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Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

Corey Vilhauer  |  September 23, 2020

Understanding Site Search — Part Three: How Will You Organize Results?

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When results are displayed in your site search, will they be relevant? In part three our site search series, we talk about organizing and displaying results.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Corey Vilhauer  |  September 23, 2020

Understanding Site Search — Part Two: What Content Will You Search?

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You might want to search it all. Or, you might want to search a small section. In part two of our site search series, we look at how to choose what's indexed in your site search.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Corey Vilhauer  |  September 23, 2020

Understanding Site Search — Part One: How Search Works

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Before we can make decisions about site search, we need to understand how it works. In part one of our site search series, we look at how search works.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Corey Vilhauer  |  September 23, 2020

Understanding Site Search — Your Guide to Site Search Functionality

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Site search requires big decisions — and solid expectations. We introduce a four-part series on planning for and making decisions around your site's internal search.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

March 16, 2020  |  The Web Project Guide

Chapter 22: Test and Launch the Site

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The time has come to launch. You need to check off the final items on your list, make sure the site is running in its production environment, and launch. Then, you need to make sure you resolve the issues that crop up after the site goes live.

Development

February 21, 2020

Navigating the DAM Revolution

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Digital asset management solutions are on the rise. Learn more about how you can benefit from utilizing a DAM solution, and the steps needed for implementation.

Development

February 16, 2020  |  The Web Project Guide

Chapter 20: Implement the Back-End Functionality

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This is a deceptively simple step for what amounts to actually building the inner workings of the website. You need to examine site functionality, break it into manageable iterations, and plan how it all will come together.

Development

Joe Kepley  |  January 30, 2020

Keeping Your CMS Secure

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Unauthorized meddling in your content management system can lead to loss of reputation, loss of income, and even loss of actual assets. Enabling multi-factor authentication protects your site and makes sure only the right people can access it.

Development

January 16, 2020

Chapter 18: Select an Integration Partner

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In many projects, you will engage with a services firm to install, configure, and customize a CMS to deliver the website you need.

Development  |  Discovery and Scoping  |  Project Management

January 15, 2020  |  The Web Project Guide

Chapter 17: Plan for Hosting

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A website needs to be deployed in a public environment to function correctly. You need to determine the technical, organizational, and financial parameters of this hosting.

Development