# Zivtech > Zivtech builds open-source Drupal, AI, accessibility, and digital platform work with visible governance and sourceable expertise. ## Landing Pages - [About](https://www.zivtech.com/about): About Us Meaning of the name Zivtech Ziv/zeevHebrew word (zīw) meaning “radiance” or “brilliance”, specifically alluding to the beautiful illumination of candle light. Our Mission We’re a full-service web design and... - [Contact](https://www.zivtech.com/contact): We would love to hear from you Contact Us - [Home](https://www.zivtech.com/home): Lighting thePath Forward We design and build technology that helps progressive organizations meet ambitious goals Featured work Our Partners Quote from Rutgers University We have had an extraordinarily successful engagement with... - [Our Work](https://www.zivtech.com/our-work): CLIENT SOLUTIONS Projects List - [Services](https://www.zivtech.com/services): We have a proven process Our Services Zivtech Labs Your organization is unique, and you shouldn’t have to compromise with out-of-box software that doesn’t meet all of your needs. Our team develops custom software solutions for a... ## Services - [Project Management](https://www.zivtech.com/node/31): Success starts with a plan and trusted toolkit. Our process Project Management is a necessary and valuable part of software development. A project manager translates your needs into actionable steps for developers and designers and... - [Content Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/node/24): Effective content drives traffic, engagement, retention, and sales. We address the needs of your target audience and help you make important decisions about how to organize and rethink existing content. We also work with you to create... - [Design & UX](https://www.zivtech.com/node/21): We design with your users in mind. Our design team brings your digital product to life through interactive and engaging design. We begin the design process with an in-depth discovery of your organization’s needs in order to better... - [Design Concepting](https://www.zivtech.com/node/39): Effective design begins as an idea. Concepting is a phase that occurs early in the design process. Our team uses this time to outline interactions, experiences, and processes. Understanding your user’s needs and how they interact with... - [Design Prototyping](https://www.zivtech.com/node/40): Explore your design and reveal new solutions to problems. Design prototypes are examples of a proposed solution that can be tested by stakeholders. Prototypes can take many forms including low and high fidelity mockups. Design... - [Development](https://www.zivtech.com/node/20): We develop strong and secure digital products. The websites and web applications that we build are created with technologies that support your organization as you grow. We divide our development projects into shorter, highly-focused... - [DevOps](https://www.zivtech.com/node/38): Prioritize collaboration to drive faster, more reliable results. DevOps is a combination of development and operations. Our cross-functional team of system engineers, server administrators, and developers work together throughout the... - [Digital Discovery](https://www.zivtech.com/node/32): Get a deeper understanding of your project You know your site needs to be updated, but you’re not sure what that entails. A discovery results in thorough project plans that outline the process and top priorities. Every discovery... - [Digital Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/node/22): We create a realistic roadmap for your project. Our process Consult our team of experts in website and application design, development, strategy, and project delivery. Our digital strategy includes a full digital discovery, digital... - [Drupal Development](https://www.zivtech.com/node/26): Drupal development is our specialty. Open-source software allows for tailored, cost-effective, and secure solutions that better serve your project’s needs. Our extensive knowledge of Drupal core code allows us to provide you with... - [Drupal Site Audits](https://www.zivtech.com/node/28): Take the mystery out of your website’s problem areas Get an understanding of how your site is performing through a site audit. A site audit identifies the issues with how your site is structured and built. Our team reviews your... - [Flat File CMS](https://www.zivtech.com/node/48): Static sites are powerful and fast. Flat-file systems are static, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t dynamic. Flat-file content management systems don’t require databases. Instead, they store data in plain text files which allows... - [Information Architecture](https://www.zivtech.com/node/34): Reorganize your content to better serve your users. Effective information architecture helps users understand where they are on your site and what they should expect when they click a piece of content. Information architecture provides... - [Javascript Development](https://www.zivtech.com/node/29): Provide your users with a dynamic web experience. We employ JavaScript to enrich a site or web application with highly customized interfaces. JavaScript-based interfaces facilitate powerful and attention-grabbing user experience... - [Mobile Development](https://www.zivtech.com/node/27): We build responsive & functional mobile sites and applications. Mobile functionality is a necessity for any website or application. As internet users are increasingly mobile, and search engines switch to mobile-first indexing by... - [Product Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/node/33): Turn great ideas into successful products A great idea can’t flourish without the proper planning and execution. Get the support you need from experienced product designers and developers. Turn your idea into a real, problem-solving... - [Product Testing](https://www.zivtech.com/node/47): Ensure your product operates at peak performance. The importance of testing Testing is an essential part of project delivery. At Zivtech, we believe in testing as early as possible so that we can review new features and changes to make... - [Project Delivery](https://www.zivtech.com/node/46): We deliver your project on time and on budget. Our project managers use a combination of tools like Jira, Confluence, Adobe XD, Github, Probo.CI, and Slack to continuously monitor the scope, resources, risks, and quality of your... - [Site Audits](https://www.zivtech.com/node/36): Understand how your digital product is performing. A site audit identifies the issues with how your site is structured and built. Our team reviews your site’s configuration, user interface, custom code, and integrated databases to... - [Staff Augmentation](https://www.zivtech.com/node/25): Push your team past development roadblocks You have a development team, but certain features of your website or application go beyond their breadth of knowledge. Integrate an expert into your established workflow and get the support you... - [Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/node/45): We build thoughtful strategies that accomplish your goals. Our team establishes a strategic framework that considers the user experience, information architecture, and technical architecture of your digital product. Whether for an... - [Technical Documentation](https://www.zivtech.com/node/30): Empower your team with comprehensive product guides. More than a “how-to” Technical documentation is the process of translating highly technical concepts into concise, comprehensible user guides and product manuals. Technical... - [Training](https://www.zivtech.com/node/23): Invest in the professional development of your team. Encourage your team to tackle design changes, technical issues, and security updates on their own. Our training courses provide you with the skills you need to eliminate costly... - [Usability Testing](https://www.zivtech.com/node/41): Identify key usability issues for future improvement. Usability testing is performed by the end-users of a product. It qualitatively evaluates a prototype to ensure we’re meeting all of your expectations. We conduct usability testing... - [UX Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/node/42): Define goals and outcomes with an actionable plan. A UX strategy consists of visual design, content design, and interactive design. Each of these elements plays a role in the success of your website or application. Our design team uses... - [Visual Design](https://www.zivtech.com/node/43): A seamless combination of form and function. Visual design shapes a user’s experience through photography, typography, color, space, and other aesthetic elements. These elements are strategically implemented to elicit specific user... - [Web Accessibility](https://www.zivtech.com/node/44): Web accessibility is at the forefront of development. Our team follows all current web accessibility standards, including the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) guidelines, as well as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and... - [WordPress Development](https://www.zivtech.com/node/37): The flexible, open-source software that meets your needs. Many organizations choose WordPress for small blogs or larger enterprise-level sites. Our WordPress development services ensure that your WordPress site is functional, online... ## Projects - [American Nephrology Nurses Association](https://www.zivtech.com/project/american-nephrology-nurses-association): Transforming a leading healthcare association's website into a user-centric platform that met organizational