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Articles about websites and website development

Recommended Web Hosting Providers

There are a lot of web hosting providers out there. Here are the ones with whom we've had good experiences.

Domain Name Registration Recommendations

Our recommendations for domain name and DNS hosting providers that will save you money and make sure you have maximum flexibility for the future.

Sites we like that offer quality low-cost images

A picture is worth a thousand words and thanks to many low cost and free photo websites can cost you only pennies. Here are some great websites to scour if you can’t seem to find that iconic flower growing out of your hand image you need for your website.

A Great Model Privacy Policy

Our friends at Sightline Institute have written a website privacy policy that is a model for grassroots advocacy organizations.

Resizing Pictures for the Web with Shrinkpictures.com

Shrinkpictures.com offers a handy web-based tool for shrinking large digital pictures down to an appropriate size for use on a website.

Search Engine Optimization Strategies

Search engine optimization tips for nonprofit websites

Alternatives to Adobe

Open-source, free and low-cost alternatives to widely-used Adobe software products, which have become increasingly difficult to get donated.

Online Donation Tools

An overview of the online payments landscape and specific recommendations targeted at Northwest environmental organizations. We also include a matrix that compares leading online donation tools. Our recommendations are also likely to be appropriate for many other small nonprofit organizations.

Writing Online: Best Practices

Guidelines, tips, and hints for writing more effective web content. This is a wide-ranging article, but we hope it will help whether you are writing for a web page, email newsletter, action alert or anything else that will primarily be read online.

Registering a Domain Name

Why and how to register an Internet domain name for your organization.

Recommended Web, Email and Domain Name Hosting Providers

Updated and refactored into three articles.

Want Better Website Stats? Get Google Analytics!

Google Analytics is one of the best website stats tools out there, and it's totally free. Every organization with a website should sign up for an account today.

Online Fundraising Resources

There's a tremendous amount of material out there about online fundraising. Much of it repeats itself. We've read through a ton of stuff, and found our favorite short tips and longer workbooks.

Why the Web Matters

The web can be a powerful communications tool but integrating it into your organization can be a challenge. One of the most important things to understand is how to fit a website into your organizations communications infrastructure and day to day operations.

Does "Fair Use" Allow Nonprofits To Reproduce News Articles on Their Websites?

The Answer May Surprise You!

Free Online Marketing Wisdom from Marketing Sherpa

Marketing Sherpa has released the 2006 Wisdom Report, which contains lots of helpful nuggets of online marketing wisdom.

How To Keep Website Visitors Coming Back?