244 stories by "Drew McManus"
After years of practical, no-nonsense content built specifically for arts administrators, ArtsHacker is officially moving into archive status. The site will remain fully accessible. Every ar…
If you're still considering using sliders or carousels on your website's homepage, you likely want to reconsider. The latest research from the Baymard Institute reinforces the long-standing …
I found Erik Rubio's review of the 2024 SphinxConnect conference remarkably helpful and it inspired me to do the same for the conferences I attend. But one twist is where Erik was an attende…
Starting February 2024, tighter email regulations on Gmail and Yahoo could drastically impact your email based engagement efforts. Let's break down the new requirements and guide you through…
If you use Chrome, you've likely seen the recent update adding a ring around the favicon in inactive open tabs. Unfortunately, this alteration renders the icon unreadable, defeating the purp…
Regular readers know that web accessibility is a topic we've covered frequently, especially when it comes to color contrast. One of the real challenges is mastering the art of maintaining co…
On June 15, 2023 Google unexpectedly announced they sold Google Domains to Squarespace. Not only did this come as a shock to the online provider community, but it comes as especially bad new…
If you are like me, online meeting schedulers are one of those tools you can't imagine what life was like before you started using it. One of the big providers in that sector is Calendly, wh…
While there are plenty of free online QR code generators, the vast majority have enough pain points to make them less of a useful tool and more of a pain in the neck. The majority of times I…
If you're a PC user, there's a fabulous app that's been around since the days of Windows 95 but you can easily download from the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11. Unfortunately, Microso…
JCA Arts Marketing recently released a study measuring subscription sales at arts and culture organizations. While prefaced with a friendly "don't panic" notification (Douglas Adams fans wil…
If you aren't already aware, AI copy generators are becoming all the rage. While I won't blame anyone for responding to that with a healthy 🙄, I can also say my recent experience wi…
You've probably found yourself in a position at some point or another where you needed to create a bunch or rows with dates that increased/decreased by a fixed amount for each row. You could…
Every browser provides a straightforward solution to exporting and importing bookmarks but what if you only want to share some or only those from specific folders? For Chrome users, that's n…
Considering the decision by Twitter's new CEO to reduce the company's product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety departments to levels that can no longer effectively prevent rampant a…
Clearing browser cookies is just one of those things you need to do every now and then but clearing them out in bulk can be a serious hassle, such as losing all of your saved login info. ð�…
This series is designed to help those working in the arts and culture sector apply user experience (UX) best practices to daily content management tasks. Using Jon Yablonski's collecti…
Here at ArtsHacker, we've been warning arts admins against the practice of using sliders and carousels as a strategy to deliver mutually exclusive messages within a single space as far back …
While it may not seem like a big price increase, .com domain registrations and renewals are going to go up 6.9 percent. That's likely just the beginning thanks to the sweetheart deal the com…
The folks at Capacity Interactive (CI) recently published the latest installment of their Performing Arts Ticket Buyer Media Usage Study. The previous installment was released right before C…
This series is designed to help those working in the arts and culture sector apply user experience (UX) best practices to daily content management tasks. Using Jon Yablonski's collecti…
If you haven't done so already, it's time to make sure you're as prepared as you can for disruptions to digital platforms because of cyberattacks resulting from events unfolding in Ukraine. …
This series is designed to help those working in the arts and culture sector apply user experience (UX) best practices to daily content management tasks. Using Jon Yablonski's collecti…
This series is designed to help those working in the arts and culture sector apply user experience (UX) best practices to daily content management tasks. Using Jon Yablonski's collection …
This article is the first in a series designed to help those working in the arts and culture sector apply user experience (UX) best practices to common tasks and beyond. Using Jon Yablonski'…
