Resources

Chatbot Projects

Chatbot projects are becoming more and more important to organizations trying to assist their customers. Creating and documenting a chatbot project can be difficult due to the limited amount of information available about the topic. If you are going to create a chatbot, it is crucial to plan properly or the project can actually turn away customers instead of assisting them. Researching how to make a bot to help with your business and utilize it to the best of its ability is a good step to take in upping communication in your business. Customers want to feel like they can talk to and get a response in a good amount of time with the answers that they need.

Listed below are some resources to assist you with your project. Feel free to Contact Candyce if you discover new resources that should be added to this page.


WordPress Resources

WordPress LogoWordPress is an amazing Content Management System (CMS) that powers over 28% of modern websites across the internet. From wordpress hosting for cannabusiness to making websites look aestically pleasing, WordPress has it all. Despite how easy the dashboard looks to work in, there is a lot to learn when building and maintaining a WordPress website. If you need some tips on anything from how to duplicate a page to how to set up SEO, then figuring out how to do it can be daunting.

Use the resources below to learn more about the components and management of a site. You will need to find a hosting provider for your WordPress site, so it’s worth checking out this Kinsta hosting review as they are considered one of the best hosting providers for WordPress. Discover how to install a local server to get yourself on the way to starting a wordpress blog for your needs. Also learn how to work with parent and child themes, add posts and pages, install plugins, and secure your site.

Working with WordPress

Working with Posts

Working with Plugins

Web Server Local Installs

WordPress Security

User Experience (UX) & User Interface (UI) Design

UX UI Design for Consumers & Users

UX & UI design improves usability, accessibility and product interaction.

UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) design is integral to developing and creating a great user experience for software, apps, eLearning and website development. The user experience determines whether a company is successful in engaging users, necessary for any product or service in this digital age. Plus, it needs to be able to communicate with the backend software that keeps the business going, such as the FastSpring billing services often used in subscription based ecommerce code bases. The user experience is an important part of any business, so keeping an eye on how it is working is important to any business, if you are interested in finding out more about user experience monitoring, you want to check out https://www.thousandeyes.com/solutions/end-user-experience-monitoring or somewhere similar for more information. Since user experience and engagement is frequently monitored by companies wanting to improve their customers’ journey and service, there are some that find that using an automation system or bot could be a great way of improving their user experiences and could help them to analyze their engagement – see more on how to make a bot for more information.

Learn more about topics related to UX & UI Design including statistics, mobile testing, case studies, accessibility including color blindness, UX/UI tools, card sorting, storyboarding, prototyping, wireframing and others. Please contact Candyce if you have additional resources you find valuable about this subject.

User Experience (UX)

Accessibility

Blogs, Books, Magazines & Associations

Personas

Prototyping

Statistics

Tools

Usability

Bootstrap Resources

Bootstrap is a framework that can be used on any website. The Bootstrap framework provides an HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first web pages. This framework includes the CSS and JavaScript files necessary for to create backward compatible responsive designs that adjust to any screen size automatically. This framework can be completely customized to suit your needs. Themes are also available to use or modify as needed to create a specific look for your web designs.

Bootstrap includes jQuery, LESS & SASS, and has a basic CSS theme that can be used and modified as needed. Additional themes are available to better suit your needs. Get started or expand your Bootstrap skills using the resources below.

Bootstrap Resources

Bootstrap Themes

eLearning Resources

The eLearning industry is expanding at a rapid rate. Sixty-five percent of workers declare their mobile devices to be their most critical work device. Companies are adding eLearning and mobile learning to improve employee productivity. Get your eLearning resources below.

Creating engaging eLearning content is a necessary step to keep workers up to date and properly trained. Creating eLearning that is enhanced for mobile learning is even more important so workers can be trained using any device at any time.

Discover more about the eLearning industry and mobile learning using the resources below or contact Candyce Mairs for more information on training or eLearning course creation.

eLearning Resources & Planning

Books

Adobe Captivate Resources

Typekit Integration in Captivate 2017 & 2019 (video) Adobe Captivate Resources

Adobe Captivate software provides a platform for developing accessible eLearning solutions for training. Adobe Captivate offers new mobile friendly ways to create course content. Multiple publishing options allow you to create output based specifically on your needs.

Transform PowerPoint presentations into interactive training including video, quizzes, actors, and voices for any device including mobile. Use the Adobe Captivate resources below to assist you with working in Captivate. Create responsive projects that are viewable on any device and screen size. Check out the resources below for your eLearning projects.

Adobe Captivate

Downloads

eLearning Accessibility

SCORM

2019 Updates to Captivate

CSS Resources

CSS Resources

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are an integral part of any website. Get all your CSS resources in one location using the listings below.

CSS Frameworks & Preprocessors

CSS References

CSS Resets

Specific Property Issues

CSS3

W3C

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Adobe Resources

Adobe offers many resources for graphic and web designers. Below are a few you may not be aware of that can assist you in the creative industry.

Adobe Blogs

Adobe Certification (ACE or ACI)

Adobe Creative Cloud