goals. - [Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Vaccine Education Center](https://www.zivtech.com/project/childrens-hospital-philadelphia-vaccine-education-center): Fighting vaccine misinformation with an educational mobile app - [Institute for Advanced Study](https://www.zivtech.com/project/institute-advanced-study): Empowering a storied academic institution with a dynamic and cohesive digital platform - [Law School Admission Council](https://www.zivtech.com/project/law-school-admission-council): Modernizing the LSAT website so that law school application is accessible for all - [Rutgers University | Center for State Health Policy](https://www.zivtech.com/project/rutgers-university-center-state-health-policy): Supporting public policy by building a platform for researchers to access state health data - [Science History Institute](https://www.zivtech.com/project/science-history-institute): Telling the stories of science through an enhanced digital experience - [Temple University | School of Medicine](https://www.zivtech.com/project/temple-university-school-medicine): Bring awareness to a cutting-edge medical technology that could transform HIV treatment ## Articles - ["Drupal as a framework and/or CMS": My POV as a contributing business owner](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-framework-andor-cms-my-pov-contributing-business-owner): As the community at large wrestles with Drupal's future as both a framework and a CMS, and its usefulness or focus on the various needs of developers, themers, designers, end-users, and others, Zivtech, as an 11-person Drupal team... - [11 Lorem Ipsum Generators That Make Drupal Site Building Fun](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/11-lorem-ipsum-generators-make-drupal-site-building-fun): There are tons of themed lorem ipsum generators out there. There are many that are comical and some are very innovative in their approach. Let’s take a look at 11 Lorem Ipsum Generators that will be sure to make testing content... - [13 obscure Drupal modules that you probably don't use, but should](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/13-obscure-drupal-modules-you-probably-dont-use-should): We at Zivtech have been working with Drupal for a long time, some of us for over 10 years, and in that time we’ve gotten to use (and sometimes build) a lot of really cool modules to develop stellar sites for our clients. - [14 Reasons Why Building a Business in Philly is the Awesomest](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/14-reasons-why-building-business-philly-awesomest): Philly is an amazing place to build a business, and here are 14 reasons that prove it beyond all reasonable doubt. - [2018 Philly Thinkfest Recap](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/2018-philly-thinkfest-recap): A recap of some of our favorite sessions from Philly Thinkfest 2018. - [2019 Drupal GovCon Recap](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/2019-drupal-govcon-recap): Another Drupal GovCon is in the books! Learn about our experience at the conference and watch our Senior Systems Engineer, Jason Moore's session "DevOps for Drupal and Other Web Applications." - [3 Reasons Why a Business Student Would Want to Co-Op at a Tech Company](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/3-reasons-why-business-student-would-want-co-op-tech-company): You don’t need to be an expert coder to work at a tech company! There are plenty of opportunities for a business major to grow within a tech company. - [4 Password Security Tips](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/4-password-security-tips): Don’t give hackers easy access to your data, protect your accounts by making your passwords as strong as possible by using these tips. - [4 Reasons Your Site Needs a Style Guide](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/4-reasons-your-site-needs-style-guide): Too many cooks can spoil the broth. Or, too many inconsistent styles can leave your website visitors totally lost. This is what can happen if you have a team working on changes without a clear guide to follow. A style guide is a... - [4 Signs of Poor User Experience](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/4-signs-poor-user-experience): Evaluating your website's usability is a good way to identify signs of a poor user experience. - [5 Drupal Development Resources You Need to Know](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-drupal-development-resources-you-need-know): Are you a Drupal developer looking for some assistance? Here are five resources that will help sharpen your skills, and keep you in the know. - [5 Drupal Modules for Content Editors](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-drupal-modules-content-editors): Beyond its core functionality, Drupal has a number of modules that make life even easier for content writers and editors. - [5 Key Takeaways from DrupalCon Nashville](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-key-takeaways-drupalcon-nashville): Here are 5 key takeaways from the sessions I attended that I feel have the potential to be the biggest game changers in Drupal 8. - [5 Myths About Staff Augmentation](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-myths-about-staff-augmentation): If you’re considering staff augmentation to get extra help, don’t listen to the rumor mill. Staff augmentation isn’t the same as outsourcing IT assistance. Staff augmentation adds an expert to your team when you’re working with... - [5 Tips to Write Better User Stories](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-tips-write-better-user-stories): If you’re on a software development team, user stories are a useful tool in understanding how a feature works from the perspective of your users. - [5 Tools to Increase Your Productivity](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-tools-increase-your-productivity): Here are some of the tools we use at Zivtech to help us stay on track with projects. - [5 User Research Methods for a More Effective Website](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-user-research-methods-more-effective-website): At Zivtech, we use a variety of methods to conduct thorough user research. - [5 Ways to Get Involved if You're a Woman in Tech](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-ways-get-involved-if-youre-woman-tech): March 8th is International Women’s Day, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It also advocates for gender equality in the workplace in all industries. According to a 2015 study by the... - [5 Ways to Step Up Your Git Game](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-ways-step-your-git-game): With git’s ability to create multiple branches and merge multiple developer's code into one repository, it is easy to get things mixed up; but don’t panic! There are tools out there to help. - [6 Reasons Why Your Small Business Needs Content Marketing](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/6-reasons-why-your-small-business-needs-content-marketing): If your startup isn’t already doing content marketing, this is why you should jump on the bandwagon. - [6 Tips to Ensure a Smooth Website Redesign](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/6-tips-ensure-smooth-website-redesign): Your website should fuel your business. It should be easy to use, both for you and the visitors you want to attract. If your website is clunky and disorganized, it’s definitely time for a makeover. But where do you even start? What... - [6 Ways a User Experience Discovery Improves Your Site](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/6-ways-user-experience-discovery-improves-your-site): User experience (UX) is a driving forces behind the success of your website. If your site visitors can’t quickly find the information they need, they could be gone for good. In general, the discovery phase of a project takes a step... - [7 Common Landing Page Mistakes to Avoid](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/7-common-landing-page-mistakes-avoid): If your landing page is poorly written or designed, it could cost you conversions. - [7 Server Metrics You Should be Monitoring on Your Drupal Site](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/7-server-metrics-you-should-be-monitoring-your-drupal-site): This list gives you a good set of metrics to keep an eye on and why it's in your best interest to do so. - [7 Signs You Need to Switch Your Content Management System](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/7-signs-you-need-switch-your-content-management-system): When your website isn’t performing as well as you’d like, you might point fingers at a number of outside factors. The marketing team isn’t driving enough traffic! Our content writers need to perform better keyword research to... - [7 Signs Your Project Needs a Discovery Phase](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/7-signs-your-project-needs-discovery-phase): Without a well thought out and detailed strategy, achieving your goals might feel impossible. Here are 7 signs that your project needs a proper discovery phase before investing in any type of design and development project. - [8 Common Website Design Problems](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/8-common-website-design-problems): Look at your website. Do any of these problems sound familiar? Here's how to fix them. - [8 Easy Editing Tips for Better Website Content](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/8-easy-editing-tips-better-website-content): Editing can turn good content into great content, which can make all the difference