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The Importance of Footers

September 27th, 2009

National Urban League footer example

When designing or redesigning a nonprofit site, there are a lot of things to keep in mind, and a huge proportion of effort (somewhat rightfully) goes into designing the top half of the homepage. After all, this is what people will see first. It contains your logo, your main menu of options, and hopefully, a call to action like a donation button. But as important as these things are, don’t lose sight of the footer, the area at the bottom of the page, because this area is hugely important to your site’s success.

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Saturday Paper: 26 September 2009

September 26th, 2009

Every Saturday, I’ll try to break down the most important articles of the week past from around the web, the ones that I believe every nonprofit manager, webmaster, or technical lead should have read. This is what we were reading, talking, and tweeting about this week:

Don’t overinvest in your website (from WiserEarthBlog). It may seem a little backwards for me, as a tech blogger, to de-emphasize the web’s importance, but the fact is that this writer has it completely right. The web is a tool, but only in so far as it works for you.

Five Tips to Strengthen the Design of Your Nonprofit’s Website (from Frogloop). Jessica Teale was the Design Manager for Obama’s campaign. That means we listen when she speaks about better design.

Cool News for (Nonprofit) YouTube Users (from Peak Performance Philanthropy). If you have videos of your events or promoting your organization, don’t miss the new nonprofit features from YouTube.

101 5-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Website (from InsideCRM). Some of these are obvious, but especially for beginners in the world of web design and SEO, this list is a great place to start.