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Erissa Duvall, Robert Boedigheimer and Lara Newsom have Sessions on Frontend Development at Nebraska.Code(). https://lnkd.in/efYBeau #FrontendDevelopment #Accessibility #Web #JavaScript #Nebraska #TechnologyConference Procter & Gamble Securiti John Deere Women in Technology of the Heartland Milestone Technologies, Inc. Wartburg College Catholic Mutual Group Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) CBRE Lockheed Martin Penlink

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Thrilled to announce our partnership with HarvestSites. Harvest Sites is doing something really meaningful, making AI-powered WordPress hosting simple and accessible for churches and ministries. For organizations that exist to serve their communities, the last thing they should have to worry about is their website. Harvest Sites takes that off their plate entirely. If you're involved with a church or ministry that needs a fast, reliable, and beautiful web presence, I'd encourage you to check them out. Welcome to the WP Cloud partner family, Harvest Sites. 🙏

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Telltale RFP signal: “Provide wireframes” with zero mention of users. That’s how you buy design theater, not outcomes. If you want real UX in federal tech, make it evaluable. For COs/CORs: - Write outcomes in Section C: top-task success rate ≥ X%, completion time ≤ Y, drop-offs ↓ Z%. Tie to 21st Century IDEA, USWDS, and 508 (WCAG 2.1 AA or current 508). Acceptance criteria should be measurable, not “looks good.” - In L/M, add a short scenario-based sample task: 48-hour prototype + 508 test with AT (JAWS/VoiceOver/NVDA) + 5 moderated usability sessions. Score on clarity of research plan, decision logs, and change rationale—not just pretty comps. - De-bias tools: specify deliverables, not brands. “Design system in reusable tokens + component library + artifact inventory,” not “use incumbent’s Figma files.” - Own the work: make research notes, personas, journey maps, and design tokens CDRL deliverables with Government Purpose Rights. Require a transition package: Figma/Sketch exports, SVGs, content models, analytics config. - Don’t LPTA UX. Use tradeoff and weight “Approach” and “Key Personnel” (UX lead + accessibility SME) appropriately. For small businesses: - Show believable staffing. No UX unicorns. Ratio your team (e.g., 1 researcher, 1 content designer, 1 product designer per 6–8 engineers), include Research Ops for recruiting/privacy. - Map artifacts to evaluation: task success metrics, before/after analytics, reduced call volume. Put numbers on it. - Propose user access plan: recruiting sources, incentives (if allowed), privacy, and approvals timeline. Include an accessibility test plan across AT and browsers. - De-risk transition on day 1: inventory existing UX assets, align to USWDS, stand up a versioned design system, and instrument analytics (DAP/GA4) for ongoing measurement. Use Q&A to strip incumbent bias: - Ask to clarify user access (Gov-provided vs. incumbent’s panel), specify acceptable AT/tools, and require tool-agnostic deliverables. - Remove references to incumbent’s proprietary design system. Require a neutral token/spec format. - Ask for volume/complexity bounds: number of studies per quarter, languages, hard-to-reach populations, and 508 scope—so everyone bids apples-to-apples. Reading history helps: - Check if the site uses USWDS, has DAP tags, or publishes a design system in GitHub. Review CPARS for UX/508 issues. Scan incumbent job posts for tool/process hints. What one UX requirement have you seen in C or L/M that actually changed vendor behavior?

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The Civic Federation has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather insight from qualified web developers and firms as we plan the redesign and modernization of our website. We are exploring options to migrate our current Drupal-based site to a modern content management system and build new digital infrastructure that can better support our expanding work and audience needs. 📄 Read the full Request for Information here: https://lnkd.in/gqmPq4uQ Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis through April 24, 2026.

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If you’re using Drupal Canvas and ever felt, “Why can’t I just use proper HTML here?”, this one’s for you. Canvas Full HTML does exactly what the name promises. It lets you use the Full HTML text format inside Canvas. It’s a small module, but a very practical one, especially for teams building marketing pages that need to use rich formatting, embed iFrames, and custom HTML. Shoutout to Zeeshan Khan from team Specbee for contributing this handy module! 🙌 #Drupal #DrupalDevelopment #CMS

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From late-night blog designs to a 20-year WordPress career. 💻 Lisa Sabin-Wilson shares how the “wild west” days of early blogging led her from polyblogging on Movable Type, to teaching herself design, CSS, and HTML, to offering custom themes on WordPress all while working full-time as a nurse. When her side hustle consistently outpaced her nursing salary, she made the leap into self-employment. What started as a way to make blogs look better became a career that’s shaped agencies, projects, and the WordPress community for two decades. What’s your biggest takeaway from Lisa’s journey? #career #tech #nurse #WordPress

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