when it comes to your website. - [8 Questions to Ask to Improve Your Website](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/8-questions-ask-improve-your-website): Your website helps drive your business’s success, so it’s important to devote time to it through regular updates. If you haven’t checked in on its effectiveness lately, start by asking the following questions to determine where... - [8 Signs You Need to Upgrade Your Grant Management System](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/8-signs-you-need-upgrade-your-grant-management-system): As a nonprofit or foundation, your grant management system is vital to your organization’s workflow efficiency. A well-functioning system makes life easier on staff and panelists, helps boost the number of applications you receive... - [9 Reasons We're Amped to be Amplifying Philly at SXSW](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/9-reasons-were-amped-be-amplifying-philly-sxsw): SXSW kicks off on March 9th, and I’m excited to be heading down to Austin for one of the most amazing events IN THE UNIVERSE. The conference has served as a fantastic platform for Philadelphia the past few years through an initiative... - [A Review of Our Higher Education Success Stories](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/review-our-higher-education-success-stories): We've worked with a variety of clients over the years, and each client success story is unique. When looking specifically at our higher education projects, we noticed a common theme among them all. Each of the institutions we've... - [Accessibility and Inclusive Design: Best Friends by Code Enigma](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/accessibility-and-inclusive-design-best-friends-code-enigma): UK Drupal specialists, Code Enigma reached out to us to collaborate on some content. After a bit of brainstorming, we settled on a topic that both of our companies are passionate about: web accessibility. - [Agile Development for Beginners](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/agile-development-beginners): If you’re familiar with software development, you’ve likely heard of agile methodology. Agile refers to a development process that uses a collaborative and iterative workflow. It allows for continuous elemental improvement to a... - [AI-Driven Code Reviews: Transforming Efficiency](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/ai-driven-code-reviews-transforming-efficiency): As the availability and usefulness of AI have grown over the past few years, we as software engineers are always on the lookout for ways to boost our everyday efficiency using AI. One area that everyone at Zivtech participates in is... - [All the Things We Loved at DrupalCon Baltimore](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/all-things-we-loved-drupalcon-baltimore): Twenty members of our team went to the conference to attend sessions and represent Zivtech. - [Amplify Philly 2019: Preparing For An Amazing Austin Adventure at SXSW](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/amplify-philly-2019-preparing-amazing-austin-adventure-sxsw): Tips and tricks for navigating SXSW 2019! - [Are All Web Software Projects a Disaster?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/are-all-web-software-projects-disaster): Not every web software project needs to be a disaster. Find a talented team that will provide skillful and efficient problem-solving. - [B2B vs. B2C Content Writing](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/b2b-vs-b2c-content-writing): Writing B2B and B2C content can be very different. Each type of content requires a different tone and channel of distribution. - [BADCamp 2019 Recap](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/badcamp-2019-recap): Zivtech was a proud supporting sponsor of BADCamp 2019. Learn about our team’s time there and the Probo.CI session in our quick recap. - [Bear Skin: A Case Study](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/bear-skin-case-study): Introducing Bear Skin, a comprehensive skin for Zivtech's Bear base theme. - [Becoming a Claude Consultancy: Open Source in the AI Age](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/becoming-claude-consultancy-open-source-ai-age): How Zivtech is adapting open-source consulting practices for an AI-assisted development era without giving up accountability, craft, or community values. - [Binding Drupal Data with AngularJS: A Step by Step Tutorial](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/binding-drupal-data-angularjs-step-step-tutorial): AngularJS is a popular javascript framework backed by Google. This article will guide you through setting up a simple Angular app using data generated by Drupal. If you’re new to Angular, you may like: Why Does Angular.js Rock?... - [Challenges of Front End Development](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/challenges-front-end-development): Understand whom you’re building for, employ the right frameworks, organize your codebase, and make your life a lot easier with a CSS preprocessor. - [CHOP Vaccine Makers Project Wins at PR News' Digital Awards](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/chop-vaccine-makers-project-wins-pr-news-digital-awards): The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Vaccine Makers Project (VMP) won a PR News Digital Award in the category “Redesign/Relaunch of Site.” - [CHOP Vaccine Makers Selected as a Finalist for PR News' Digital PR Awards](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/chop-vaccine-makers-selected-finalist-pr-news-digital-pr-awards): The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Vaccine Makers Project was selected as a finalist for the PR News’ Digital PR Awards in the category “Redesign/Relaunch of Site.” - [CHOP Vaccines on the Go App Recognized at PRNEWS Digital Awards](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/chop-vaccines-go-app-recognized-prnews-digital-awards): The app provides educational resources on vaccines, and the diseases they prevent. - [Claude Skills and MCP for Drupal Development — DrupalCamp NJ 2026](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/claude-skills-and-mcp-drupal-development-drupalcamp-nj-2026): A preview of Alex’s DrupalCamp NJ session on using Claude Skills and MCP to make AI useful for real Drupal development workflows. - [Clutch Recognizes Zivtech as a Top Philadelphia Web Designer!](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/clutch-recognizes-zivtech-top-philadelphia-web-designer): Companies were selected based on their ability to deliver excellent work. - [Common Issues Found During a Drupal Site Audit](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/common-issues-found-during-drupal-site-audit): Over the years, Zivtech has worked on many different types of existing Drupal websites and web applications. These projects have ranged from sites that were built with Drupal’s best practices to those built by developers with little... - [Comparing Content Management Systems](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/comparing-content-management-systems): As a sales and marketing leader for an open source technology agency, comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the many open source content management systems for prospective clients is just about a daily task. As this technology... - [Comparison of Pull Request Preview Tools](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/comparison-pull-request-preview-tools): We compared pull request preview tools so that you can decide which is the best choice for your next software development project. - [Content Strategy for Small Teams](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/content-strategy-small-teams): Developing a content strategy for your business may seem like an impossible task – especially if you're one of only a few content creators on your team. These steps make content strategy accessible and manageable for even the smallest... - [Continuous Integration Tool Benefits Project Managers](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/continuous-integration-tool-benefits-project-managers): As a project manager, you want to share a link with a client for quick feedback, and too often it‘s not as easy as it should be. Here’s the problem: you pass on a test link, and you throw in a caveat with very specific instructions... - [COVID-19 Resources](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/covid-19-resources): The Zivtech team is lucky enough to currently be working remotely, but we understand that other individuals and businesses may not have that same grace. In lieu of an April Fool's joke, we wanted to point to some local and national... - [Creating a User-Centric Website Experience: A Case Study](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/creating-user-centric-website-experience-case-study): Clarifi is a nonprofit organization on a mission to make financial literacy more accessible. Their website needed to serve as a catalyst for relationships with their users. - [Creating Parallax Scrolling with CSS](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/creating-parallax-scrolling-css): Here at Zivtech, we are obsessed with creating immersive experiences for mobile and the web using cutting-edge design and Open Source Software like Drupal and Angular.js. One of the web design techniques that we've had on our radar is... - [Decoupling Drupal: Our Experience with NowAnThen.com](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/decoupling-drupal-our-experience-nowanthencom): Our