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How we applied ‘Breakthrough Facilitation’ for Gwyn Wansbrough’s website.
Over three years, Gwyn Wansbrough and a creative team collaborated to redesign her website, enhancing its structure and messaging to reflect her facilitation expertise. Transitioning from Squarespace to WordPress allowed…
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Issue #1: Building websites that grow in value
Maple Creative February 2025 Issue #1: Building a website that grows in value. Hello Reader, Welcome to our new monthly newsletter! This is both a recap of our latest content…
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What you need to know about WordPress in 2025
It’s here and there’s no turning back – and I couldn’t be more excited. For way too long, WordPress themes caused confusion. Some of them gave us the flexibility we
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Choosing the right event calendar plugin for WordPress
Recently, while working with Salsa Ithaca, a dance organization offering both regular classes and special events, I encountered a common challenge many organizations face: how to effectively manage events online
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How I redesigned the Maple Creative website
In April 2024 I unpublished my entire blog, redirecting all the links here to this post. I’m starting over – creating space by pruning my website. This post is about
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The origin story of Maple Creative
Ryan (and then Friede) began building websites by lantern light from an off grid cabin overlooking a slowly drifting river. Playfully called the “shabin” – half shack, half cabin –
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The shared vision that powers Maple Creative
All teams need a shared vision – and a clear idea of what we’re all working on. If you’re running a team and haven’t created a document like this, maybe
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Workers United NY NJ
Workers United NY NJ is a union working tirelessly to help empower workers across many service industries in New York and New Jersey. Their innovative campaigns include efforts to help…
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Eve’s Cidery
Eve’s Cidery is a true farm-based business. The owners, Autumn and Ezra, are involved in all the day-to-day operations, from planting and pruning to pressing and bottling cider. After Ryan…
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Choosing Colors for Your Next Project
Curated resources for building effective color palettes include ColorSpace, Colormind, Color Lisa, Adobe Color CC, and Canva’s Palette Generator.
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Why Websites Are More Than Just a Design
Many people focus on website design over purpose. Doing this can lead to a meaningless website that doesn’t establish its goal.