Posts by Bryan Hoffman
So I Gave Accessibe a Try…
It’s time to talk a bit about accessibility on the web. It’s been on my radar for a long time but it’s finally time to start understanding web accessibility and making it a part of our design and development workflow. I’ll write more about it in the coming months – what it is, why we…
Read MoreOrganic SEO Is a Long Game
Spigot has been designing websites in Park City since 2007, and for most of that time we’d come up first or towards the very top when searching for ‘Park City Web Design‘. Well, we’re no longer at/near the top: Duck Duck Go: Google: Seventh? After a couple of ads, we’re showing up in 7th position…
Read MoreThe Importance of Web Content Management for Businesses
Whether you run a small business, non-profit organization or e-commerce business, website content management can take up a lot of your time and effort – which is why most successful businesses leave it to the pros. Why You Need Website Maintenance Services Businesses are organic, living things that require mindful management to flourish and grow…
Read MoreAn Inside Look at Spigot Design
Michele Roepke wrote an article about Spigot Design for the TownLift highlighting some of our work and giving you an inside look into what makes our business unique and kind words from our previous clients. From the article: I am hyper-aware of how amazing it is to have a world-class team like Kari and Bryan…
Read MoreWordPress Database Cleanup
Maintaining spigotdesign.com is a passion of mine. It’s my site after all. So when I realized that the database was massive, even after deleting all those sweet tweets, it was time to go extreme. I wrote about the tasks in detail over at our Cinch blog, but you can stay here and be amazed that…
Read MoreQuick and Easy Dark Mode with Sass
I haven’t spent a ton of time thinking about dark mode updates to websites. I haven’t used it much on any of my devices, until recently. And now that I am starting to use it – I’ve chosen to let the OS automatically switch – I’m also thinking a little on how to implement it…
Read MoreGoodbye Sweet Tweets
I’ve been using Twitter since 2008, and for reasons I’ll explain, I’ve been pulling each and every one of those tweets into this site as an individual post (as a Custom Post Type of course). Over the years, I’ve tweeted less and less, and find the value of keeping all the tweets less important than…
Read MoreGutenberg: Getting a little higher on the bandwagon?
I recently published an article on our dev process, which relies heavily on standard WordPress templates, a bit on Beaver Builder, and a smattering of Gutenberg. Then of course the very next week WordPress announces that Gutenberg full-site editing will be coming later this year in WordPress 5.6. I don’t know how robust it will…
Read MoreOur Current WordPress Development Process: Mixing Gutenberg and Beaver Builder
Having built WordPress powered websites for as long as I have, there’s one thing that I can bet on: WordPress will change. Most of the changes over the years have been incremental and additive. Adopting these changes has generally been smooth, seamless, and not disrupted our development workflow in a drastic way. And as a…
Read MoreWebsite Design and Digital Marketing for Nonprofits: A Case Study (Part I)
At Spigot Design, we take pride in our work with local nonprofits. From website design and development to ongoing content management services and digital marketing, our Park City, Utah-based team goes above and beyond to help Spigot’s nonprofit clients do great things for our community. That’s why we wanted to put together a series of…
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