team started working on a decoupled project for a site called NowAnThen.com a few months ago. - [Defining Probo's Mission & Coining Continuous Collaboration](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/defining-probos-mission-coining-continuous-collaboration): Probo's mission is to break down the barriers between software developers and other project stakeholders. - [Design Dark Patterns](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/design-dark-patterns): Public awareness about ethics in technology has heightened over the past few months. A greater level of scrutiny is being applied to the relationships between technology and user agency. Although much of the conversations have centered... - [Design Insights from the Awwwards Conference 2018](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/design-insights-awwwards-conference-2018): A few weeks ago I attended the Awwwards Conference in San Francisco and gained some valuable insight about the industry. - [Developer Motivation in the AI Era](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/developer-motivation-ai-era): Being a developer can be both exciting and difficult. Whether you're creating or coding UIs, working with various backends, or exploring the newest AI models, the work isn’t always easy. - [Dr. Pagelove or: How I Learned to Stop Procrastinating and Love the Documentation](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/dr-pagelove-or-how-i-learned-stop-procrastinating-and-love-documentation): Like going to the dentist, writing documentation for software is important. And much like going to the dentist, no one wants to do it unless they have to. - [Drupal 8 Content Moderation Tips & Tricks](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-8-content-moderation-tips-tricks): The Content Moderation core module was marked stable in Drupal 8.5. Think of it like the contributed module Workbench Moderation in Drupal 7, but without all the Workbench editor Views that never seemed to completely make sense. The... - [Drupal 8 for Content Editors](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-8-content-editors): Drupal 8 is a great CMS for feature-rich sites, but how does it stack up for content editors? - [Drupal GovCon 2018 Roundup](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-govcon-2018-roundup): We just returned from GovCon 2018 and we're already excited for next year. If you missed our sessions or would just like to watch them again, you're in luck! We've put together a recap of everything we did at GovCon this year. - [Drupal is Not Just for Your Marketing Site](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-not-just-your-marketing-site): As a Drupal expert, many of the projects I’ve done over the years have been marketing websites. Drupal is widely understood as a content management system that’s used to power sites like ours, but this is actually only the tip of... - [Drupal vs. WordPress for Higher Education Websites](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-vs-wordpress-higher-education-websites): You’re about to begin a huge overhaul of your higher education website and one of the first steps is choosing a content management system. Here are some factors to consider when choosing between Drupal and WordPress. - [Drupal Was Built for the Age of Agents](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-was-built-for-the-age-of-agents): After Drupal Pivot North America, the assignment felt obvious: prove Drupal's AI-era advantage in running code, not prose. So I shipped it on drupal.org — the GEO Starter recipe and its JSON-LD layer, a Contentful exit ramp, and the... - [Drupal Zapier Integration- Users needed](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-zapier-integration-users-needed): Zapier is a SAAS integrator that makes it easy for non-coders to connect systems. They have support for many systems, for example, Slack, Salesforce, Jira, Gmail, letting you map data from one system into another on creation. - [DrupalCamp NJ 2019 Session Recap](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupalcamp-nj-2019-session-recap): Our CEO and CTO both led speaker sessions at DrupalCamp 2019. - [Drupaldelphia 2018 Session Recap](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupaldelphia-2018-session-recap): If you missed Drupaldelphia this year, check out our session recaps. - [Drush: What You Should Know](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drush-what-you-should-know): Short for Drupal Shell, Drush is a tool that allows developers to work on the command line, an interface that has both benefits and disadvantages to the Drupal UI (user interface). - [Empowering Drupal 8 Content Editors with EVA: Attach All the Displays!](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/empowering-drupal-8-content-editors-eva-attach-all-displays): Entity Views Attachment, or EVA, is a Drupal module that allows you to attach view displays to entities of your choosing. We used it recently on a project and loved it. - [Enabling the Media Library in Drupal 8.7](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/enabling-media-library-drupal-87): A tutorial for the Media Library module in Drupal 8.7. - [Event Spotlight: Philadelphia Social Media Day](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/event-spotlight-philadelphia-social-media-day): Philadelphia Social Media Day is back July 30th. Proceeds benefit restaurants throughout Philadelphia. - [Everything You Need to Know About Philly Tech Week 2019](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/everything-you-need-know-about-philly-tech-week-2019): Your guide to the events Zivtech is attending and sponsoring during Philly Tech Week 2019. - [Flat UI Design Elements: A Benefit or a Detriment?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/flat-ui-design-elements-benefit-or-detriment): Take a look at any website or app, and more often than not, you’ll find “flat” elements. Trending recently, these flat elements take a minimalist approach and strip away any styles that would give three dimensional illusions... - [From Drupalcon Seattle to Drupaldelphia: These Are the Best Devops Tools for Drupal and Beyond!](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupalcon-seattle-drupaldelphia-these-are-best-devops-tools-drupal-and-beyond): We recently lead a training session at DrupalCon Seattle 2019 where we discussed some of the best DevOps tools for Drupal. In a few weeks, our Senior Systems Engineer will be discussing these tools more in-depth during his session at... - [Gartner Names Acquia as a Leader for Web Content Management](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/gartner-names-acquia-leader-web-content-management): An intuitive content management system makes it significantly easier to streamline the way you manage your digital presence. A CMS simplifies the process for creating and editing content and helps ensure that your website is uniform and... - [Gatsby and the JAMstack: An Introduction for the Drupal/LAMP Minded](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/gatsby-and-jamstack-introduction-drupallamp-minded): At this year's BADCamp, our Senior Web Architect Nick Lewis led a session on Gatsby and the JAMstack. You can watch the session here. - [Gearing Up for DrupalCon Seattle 2019](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/gearing-drupalcon-seattle-2019): This year, DrupalCon takes place in Seattle, and we can already smell Starbucks’ Pike Place roast in the air! With only a week left before the fun starts, we’ve been busy preparing for our sold out training, “DevOps for Drupal!” - [Getting Started with React, Drupal 8, and JsonAPI](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/getting-started-react-drupal-8-and-jsonapi): You don't need to go fully 'headless' to use React for parts of your Drupal site. In this tutorial, we'll use the Drupal 8 JsonAPI module to communicate between a React component and the Drupal framework. As a simple example, we'll... - [Good Design for Good Business](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/good-design-good-business): Design may be something that you brush off as an expendable expense when it comes to budgeting and allocations, but it’s just as important as other facets of a business when it comes to both the long and short term health of a company. - [Growing to Scale With Open Source Development And Tools](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/growing-scale-open-source-development-and-tools): These three companies have incorporated the “borrow instead of build” philosophy found in open source development, and this method of expanding a website or software has allowed them to boom without crashing. - [Highlighting Accessibility: The Fundamentals](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/highlighting-accessibility-fundamentals): In recent years, accessibility has become an essential factor for teams tasked with bringing new products, services, and experiences to market. The reason for this is clear: design works best when it works for everyone. Historically... - [How a Bad Drupal Site Affects Content Editors](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-bad-drupal-site-affects-content-editors): If your site sucks, you’re closing doors for content editors. - [How Color Affects UX](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-color-affects-ux): Color plays an important role in the user experience. The color scheme selected for your brand and website should effectively deliver a message to your user about