That’s why I’m excited for our business roundtable discussion at our West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup. Continue reading West Metro Detroit WordPress: February 2020 Pricing and Strategies Business Roundtable
Eventbrite and Accessibility
Last week, when I wrote about moving our Refresh Detroit event registration from Meetup.com to Eventbrite, I explained the main reason was to create a more usable and accessible experience for our members.
I talked about how the Meetup.com design released in late 2017 resulted in a frustrating and less accessible experience for organizers as well as people registering for events.
As Refresh Detroit co-organizers, Nick DeNardis and I talked about event registration alternatives to Meetup.com and ultimately chose to use Eventbrite.