With these tips, your association's site can stay ahead of the curve and be at its best. Get the tips here.
Thoughts from Blend Interactive
One of Blend’s core values is a dedication to advocacy and progress — to expand upon and give back to the community that fuels us. This is where those thoughts live.
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Upgrade Your CMS: Umbraco or Optimizely
What do you need to know when it comes to an Optimizely or Umbraco upgrade? We asked some of our lead developers to highlights some of the common obstacles and pain points of a large CMS upgrade.
Main Site or Microsite — Make the Most of Your Digital Event Strategy
Hosting an event for your association is one thing, but promoting it online to the right audience is a different conversation.
Input Sanitizing and Common Pitfalls of User Input
With the rise of malicious bots on the Internet, websites are becoming more vulnerable to data breaches. Implementing sanitizing techniques can protect your website and your users.
Optimizely Release Notes — March-April 2024
The following release notes highlight major or interesting changes in Optimizely's products from March and April 2024.
Optimizely Release Notes — January-February 2024
The following release notes highlight major or interesting changes in Optimizely's products from January and February 2024.
Introducing Blend's Little Import Tool
Content migration is difficult — really difficult. Which is why Blend has taken our decades of migration experience and developed Blend's Little Import Tool — a utility for improving the import process
Umbraco vs. Drupal
Chase Burandt, Lead Umbraco Developer, breaks down the reasons why Blend evolved from working with Drupal to Umbraco.
The 101s of the Web Off-site link
A playlist dedicated to all things web development, from what a CMS is to the language used for Front-End/Back-End. You have a question — we want to answer it.
Optimizely Release Notes — November-December 2023
The following release notes highlight major or interesting changes in Optimizely's products from November and December 2023.
The Truth is in the Red Flags Off-site link
When is it time to rebuild a website? The obvious scenarios include big, hard-to-miss events. But more times than not, there are red flags flying in plain sight, signaling it's time to move on.
Beyond Blend.
Blend doesn’t just write here: we also write books, create videos, and dive deep into our individual disciplines. Check out some of our external sources of knowledge.
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The Web Project Guide
A phase-by-phase look at the web design and development process, providing context to each step.
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Coding with Bob
A YouTube series by our director of development, focusing on .NET coding and Optimizely development.
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Eating Elephant
A blog about content strategy, information architecture, and understanding user needs.