your brand, product, and services. - [How Performance Factors Affect SEO and Usability](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-performance-factors-affect-seo-and-usability): Poor site performance and slow individual page load times can cause significant issues for your users and negatively affect your SEO strategy. Google has indicated that site speed and individual page speed are both contributing factors... - [How to Adapt Your Brand's Tone Across Mediums](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-adapt-your-brands-tone-across-mediums): A clearly defined brand voice gives your organization a specific personality and helps to reinforce the organization’s overall mission. A brand's tone, however, should vary depending on a number of factors. - [How to Approach a Design System](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-approach-design-system): Creating a design system from scratch can be tedious and time-consuming. But, this blog breaks down the process into a few manageable steps. - [How to Avoid Traffic Drops After a Site Redesign](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-avoid-traffic-drops-after-site-redesign): During the redesign process of a website, there are many small changes that can ultimately affect the traffic of the new site. The key is to identify any changes that might break SEO, or changes that might affect the way the site looks... - [How to Balance SEO Strategy & Creative Content Writing](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-balance-seo-strategy-creative-content-writing): Even though SEO tactics have changed, there are still certain boxes you should make sure you’re checking when you publish content on your website. So how do you make sure your content is creative and appealing to readers, but still... - [How to Build Customer Trust Online](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-build-customer-trust-online): Use the following tips to build a more trustworthy digital presence and encourage customer retention and loyalty. - [How to Choose a Streaming Font Service](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-choose-streaming-font-service): When choosing the right fonts or typefaces for your web project, two names frequently come to mind: Google Fonts and Adobe Typekit. - [How to Choose a Vendor for Your Digital Project](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-choose-vendor-your-digital-project): Choosing a vendor is one of the first decisions you need to make when you embark on a site redesign or upgrade. An experienced partner that understands your needs and frustrations helps a project run more smoothly from start to finish... - [How to Choose the Right eCommerce Solution for Your Drupal Project](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-choose-right-ecommerce-solution-your-drupal-project): Drupal has a powerful suite of tools and features for just about any type of website, and eCommerce websites are no exception. - [How to Choose: WordPress vs. Drupal](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-choose-wordpress-vs-drupal): It’s time to build your next website. The next step is to figure out which CMS platform is best for the job. - [How to Convince Your Boss You Need a New Website](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-convince-your-boss-you-need-new-website): A website redesign can be a hard sell. It’s costly and time-consuming, and it requires that your staff spend time away from their usual responsibilities. But if your site is in dire need of some updates, the end result will more than... - [How to Create Lovely Typography](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-create-lovely-typography): After a lot of hard work, stakeholder meetings, and thought, you are finally getting inspiration for a great design on your next website. Then, you start to think about fonts. The number of font choices available to us are so numerous... - [How to Define Your Brand's Voice](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-define-your-brands-voice): Establishing a brand voice takes time and careful consideration, but it will help drive your strategy and build stronger relationships with your audience. - [How to Develop an Effective Content Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-develop-effective-content-strategy): If you haven’t put significant time and effort into your site content in the past, it’s time to start. - [How to Do A Site Audit](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-do-site-audit): There are a lot of different reasons why people need a site audit. For example, you may be transferring a project from an old team to a new team that needs to understand the project that they're taking over. Or maybe there's an internal... - [How to Find Gaps in Your Website Content](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-find-gaps-your-website-content): You’ve perfected what’s already on your site, but now it’s time to take a deeper look through a gap analysis. - [How to Help Your Site Visitors Find Their Way](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-help-your-site-visitors-find-their-way): You may have heard the term “wayfinding” before and nodded along, as you do whenever someone throws out niche jargon. Wayfinding is an interdisciplinary subject that involves graphic design, geography, and psychology. While... - [How to maintain Brand Authenticity in a Digital Space](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-maintain-brand-authenticity-digital-space): Brand authenticity helps brands establish loyal and lasting relationships with their clients. Our Web Design Co-op sat down with us and discussed how brands can maintain authenticity in a saturated digital space. - [How to Make Your Website Accessible](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-make-your-website-accessible): Web pages should be designed in a way that makes them usable for all site visitors, regardless of disabilities or impairments. - [How to Measure Site Success After Launch](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-measure-site-success-after-launch): Measuring the success of your site is a key step in the process, but it can be difficult to determine exactly what you should analyze in order to get a sense of what’s working and what’s not. - [How to Optimize User Experience Through Personalization](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-optimize-user-experience-through-personalization): Your site’s user experience plays such a significant role in its overall success. Personalize your site's navigation to create a better experience. - [How to Optimize Your Site Content](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-optimize-your-site-content): If you’re unsure about what content your site has and what information it’s missing, you might need to do a content audit. Websites are powerhouses for data and information. Disorganized content throws a wrench in your content... - [How to Prevent Your Drupal Site from Getting Hacked: Part 1](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-prevent-your-drupal-site-getting-hacked-part-1): There’s no foolproof way to get an unhackable Drupal site; there could always be an exploit that we don’t know about yet. But there are quite a few ways you can help reduce the risk of getting hacked. Let’s dive into some of the... - [How to Prevent Your Drupal Site from Getting Hacked: Part 2](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-prevent-your-drupal-site-getting-hacked-part-2): In part two of this post, we’ll take a look at user roles and permissions, input filters and text formats, and third party libraries. - [How to Prevent Your Server from Getting Hacked](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-prevent-your-server-getting-hacked): When coming up with a security plan for your Drupal website, or any website for that matter, you need to take several key factors into account. These key factors include your server host, server configuration, and authorized users... - [How to Save Money on Your Website Redesign](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-save-money-your-website-redesign): Redesigning a website can become a costly venture. This quick guide offers tips and tactics to keep costs low for a redesign project that dosesn't cut corners. - [How to Set Up a Web App for Your Data in 45 Minutes](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-set-web-app-your-data-45-minutes): Many organizations rely on spreadsheets for data management, but eventually outgrow them and need a new solution. - [How to Triple Your Sales Team Without Hiring](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-triple-your-sales-team-without-hiring): Teach your employees how to effectively sing your company’s praises and be the best brand advocates they possibly can be. - [How to Use Gaming Principles in Web Design](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-use-gaming-principles-web-design): Games are simply another type of experience, so why wouldn’t the same principles of enjoyment translate to how someone uses a website? - [How to Use Off-Canvas Dialog in Drupal 8](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-use-canvas-dialog-drupal-8): A slick new feature was recently added to Drupal 8 starting with the 8.5 release — out of the box off-canvas dialog support. - [How to Use Recompose to Transform React Development](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-use-recompose-transform-react-development): Recompose helps you create reusable, functional