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You’re Still Using 12px Font Size!?!

Back on 2/24/2012 we examined emerging standards for web font sizes and it was a surprise to some folks that using 16px (or approx. 1em) for standard body font was recommended. Nonetheless, it is still surprising to encounter so many performing arts org websites that rely on 12px standards. All of the following screencaps were [...]

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Understanding The Difference Between Apps and Mobile Websites 2013

One of the single most popular articles in Adaptistration’s history (to date) is from July 22, 2011. Titled Understanding The Difference Between Apps and Mobile Websites, it has served as a useful resource for clarifying an otherwise confusing topic and since the original publication date, quite a bit has changed in so it is time [...]

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Remember That Password Thing?

If you’ve noticed that some websites seems sluggish or you’re having connectivity issues, you’re not alone. The past several days have witnessed a large uptick in coordinated hacker activity, with the lion’s share of the brute-force and DDoS variety. This is something performing arts groups need to pay attention to because thanks to lower-than-should-be budget [...]

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Custom App Icon Giveaway!

As promised at the end of Simple Tips For Increasing Web Traffic From Mobile Devices Part 1, it’s time to give away some super cool custom designed app icons. And this time around, ten early birds get the worm as the giveaway will be first come, first serve. The Giveaway Ten nonprofit performing arts orgs [...]

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Simple Tips For Increasing Web Traffic From Mobile Devices Part 2

In Part 1, we learned about why it is important to make a dedicated icon for mobile devices and this final installment will provide details on how to make it as easy as possible for patrons to add those icons to their device home screen. First, Decide If It Is Something You Should Do Before [...]

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Simple Tips For Increasing Web Traffic From Mobile Devices Part 1

It never ceases to amaze me how many performing arts organizations don’t have dedicated icons for mobile devices such as iPhones/iPads, Android Smartphones and tablets, plus Windows 8 devices. Without those icons, site visitors attempting to bookmark your site on their device home screen get a snapshot of the homepage which, as you can probably [...]

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Do You Really Need That App?

Recently, my Smartphone decided life was far too easy and that it should add some excitement by requiring a system reboot. Granted, regular backups and Google accounts made comparatively short work of getting all of the data and apps back on the phone, but the process served as a good excuse to engage in a [...]

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It’s Demo Time!

There’s nothing quite like having a good problem and one that’s been nagging away at my elbow over the past two months is getting the Venture Platform’s Live Demo back online. Since launching the 2.0 update business has been booming, so much so that getting non-client projects completed, like the demo update, has been an [...]

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