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10 Things They Hate About Your Higher Ed Site
Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Beacon! Many of us relish this day as an opportunity to express and share our appreciation with our partners and loved ones. We hope today is all about love for you, too. But not all of us have that special someone to cuddle up beside this [...]
Maintaining Content Focus on Your Higher Ed Site
You've done it! Months of late nights and dedications to the design of the perfect higher ed website have culminated in a beautiful launch. It is all easy sailing from here, right? Well, maybe not. Sure, your school's new website is up and running. But, if your various content managers aren't aligned in how [...]
Could Your Higher Ed Website Stand to Lose Some Weight?
Happy New Year, everyone! How are you doing with your resolutions? Ok, ok… put down the pitchforks. This is a safe space. Every year, as the calendar turns, Americans rush to empower themselves to do those things that we find difficult. One of the most popular resolutions, year after year, is the commitment to [...]
Is Website Personalization Right For Your School?
This time of year, as students flee campus for winter break, the usual bustle of activity slows considerably. This affords the opportunity for faculty and staff to take a break from the breakneck speed of the semester. For many institutions of higher learning, this is a good time to explore some new ideas and [...]
How to add ARIA Labels for HTML SECTION and DIV Tags
This is an example of ARIA labels for screen readers that read ARIA labels. It ultimately helps the end user. When you have a portion on the content in a section, it must contain a Head tag. If however is does not contain a head tag, and needs an aria-label to describe the section, [...]
Cohesion: Key To Great Web Design
Does this sounds familiar? You're exploring a website and click into a major navigation menu item. The new page loads and, suddenly, you feel like you've been transported somewhere completely different. Nothing about the experience on the new page ties back to the page you just came from. The type face is different, the navigation [...]