components. - [How to Use White Space to Improve Your Website Design](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-use-white-space-improve-your-website-design): When utilized correctly, white space can make a design stronger and look more professional. - [How to Write Better Meta Descriptions](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-write-better-meta-descriptions): A well-written meta description is a mainstay in SEO and has the ability to prompt a user to click through to your site, increasing the CTR and positively affecting your search rankings. - [How To: oEmbed with Asset in Drupal 7](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-oembed-asset-drupal-7): In this installment, I'll step through how to set up oEmbed rich content in a WYSIWYG in Drupal 7. - [How Training Your Team Will Improve Your Website](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-training-your-team-will-improve-your-website): You shouldn’t have to rely on your original vendor to update and renovate your site. Train your employees and teach them the development skills that will suit your particular needs. - [How We Represented Philly at South by Southwest](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-we-represented-philly-south-southwest): We just got back from South by Southwest (SXSW) and already can't wait for next year. We loved representing Philadelphia. We also loved all the tacos. The annual festival and conference in Austin, Texas wrapped up last week after nine... - [How We Use JIRA to Improve Client Communication](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/how-we-use-jira-improve-client-communication): Every design and development shop knows that client communication plays a significant role in a project’s success. Seamless client inclusion and transparency is essential for an efficient workflow. Project management teams work hard... - [Implementing a Pound-Varnish-LAMP setup to achieve secure HTTP acceleration](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/implementing-pound-varnish-lamp-setup-achieve-secure-http-acceleration): In my previous post, I gave an overview of a high performance caching setup that facilitated SSL everywhere. - [International Women's Day 2019](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/international-womens-day-2019): For International Women's Day 2019, I asked the women in the office to share their thoughts on how we can strive toward a more gender-balanced tech industry. - [Introducing Content Packages](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/introducing-content-packages): Introducing Content Packages, a Git-friendly Drupal workflow for managing selected content as canonical package files with YAML front matter. - [Join Us in the #DrupalCares Initiative to Sustain the Drupal Association](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/join-us-drupalcares-initiative-sustain-drupal-association): Times like now require us to come together. The #DrupalCares initiative aims to sustain the Drupal Association in the face of fallout due to the Coronavirus. The Association is an educational non-profit organization that supports the... - [Jonathan DeLaigle Joining Zivtech as Director of Engineering](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/jonathan-delaigle-joining-zivtech-director-engineering): We’re ringing in the New Year at Zivtech with some changes. Most notably, I’m happy to announce Jonathan DeLaigle is coming aboard as our new Director of Engineering! I met Jonathan in 2008 while we were both mentoring for... - [Learn How to Build Your Own Instance of Probo.CI](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/learn-how-build-your-own-instance-proboci): Thanks to new documentation, getting a Probo App server running is easier than ever. - [Let's hang at DrupalCon!](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/lets-hang-drupalcon): Come for the tech, stay for the people!Hey there, fellow tech enthusiasts, aspiring Drupal wizards, and future collaborators! Are you ready to dive headfirst into the vibrant world of open source, community camaraderie, and unparalleled... - [Making Your First Browser Extension](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/making-your-first-browser-extension): So, you want to make a browser extension. Perhaps this is something you've been interested in pursuing but didn't know how or where to get started. This blog will help show you the path from an idea to a browser extension. - [Mood-Driven UX Design](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/mood-driven-ux-design): Use mood fluctuations throughout your design process to create more positive experiences. - [My First Experience Designing a Brand Identity for a Product](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/my-first-experience-designing-brand-identity-product): I was tasked with designing key elements for the brand: a logo, website, and various illustrations to use as imagery. Here's how I tackled the project. - [New Drupal Updates (8.6.0 release)](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/new-drupal-updates-860-release): The Drupal team recently unveiled major upgrades to Drupal 8 with the release of Drupal 8.6.0. This improved version of Drupal offers significant changes for content editors, site builders, and developers. - [New In Drupal (8.7.0 Release)](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/new-drupal-870-release): Last month, Drupal released Drupal 8.7.0, the latest major update for Drupal 8. The release includes new features, and some changes, to enhance Drupal’s capabilities and performance. - [Open Source is Redefining the Future of Digital Experiences](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/open-source-redefining-future-digital-experiences): This week, Forrester released their report on the best web content management systems. See which products came out on top. - [Our 2018 Web Predictions](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/our-2018-web-predictions): It’s that time of year again! Our team put their thinking caps on to consider what’s to come in web development, design, and tech in 2018. Here are some of our predictions. Sites that support digital assistants “Perhaps sites will... - [Our CTO's Local Web Development Setup](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/our-ctos-local-web-development-setup): After a long run on MacBook Pros, I switched to an LG Gram laptop running Debian this year. It’s faster, lighter, and less expensive. - [Our Favorite UX Tools](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/our-favorite-ux-tools): At Zivtech, we use a suite of tools to accomplish broad, synchronized tasks like internal communication and file sharing. Our Interactive Design team uses Sketch and InVision for most of our design deliverables, both internally and with... - [Our Female Staff on Their Favorite Resources for Professional Growth](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/our-female-staff-their-favorite-resources-professional-growth): For International Women’s Day, I asked our female staff members about the organizations, mentors, and resources that have motivated them or helped them grow professionally. - [Our Top Blog Posts of 2018](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/our-top-blog-posts-2018): Check out our most popular posts from 2018! - [Our Top Ten Picks for Philly Tech Week 2018](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/our-top-ten-picks-philly-tech-week-2018): Check out our top ten event picks for this year's Philly Tech Week. - [Out-of-Box vs. Custom Software: Which is Best for You?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/out-box-vs-custom-software-which-best-you): Should you choose existing software and make some compromises, or opt for a custom solution that may take longer to build and implement? - [Permissions and roles for happier users and admins](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/permissions-and-roles-happier-users-and-admins): Let's talk about users, permissions, and roles, and how you can use them to keep your Drupal installation merrily un-borked. - [PHP Image Testing and GitLab Server Integration Now Available for Probo.CI](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/php-image-testing-and-gitlab-server-integration-now-available-proboci): Changes to Probo.CI now make it possible for public testing of PHP 7.3 and PHP 7.4 images, as well as integration with GitLab Server instances. - [Port your Drupal 7 Theme to Drupal 8](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/port-your-drupal-7-theme-drupal-8): Let’s port an existing theme (and subtheme) to Drupal 8. There are quite a few posts out there describing the process, but those mostly cover the creation of a theme rather than its port to D8. To help you out, I’ve gathered most of... - [Q&A on QA](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/qa-qa): The quality assurance (QA) phase of a web development project is the last phase before launch. While the development team has a lot of experience with QA phases, oftentimes the client team is new to the process, which can lead to... - [Reading Between the Swim Lanes: How to Optimize Your Development Workflow with a Kanban Board](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/reading-between-swim-lanes-how-optimize-your-development-workflow-kanban-board): You can get valuable insight from visualizing each feature request's path to deployment as an assembly line that can be optimized. - [Reintroducing: