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Are Your University Websites Working Together, or Against You?
Read FULL Article: Are Your University Websites Working Together, or Against You?There’s a question that exposes more about the health of a university than almost any accreditation review, board presentation, or strategic plan.
Digital Insights from Crowd Favorite
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Rands in Repose
I’ve been a fan of Michael Lopp for the better part of a decade. The content on Rands in Repose is stellar; consistently giving me insights and sparks for new ideas to consider. It’s one of the sites I link to most frequently from my personal site since 2004. Earlier this year I saw a…
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Crowd Favorite and VeloMedia
I’m very excited to announce that Crowd Favorite is joining forces with our good friends at VeloMedia! Karim (VeloMedia) with Jon, Jonel and Alex (Crowd Favorite) at WordCamp Denver 2013. When I started building the team at Crowd Favorite I did so with the intention of creating a sustainable business where I’d want to work.…
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Enhancing the Exitround Blog’s valuation
We’re excited to have worked with the team at Exitround on their website and blog. Knowing we were WordPress experts, Jacob approached Crowd Favorite looking for a little bit of assistance with the blog. He wanted help creating a great reading experience as Exitround started to focus on publishing more original content. We proposed a…
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Crowd Favorite and National Geographic launch PROOF blog
PROOF is a photocentric blog for National Geographic, implemented to highlight the best of their photographer’s work. It is set up so multiple photographers and National Geographic contributors can add photos and video, and share the stories as they relate to these visual components. Contributors can add content through their laptop, tablet, or even mobile…
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Introducing Ruby gems: Capistrano-WP and Steps
Today we’re happy to announce we are the proud maintainers of two brand new gems on RubyGems: Capistrano-WP: A Ruby gem containing recipes for deploying, rolling back, and maintaining remote WordPress installations with Capistrano. In other words, these are the set of tasks that we use for local development environment configuration and remote Capistrano deployments…
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NIH Director’s Blog CSS Customized on WordPress.com
Crowd Favorite had the pleasure of working with Solvitor to re-launch the NIH Director’s Blog on WordPress.com. Using the “Customized CSS” add-on, Crowd Favorite helped take an existing theme, Able, and customize the CSS to nearly match the NIH’s site-wide styles. Be sure to visit the newly re-launched NIH Director’s Blog on WordPress.com.
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Crowd Favorite sponsors Junior Achievement
Crowd Favorite is proud to sponsor Junior Achivement . Four out of the last five years we’ve sponsored a hole at the JA golf event at the Sanctuary. Alex played with the Ernst & Young golf foursome and the team tied for 3rd gross score and placed first for net (handicaps applied) score. Alex says,…
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Crowd Favorite and Breckenridge Resort launch blog
Crowd Favorite is proud and excited to have been a part of the new Breckenridge Blog. Working with the Breck team to design and develop the blog was a great experience. We enjoyed collaborating on the look-and-feel and implementing a modern, mobile-friendly site. Looks and works great on mobile/tablet Custom post type and sidebar widget…
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Crowd Favorite and Backflip Studios re-launch company website on WordPress
In conjunction with a re-branding effort, Crowd Favorite and Backflip Studios have worked together to re-design and re-launch the Backflip Studios company website. After selecting WordPress as the desired platform for managing their content, the Boulder-based company selected their Denver neighbors, Crowd Favorite, to help with the design and development efforts. We’re very pleased with…
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Crowd Favorite helps redesign The Pioneer Woman
Today the Crowd Favorite has helped launch a re-design of the popular The Pioneer Woman blog. The new WordPress theme and design features: An overall design refresh from the homepage (with a new carousel) to all the other sections of the site A new warmer background, detailed sidebar and widgets, simpler navigation, and an improved…
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National Geographic Kids Blogs re-launch on WordPress
The team at Crowd Favorite is proud to announce the re-launch of the National Geographic Kids Blog on WordPress. The team at Kids was very clear and concise in what would make their blogs successful: privacy and protection for kids to leave comments clean, simple content presentation whimsical headers for each blog “mini” blog subject…
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Crowdsourcing your brand design: the math just doesn’t work out
*This article was originally published on Forty.co. Forty is now Crowd Favorite. I’m still a numbers guy at heart, That’s why I get so frustrated every time I hear someone recommending crowdsourced design services like 99designs. The math just doesn’t work out for business owners, but it looks like such a compelling solution on the surface…
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Beatportal.com migrated from ExpressionEngine to Beatport News on WordPress
Yesterday, Crowd Favorite and Beatport launched Beatport News on WordPress. Previously, beatportal.com existed as the online community and resource for electronic and dance news for DJs, producers, and fans alike. From Beatport’s CEO, Matt Adell: The result is that what once was a bit of a side-project is now getting all the love and attention…
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A web typography template for responsive experiences
*This article was originally published on Forty.co. Forty is now Crowd Favorite. A web typography template is a good tool to help web designers remember all the styles they’ll need to consider to make sure none of their content’s formatting options fall through the cracks. After writing an article about the benefits of a web typography…
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Using responsive design to create future-ready experiences
*This article was originally published on Forty.co. Forty is now Crowd Favorite. I’m sure you’ve heard all the lovely statistics about how smartphone and tablet usage is skyrocketing, and how if you’re not going mobile, you’re not going anywhere. There’s no denying that our web browsing habits have changed. Thinking beyond the desktop is crucial…
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Crowd Favorite and Simpson College team up to re-launch responsive website on WordPress
Today Crowd Favorite and Simpson College are both proud to present the newly re-launched simpson.edu website. Working with Simpson College was an excellent experience: their deep understanding of their market and ability to communicate their “category-busting” website needs was instrumental to the success of the project. Crowd Favorite helped lead the visual design process of…
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Does “It’s all about you” really work?
*This article was originally published on Forty.co. Forty is now Crowd Favorite. We’re naturally attracted to people and brands that stand for something, and we’re suspicious of those that try to mold themselves around our preferences. Imagine this. You’re on a blind date. You: “So, where do you want to go?” Date: “Wherever you…
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Why successful companies keep investing in ongoing marketing
*This article was originally published on Forty.co. Forty is now Crowd Favorite. Seasoned Fortune 500 companies have a deep understanding and appreciation for marketing. Coca-Cola may already be one of the most recognized brands in the world, but they nevertheless spend billions of dollars every year on their marketing efforts. (And you can bet…