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An Event Apart DC: Day 1 Wrap-up

This week, the design team at New Target is lucky enough to attend a fantastic conference “for people who make websites”, An Event Apart. Day one was chalk full of good advice and thought-provoking...

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An Event Apart DC: Day 2 Wrap-up

The second day of An Event Apart DC kicked off with a passionate war cry from Karen McGrane, “Optimize your content for mobile…all of it!” Karen, an accomplished user experience and interaction design...

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Responsive Designer’s Guide to the Galaxy

Well, maybe it’s not a galactic guide but we thought we would share some of our favorite tools and resources that our design team uses for responsive design. For Inspiration Mediaquir.es: This website...

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Plan for Every Screen Size

or Debunking the ‘My Audience Is Not Technically Savvy’ Myth Planning your strategy for an accessible website is not just about planning for a smartphone. It is important to consider your audience’s...

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508 Compliance Explained

To many people, 508 compliance is a fuzzy term.  They know it’s something for the government and allowing users with disabilities to be able to access information, but their knowledge of 508 stops...

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Accessibility and Usability: How They Go Together

We frequently talk with people about usability and accessibility, or read articles about usability or accessibility, and they are addressed as separate subjects. But in reality, usability and...

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International Project Management Professional Development Opportunities

A few months ago, we discovered via groups.drupal.org that the Drupal Project Management group was starting up again. One of our Project Managers, Danielle, went to the first meeting, which contained...

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A Thankful Team…

With 254 million turkeys raised in the United States this year, I think we are ready for a scrumptious Thanksgiving.  Interestingly, we have discovered that this is one of our team’s favorite holidays....

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Drupal Case Study: ACTFL’s Multi-System Integration

Our recent American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages website project was pretty impressive. So impressive, we had to post all the beautiful, technical details on the Drupal.org website as a...

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Our Favorite “Happy New Year” Fonts

It’s that time of year again.  We’re slowly recovering from Christmas and now we are staring down the barrel of 2013.  Many people are probably thinking about their New Year’s resolution right now....

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WordPress Development with Bones

Though it started out as a blogging platform, WordPress can easily be used as a full-scale content management system (CMS).  WordPress is the most popular CMS choice for individuals throughout the...

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Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust in the Usability Realm

Recent statistics like those illustrated on mashable.com’s article “How Big Is the Web & How Fast Is It Growing?” which states that registered domains have gone from 15,000 (1995) to a staggering...

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DrupalCon Portland Session Commenting Has Begun!

DrupalCon is being held May 20th through 24th in Portland, Oregon. DrupalCon is the best opportunity for new Drupal users to understand the content management system and its benefits as well as gives...

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Competitive Analysis of DC Web Firms

So you decided to redesign your website… It’s a competitive world out there, with hundreds of thousands of companies fighting for your business. Even if you limit the options to the DC metro area,...

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Website Redesign and Usability Testing for Local Association

New Target recently completed  website usability testing and a website redesign for the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). They approached New Target looking for the best way...

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Setting Website Goals

Time for Spring Cleaning It is April and in lieu of spring cleaning, this is a great time to establish fresh goals for your website. Every year methods for building your web presence, reaching new...

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3-2-1 GO! Drupal 7 Deployment Checklist

Over the years, we have launched over 100+ Drupal sites and when it’s time to deploy we use our time-tested comprehensive deployment checklist. Each site is very specific so the list generated for each...

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DrupalCon Portland – Drush on the go!

Scenario: It is Wednesday, May 22nd and the Views vulnerability patch is released in middle of Matt Chapman’s session on “Making Drupal the best REST server for Single-Page Apps.” Can’t call home,...

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DrupalCon Follow-up – Future of Views

One of our favorite sessions at DrupalCon Portland was the Future of Views from Tim Plunkett. Since we returned last week, this session – which addressed upcoming changes for Views in Drupal 8 – has...

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User Experience Professional Association (UXPA) Conference Recap: Day 1

Our UX lead, Danielle Sheffler, attended the User Experience Professional Association (UXPA) Conference in DC on July 10th and 11th.  The theme of this year’s conference was collaboration. All...

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