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The Ins and Outs of Designing In-Browser

Forum One designed and built the new website ecosystem for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). As the lead designer on this project, I decided to design mostly in-browser rather than totally rely on Photoshop. Here are some lessons I learned in using this approach for this project. (For a more… Read More

Flexible Long Form Content with Paragraphs

At Forum One, I work with clients who contribute thought leadership to their fields. These clients use their web sites primarily as a way to publish their ideas to a wide audience, and they rely on Forum One’s expertise help them do it in a compelling, yet efficient, way. For… Read More

Very New Frontiers: Reflections from the Independent Sector Conference 2016

A couple of my colleagues and I attended the Independent Sector Conference 2016 a few weeks ago. The Independent Sector Conference is the annual gathering of “Independent Sector”, the leading “coalition of nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good.” The conference took place a week… Read More

Hamburgers, Calendars, Generation Z…

What We’re Talking About is a blog series featuring the articles, websites, topics, and trends that the Forum One team has been chatting about. This week we talked about this article from Fiona Foster about the hamburger menu and how designers should be exploring better alternatives. She’s not… Read More

Typing, Websites, Arrival…

What We’re Talking About is a blog series featuring the articles, websites, topics, and trends that the Forum One team has been chatting about. This week, we all discovered how fast we can type with this well-designed and fun typing speed test from LiveChat. Its an interesting way… Read More

Designer vs Developer: Aligning Forces for Good

In our latest installment of the Creative+ series, we examine the sometimes strained relationship between designers and developers and offer tips to get your superhero colleagues working together as a team. The short answer: collaboration. Although they may see the world differently, designers and developers both want to deliver a… Read More

Excluding Stuff from Search with Search API

The requirement was simple. Don't index [some-content] in search. This may be private information or just stuff you don't want showing up in search. The answer for a site using Search API is as simple as hook_search_api_alter_callback_info(). In my case I wanted to exclude private files from being… Read More

Washington Post Profiles Forum One

Mom’s Kitchen Table Talks Shaped a Mission to Make Money While Doing Good. By Thomas Heath Reporter November 13, 2016  Some criticize business people for being in it for just the money. But many are in it for the money and a chance to do some good. Like… Read More

Forms, Taco Bell, Red Cups…

What We’re Talking About is a blog series featuring the articles, websites, topics, and trends that the Forum One team has been chatting about. This week, we had a chuckle at this post on Quartz imagining the worst ways to ask users to input their phone numbers. Thinking… Read More

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