
How to Choose a Web Host: Part 2
Everyone has their favorite amenities when they travel. Free parking. Fitness equipment. Pet-friendly. (My favorite hotel offered a fish. You picked up your fish, in its bowl, at check in.) In …

How to Choose a Web Host: Part 1
According to realtors, finding a place to live starts with “location, location, location”. But your website lives on the internet – one big world-wide neighborhood. How picky do you actually …

Font Design and Dog Breeds
Designer and dog lover? You’ll get a kick out of these, fur real!

Launch your Website Sooner, like we did
We launched a new website – our own! After years of getting by with an old site while we made extravagant new websites for other people, we finally put the …

The Great Google Analytics Switch
Google Analytics is updating how it tracks data, transitioning from the current Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). As the methodology used to measure data is changing, planning …

From Turn to Scroll – a Sustainable Annual Report
Creating the University of California’s Sustainability Annual Report Website Changing the way you create an annual report is not easy. The transition from a print to a digital presentation can …

Nonprofit Communication Audit
openbox9 created a worksheet to audit the voice and effectiveness of your organization’s communication efforts

Sharing stories of all Virginians
Snow White had her seven dwarves. Each one with their own personality lended its strengths to the others in order to accomplish a task. Our work with Virginia Humanities provided …

Covid Wear-a-Mask Door Signs
Free downloads for your door!

5 Virtual Activities to do with Coworkers
Working as part of a team, it’s important to keep in good spirits, practice healthy work cadences, and maintain open collaborative channels with our coworkers. All these things are part …

openbox9 in the time of COVID-19
Clarity for our uncertain times…

Web Design with Accessibility in Mind
As designers, it’s easy for us to prioritize aesthetics over everything. Does it look good? Consider it designed. But one of the most crucial aspects to good design is also one …