User Experience
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- Douglas KarrJan 1, 2024
Crafting Excerpts in PHP or WordPress: Word, Sentence, and Paragraph Count Techniques
I was looking for a function in PHP that would cut off an excerpt at the word rather than in the middle of the word. PHP has just the trick, the strrpos function. Here's how to put it to use.
- Douglas KarrDec 28, 2023
Optimizing Security and Productivity in Marketing Teams: Best Practices in Password Management
One of the first tasks in taking over a new marketing position or managing a new client with your agency is getting control of the different marketing, advertising, social media, and content platforms. It can be frustrating when login and password credentials are lost, forgotten, or even left with an employee or contractor leaving the brand. I’m thankful that most…
- Douglas KarrDec 15, 2023
FVC: Build A Locally Hosted Video DAM (Digital Asset Management) Instance On Your Windows PC
Managing and organizing vast video content can be overwhelming for a professional videographer juggling multiple clients and hundreds of projects. Each project has its unique set of scenes and videos, and keeping track of all this data is crucial yet time-consuming. The complexity escalates when you have to quickly retrieve a specific scene or clip from an archive that spans…
- Douglas KarrDec 14, 2023
EmbedPress: Seamless Embedding Of Third-Party Content In WordPress From Virtually Anywhere
It’s not uncommon for companies to have dozens of destinations online where they’re pushing content to build awareness and acquire prospects. Brands with WordPress sites often face significant challenges when integrating or embedding this external content. The absence of a versatile tool leads to complex integration requirements, performance bottlenecks, and issues with lazy loading. EmbedPress: Over 150 Embeddable Sources EmbedPress…
- Douglas KarrDec 7, 2023
20 Questions That Your Home Page Should Answer For Visitors
Designing a great home page is critical for dozens of reasons, but core to an effective home page design is the fulfillment of two types of visitors. New Visitors – These prospective partners or prospective customers arrive at your home page seeking information about your company. They typically came directly, clicked a link on a social media profile, searched for…
- Douglas KarrDec 6, 2023
All You Need To Know About Ad Blocking, Ad Filtering, and Ad Recovery
A recent visitor to my site contacted me and chuckled that he had to turn off his ad blocker to get to my content. The feature is built into my site, and I can disable it… but I won’t for a few reasons. My publication is both a passion and a hobby. I enjoy assisting others with the information or…
- Douglas KarrNov 23, 2023
Shor: The Linktree Alternative For Building Beautiful Rich Micro-Pages
If your social media profile link points to a single home page, you’re likely losing out on engaging your social profile visitors. Linktrees are tools that aggregate multiple links into one page… typically aggregating several calls-to-action that may interest your visitors. Having a linktree is highly beneficial for social media profiles for several reasons: Consolidate Multiple Links: Social media platforms…
- Douglas KarrNov 14, 2023
5 Skills Digital Marketers Need To Master For Success in 2024
Over the past few years, there have been significant changes in how we use the internet for digital marketing. We started by merely creating a website to harness data and user activity. With the intense competition in the digital space, having a website will not simply cut it. Digital marketers must improve their game to stand out in today’s ever-changing landscape. Marketing…
- Douglas KarrNov 13, 2023
TinyLetter: A Free, No Frills Email Newsletter Service
Log into any major email service provider (ESP) nowadays, and if you’re not technically savvy, you’ll probably pass out at the menus, features, functionality, jargon, and reporting. Sometimes, the magic of technology is when someone smart rethinks the process and boils down the application to only the necessities. TinyLetter is a refreshingly simple platform for newsletters, drawing in a diverse…
- Douglas KarrNov 3, 2023
Unleashing Creativity: 25 Essential Marketing Inspiration Resources and the Role of AI
Inspiration is a fascinating and complex psychological phenomenon integral to the creative process. It often strikes us as a sudden flash of insight, but in reality, it results from a rich interplay between our experiences, knowledge, and the way we process information. Understanding how inspiration works involves delving into various psychological principles and cognitive processes. The Psychology of Inspiration At…