ApplyCycle](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/reintroducing-applycycle): ApplyCycle is a customized application management solution that can streamline the process of creating, accepting, and reviewing applications. - [SEO Strategy for Small Businesses](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/seo-strategy-small-businesses): Here are a few tips and tricks to start improving your SEO over time. - [Setting up Media in Drupal 8.6](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/setting-media-drupal-86): Learn how to use contributed modules to close the gaps in the core Media module so that we can build new sites using core Media in anticipation of 8.7 and beyond. - [Simple Custom Page Layout With Panelizer](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/simple-custom-page-layout-panelizer): Using blocks to lay out content on your Drupal site can be a tedious and inflexible process. Panels improves this process by providing a simple way to display dynamic content based on relationships, contexts, and conditions without the... - [Style a Slick Carousel Slideshow in Drupal 8](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/style-slick-carousel-slideshow-drupal-8): Here's a walkthrough guide to styling a slideshow in Drupal 8. - [The 12 Benefits of Architecture Planning](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/12-benefits-architecture-planning): A full architecture review is paramount before you start to develop a new site. - [The 5 Processes of User Experience Design](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/5-processes-user-experience-design): The UX process is an iterative one. Many versions of trial and error will create the optimum result. - [The Benefits of a Content Management System](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/benefits-content-management-system): A well-designed and easy to use website is key for any business. Customers frequently use the internet to research new products or services before making a purchase decision. It’s vital that your site is both intuitive for users on... - [The Benefits of a Custom Grant Management System](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/benefits-custom-grant-management-system): A custom solution can be tailored to your needs with powerful features that make your workflow seamless and more efficient. - [The Benefits of Open Source Software](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/benefits-open-source-software): Open source has benefits that are unsurpassed by proprietary software solutions. - [The Benefits of Repurposing Content](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/benefits-repurposing-content): Consider repurposing your content to reach new audiences, increase brand credibility, and improve SEO. - [The Benefits of Staff Augmentation](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/benefits-staff-augmentation): Staff augmentation is a business strategy where the skills of your existing staff are evaluated to determine which additional skills are required. The benefits of staff augmentation include flexibility, control, and cost. - [The Best Tools for Your Content Strategy](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/best-tools-your-content-strategy): Sometimes your content strategy can fall flat. This quick guide offers tips and tools to shake up your content strategy. - [The Economics of Claude Code — Part 1: Session Timing](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-part-1-session-timing): Session timing is one of the easiest ways to waste Claude Code spend. Learn how warm cache windows, idle gaps, and long-running sessions change the economics. - [The Economics of Claude Code — Part 2: The Agent Tradeoff](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-part-2-agent-tradeoff): Subagents can protect your main context, but delegation has its own cost surface. This post explains when agents save money and when they move the expense. - [The Economics of Claude Code — Part 3: What You Carry](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-part-3-what-you-carry): Tool output, logs, and summaries stay in context longer than most people realize. This post shows how accumulated context becomes carrying cost. - [The Economics of Claude Code, Two Months Later: Half the Helpers Retired, and That Was the Point](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-two-months-later): Two months after the Economics of Claude Code series, the honest scorecard: the platform absorbed half the helpers, the math still holds, and that was the point. - [The Economics of Claude Code: Cost Driver Reference](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-cost-driver-reference): A reference guide to the major Claude Code cost drivers, how observable they are, how controllable they are, and what to monitor. - [The Economics of Claude Code: Helper Install Guide](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-helper-install-guide): Install local Claude Code helper hooks that make cache age, context growth, delegation cost, and session boundaries visible while you work. - [The Economics of Claude Code: Where the Money Actually Goes](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/economics-of-claude-code-where-the-money-actually-goes): A practical map of where Claude Code spend actually comes from: cache misses, context weight, model choice, tool output, and the habits that make the meter run. - [The Evolution of Emoji Usage from a UX Perspective ?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/evolution-emoji-usage-ux-perspective): Emojis have taken over. How has the popularity of emojis affected UX? - [The Role of a WordPress Developer](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/role-wordpress-developer): A WordPress developer is an important aspect of creating a custom WordPress site that meets your organization's unique needs. - [The Role of Project Management in Software Development](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/role-project-management-software-development): From site maintenance to full website redesign and support after launch, project managers are the connectors for the web development team and the client. - [The Two Most Important Things Your Homepage Should Do](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/two-most-important-things-your-homepage-should-do): While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to your homepage, there are two universal objectives to strive for that put your users first. - [The Value of a Design System](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/value-design-system): Design systems are a valuable asset to your company. They standardize visual elements and maintain brand continuity across platforms. They also allow teams to move faster and communicate better. - [The Value of Strategic Partnerships](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/value-strategic-partnerships): Strategic partnerships are mutually beneficial and allow businesses to bridge the gap between opportunity and expertise. The benefits of strategic partnerships include the chance to meet new clients, expand geographically, access new... - [The Value of Structured Content](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/value-structured-content): Ensuring proper delivery of web content can always be a challenge. While content isn't always "in the right place at the right time," structured content methodology can aid content-related issues on the front and back ends. - [Tools Every Project Manager Should Use](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/tools-every-project-manager-should-use): Part of the art of PM-ing is trial and error, but try to start out with a structure that works well for you and your team right off the bat. - [Tools for Writing Better Web Content](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/tools-writing-better-web-content): Writing can be daunting, but these tools can help you overcome challenges during the process. - [Top 10 Things You Forget to Check Before a Website Launch](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/top-10-things-you-forget-check-website-launch): I'm obsessed with smooth launches. The fewer things you need to do to launch, the fewer things will go wrong. Did you forget any of these common gotchas? #1: Configure Google Analytics Setting up live analytics isn't always top of the... - [Top 13 Common Mistakes When Building a Sitewide Search in Drupal](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/top-13-common-mistakes-when-building-sitewide-search-drupal): Most Drupal developers are experienced building sitewide search with Search API and Views. But it’s easy to learn and harder to master. These are the most common mistakes I see made when doing this task. - [Turn Error Into Opportunity](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/turn-error-opportunity): Designing a creative 404 page could turn user error into an opportunity for increased engagement and user retention. - [Upcoming Drupal 8 Trainings in Philadelphia](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/upcoming-drupal-8-trainings-philadelphia): We'll be offering several public Drupal trainings at our office in downtown Philadelphia in January 2019. Come join us! - [Usability Testing vs. Heuristic Evaluations](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/usability-testing-vs-heuristic-evaluations): Usability testing and heuristic evaluations each have their own pros and cons when it comes to evaluating a prototype. At the root of each, there are two different techniques used for finding usability issues and serve as a basis for... - [UX Principles: Constraints, Discoverability, Feedback, and More](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/ux-principles-constraints-discoverability-feedback-and-more): As the field of user experience continues to expand, it’s important to be cognizant of the main principles that build the foundation for human-computer interaction. - [Web Accessibility and Drupal](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/web-accessibility-and-drupal): With the advent of screen readers, many web users imagined web accessibility to be complete, but there is more to using the web than simply browsing. - [Web Accessibility is Good for Everyone](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/web-accessibility-good-everyone): Facebook just announced that it will use artificial intelligence to describe images to people who cannot see pictures. While you may think that this development is meant for a limited audience, it actually has wide ranging benefits for... - [Website Documentation Tips and Insights](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/website-documentation-tips-and-insights): Here are some additional tools we found to be great assets to a documentarian's repertoire. - [What is a Heuristic Evaluation in UX?