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Reflections on the digital film screening Lesbian Liberation Across Media

In June I had the opportunity to attend “Lesbian Liberation Across Media.” It was a film screening put on collaboratively by queer archives and media projects in Canada, and hosted… Read more

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Seven new media projects worth following

Communications / By Sofia Osborne

As a young freelance writer, the Canadian media landscape has long filled me with dread, but recently I’ve been starting to feel tentatively hopeful. We seem to be on a… Read more

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You are the expert on your content

Communications / By Soumya Natarajan

Content is supreme, be it text or image. An image can be riveting, but a contextualized image can capture more than passing interest. It can entice someone into seeking a… Read more

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Linking “into” your website

Web publishing / By Baylee Woodley

Deep linking from peripheral content to core content facilitates a web of interconnection beyond the mere sharing of space on a platform...

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In general, hyperlinks should open in the same window

Web publishing / By Sherwin Arnott

Making hyperlinks is a foundational skill in web publishing. Links have everything to do with usability, accessibility, search engine optimization, and readability. Links should be simple and helpful to your… Read more

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Effective use of headings in web publishing

Web publishing / By Baylee Woodley

Headings are like a table of contents in your pages and posts. They provide both visual and behind the scenes structure to your content. To provide this meaningful structure, though, your headings need to be properly employed...

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How to avoid cruft in posts and pages

Web publishing / By Sherwin Arnott

Not everyone drafts their content directly in their web publishing content manager. Authors sometimes draft their content in Word documents, Google Docs or some other software. When this content gets… Read more

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Manual excerpts are helpful

Web publishing / By Pink Sheep Media

Manual excerpts are an important part of your articles. They work mostly as short summaries. And if you get good at writing them, they will help your website…

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Always write good alternative text

Web publishing / By Baylee Woodley

Alternative text is necessary for good publishing. Images on a website can be really important content. They give context, shape meaning, and move readers. It is really important that images...

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Improve your security habits on National Pass**** Day, March 15

How To / By Pink Sheep Media

Having good passcode habits is an important aspect of online security. And it’s something we all need to work at. The Better Business Bureau has announced the fourth annual National… Read more

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Web first publishing

Communications / By Pink Sheep Media

Web first publishing means publishing your carefully crafted content to your website first. We recommend it nine times out of ten...

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Publishing articles with feature images

Web publishing / By Sherwin Arnott

Feature images can be beautiful, improve reach and impact, and give meaning, improve clickiness, and add whimsy. But I don't want it to be an obstacle to publishing...

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Managing webpages that get updated regularly (like Career pages)

Web publishing / By Sherwin Arnott

Some webpages change very little. Others, like Career pages, change more regularly. Here is how we recommend to manage this content...

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The value of short and simple blog posts

Communications / By Sherwin Arnott

Lately I've found myself advocating for blogging and microblogging. Microblogging is a loose term. Sometimes it means posts that don't have titles and other features of full-fledged articles...

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Community hub site (still in beta)

Local / By Sherwin Arnott

A little while ago we launched a new website which we call the community hub. It's an experiment in aggregating some of the sites we host and the clients we work with...

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Stopping the coastal commercial trophy hunt in the Nadeea tenure with Raincoast

Local / By Baylee Woodley

Their next goal is to buy the Nadeea Tenure in the Great Bear Rainforest to make it another area where wolves, bears, wolverines, and other carnivorous beasties can live without the threat of trophy hunting...

Some thoughts on security on the interwebs

How To / By Sherwin Arnott

Security-wise, the odds seem rarely in our favour. But I try to do small concrete things to avoid feeling overwhelmed...

Publishing video to your website

Web publishing / By Sherwin Arnott

Publishing video to a third party service and then embedding that video on your website is generally the best way to go...

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Some advice on how to use tags and categories in WordPress

Web publishing / By Sherwin Arnott

Sherwin makes some suggestions about how to visualize tags and categories in WordPress...

We’ve been keeping busy

Local / By Pink Sheep Media

We just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of our clients. Working with you keep our hearts warm ...