Event Calendars for WordPress, Nonprofit Edition

January 25th, 2010| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

There are dozens of Event Calendar plugins out there for WordPress. I’ve installed and tried a majority of them, mostly with disappointing results. Here are my top 3 recommendations for nonprofit organizations looking to get a free but powerful event …

Integrating YouTube in a WordPress Site

January 12th, 2010| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

MDAdmit.com showcases just how easy it is to embed YouTube videos in a WordPress site. The open source Smart YouTube plugin powers NonProfitCMS’s video module. Smart YouTube also supports playback of high quality videos, works on iPhone, produces xHTML valid …

Steps to Complete a Non Profit Website Template Based Site

January 11th, 2010| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Frequently organizations who are looking for a cost effective solution for their web site, look to our non profit website templates. Confusion often arises as they are unsure about how we operate and what steps should be taken to get …

Nonprofit Web Design – Best Practices (Part 1)

December 29th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

To a regular web developer, building a website for a corporation and building a nonprofit website are basically the same thing. When I first started out in website design, I thought this as well. It was not until I started …

Nonprofit PSD to WordPress

December 4th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Our nonprofit consulting partner, NPSolutions frequently tasks us with various design and programming related projects. The most frequent request we receive is to take a design and convert it to a WordPress compatible site. The designer provides us with a …

Nonprofit web design methodology

November 24th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Here at nonprofitcms.org we offer two types of packages for the development of a website. We offer a template based site for $695 for nonprofits that are looking for a cost effective web presence. We also offer a fully custom …

What is the best nonprofit CMS?

November 18th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Unless your nonprofit has more money than it knows what to do with, you’re most likely looking at 3 options right now for your nonprofit’s Content Management System (CMS): Joomla, Drupal and WordPress.  Here I will briefly describe each open …

SEO for nonprofits

November 17th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Methods for utilizing search engine optimization seem to evolve and change just when you seem to “have it”. We help our clients manage their search engine requirements by focusing on a few basic principles. These principles and tactics carry across …

Nonprofit e-commerce for fundraising

November 16th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Often times a client comes to us seeking advice on how to boost their fundraising efforts. Setting up an online store is something that can be fun and financially rewarding at the same time. Soon you will have people wearing …

Benefits of WordPress for your Nonprofit

November 14th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Unless an organization is looking for a custom web applications built, all of my websites that I created are built using the WordPress content management system (CMS). WordPress is one of the best tools a small non-profit organisation can use …

Tips for your nonprofit blog

November 6th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

So, you’re thinking about starting a blog for your nonprofit? As I’m sure you’re aware, most of the nonprofit blogs out there are so boring that a critique of them would be too boring to get through. Your right an …

Nonprofit Website Templates – Good or Evil?

October 30th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

The use of website templates in web design for both nonprofits and commercial sector has become rampant in recent years. If your able to get a good web developer, website templates are a great way to get a site up …

Migrate your nonprofit website to a Content Management System (CMS)

October 27th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

You’ve recently hired a web development firm to create a visually pleasing website. You are really happy with the hard work that both your organization and the web development firm have put in, however a few months go by and …

Online Donations for Nonprofits in a Nutshell

October 2nd, 2009| by Timothy Spell | No Comments »

Starting to accept online donations for your nonprofit can be a somewhat confusing process as there are literally hundreds of options out there. The first step when putting together your online donation plan is to determine what payment processor you …

“out-of-the-box” non-profit package for WordPress

September 25th, 2009| by Timothy Spell | 2 Comments »

As a frequent reader at techsoup.org, we see the needs of nonprofits varying in financial strength. The common theme that we read about is the desperate need for cost effective “out of the box” modules for open source CMSs such …

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