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/what-heuristic-evaluation-ux): If you want to know if your site’s core functionalities are user-friendly, a heuristic evaluation is a great place to start. - [What is DevOps?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/what-devops): Developers want to solve problems and create strong code foundations that prevent bugs. Operations managers want to make sure a product is working and improvements are being made. Stagnation, or a lack of activity, is a worst case... - [What is Zero UI?](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/what-zero-ui): You may not have heard the term “Zero UI,” but chances are, you've heard of some of its high-profile products. Maybe you even have one in your home. Do any of these ring a bell? Amazon Echo/Alexa Google Home Nest Thermostat Zero UI... - [What You Need to Know About Mobile-First Indexing](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/what-you-need-know-about-mobile-first-indexing): Google rolled out mobile-first indexing for certain websites earlier this year. Is your site ready? - [Where to Find Us at DrupalCon Nashville](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/where-find-us-drupalcon-nashville): Headed to DrupalCon? Here’s where you can find us throughout the week. - [Which Type of Wireframe to Use in Your Design Workflow](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/which-type-wireframe-use-your-design-workflow): Every team and workflow has its nuances when it comes to the wireframing process, but there are typically three sorts of wireframes in production. - [Who’s Responsible for Bringing People to Philly? PHLCVB, Visit Philly, & Many More](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/whos-responsible-bringing-people-philly-phlcvb-visit-philly-many-more): Last week I wrote about how awesome it is to live, work, and start a business in Philly. - [Why Data Visualization Is Important When Designing Experiences](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-data-visualization-important-when-designing-experiences): Data visualization is an important component of good user experience. Visualizations enhance a user interface and render large sections of information more useful. - [Why Drupal is Great for Business](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-drupal-great-business): With roughly 1.2 million websites using Drupal across the world, including marquee sites such as NBC Universal and pharmaceutical giant Novartis, it’s clear that it’s a powerful content management system capable of supporting large... - [Why Performance Best Practices Aren't Speeding Up Your Site](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-performance-best-practices-arent-speeding-your-site): You've gone through all the checklist compliance work, but haven't seen any change in your site's speed. What's going on here? - [Why Probo.CI Helps DevOps](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-proboci-helps-devops): Probo CI, a new automated testing tool built by Zivtech, goes a long way to fulfill the promise of DevOps harmony. - [Why User Research is More Important Than You Think](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-user-research-more-important-you-think): It seems obvious that user research is a critical part of improving the user experience of a website. And yet, clients often have some pretty essential questions about the user research process and the results. Why should I pay for... - [Why We Abandoned SASS in Our Drupal Theme](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-we-abandoned-sass-our-drupal-theme): How can we implement a proper workflow in order to deliver a consistent product, improve performance and quality, and facilitate development among developers? - [Why You Should A/B Test Your Website](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-you-should-ab-test-your-website): A/B testing is a surefire way to continuously make improvements to your website. - [Why You Should Upgrade to Drupal 8 (Even With Drupal 9 On the Way)](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-you-should-upgrade-drupal-8-even-drupal-9-way): With Drupal 9 set to be released later next year, upgrading to Drupal 8 may seem like a lost cause. However, beyond the fact that Drupal 8 is superior to its predecessors, it will also make the inevitable upgrade to Drupal 9, and future... - [Why You Should Use Flexible Components in Your Website Design](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-you-should-use-flexible-components-your-website-design): In a nutshell, a component is a design element used on more than one page. - [Why Your Site's Content Should Come Before Design](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-your-sites-content-should-come-design): It’s easy to get caught up in the details of design and feature development during a website build. The need for improved functionality or a fresh design is usually the driving force behind a project. These aspects are also generally... - [Why Zivtech is at Startup Weekend Health Philadelphia 2013](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/why-zivtech-startup-weekend-health-philadelphia-2013): This weekend 9 members of the Zivtech staff will be participating and competing in Startup Weekend Health Philadelphia 2013. - [Your Site's Monthly Checkup: Broken Links](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/your-sites-monthly-checkup-broken-links): Broken links are bad for user experience. They can also negatively affect your SEO and bump your site down in search rankings. - [Your Site's Monthly Checkup: Easy SEO Fixes](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/your-sites-monthly-checkup-easy-seo-fixes): If you hear “SEO” and immediately get overwhelmed, I have good news for you. There are some fairly simple things you can do to improve your site’s SEO without getting too deep into the weeds. Get started with this short list of... - [Your Site's Monthly Checkup: How to Discover New Keywords](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/your-sites-monthly-checkup-how-discover-new-keywords): Keyword research can go a long way in boosting your organic search performance. It also helps inspire new ideas for fresh content on your website. - [Your Site's Monthly Checkup: How to Make Your Site Faster](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/your-sites-monthly-checkup-how-make-your-site-faster): To get to the bottom of your site’s speed issues, try using some of these website testing tools. - [Your Site's Monthly Checkup: Write Better CTAs](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/your-sites-monthly-checkup-write-better-ctas): A call to action is arguably the most important part of a piece of content for your website. Whether it’s ad copy or a button on your site, it tells your audience what to do next. An effective call to action is persuasive and helps... - [Your WordPress Site Needs this Continuous Integration Tool](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/your-wordpress-site-needs-continuous-integration-tool): Probo.CI helps your team collaborate and produce better results. - [Zivtech Is now Technical Debt Collectors!](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/zivtech-now-technical-debt-collectors): Have you heard? We’ve rebranded! - [Zivtech Recognized as a Top App & Custom Software Development Company](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/zivtech-recognized-top-app-custom-software-development-company): Clutch highlighted Zivtech based on client reviews and ratings. - [Zivtech Recognized as a Top B2B Company in Philadelphia](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/zivtech-recognized-top-b2b-company-philadelphia): Our team was recognized for digital strategy; digital design and UI/UX design; and mobile, website, software, Drupal, WordPress, and PHP development. - [Zivtech's Drupal 8 Site Building Training](https://www.zivtech.com/blog/zivtechs-drupal-8-site-building-training): We recently hosted a public Drupal 8 Site Building training at our downtown Philadelphia office. The training was led by Jason Moore and John Kaeser. Our attendees learned how to put together custom CMS-driven websites without code!