Phillip Dodson

Phillip is a Nielsen Norman Group Certified UI/UX consultant, instructor of UX at Loyola University New Orleans, and a recovering web developer.

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Design Systems Provide Consistency & Maintainability For Our Websites

A design system is a set of guidelines that are used as building blocks for pages of a website. It acts as a shared brand palette that contains a...

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Boombox’s Position on the ADA and Websites

We often get asked if the websites we build are in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). People are getting more educated with...

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Appellate Court Rules Winn-Dixie's Website Did Not Violate the ADA

The plot thickens for website accessibility legislation and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). On April 7, 2021, a new ruling came down from...

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Accessibility Pitfalls We Look For When Choosing WordPress Themes

Pre-built premium WordPress themes can reduce the initial cost of a website by eliminating the up-front cost of custom page designs and coding....

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Properly Using ALT Text For Your Images to Reach the Widest Audience

Recently, there’s been an influx of people working from home and spending more time on the internet, so make sure your images are working for you...

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Why Giving Back Is Good For Business

Giving back to your community is not only a civic responsibility, but it also makes good business sense. We’ll take a look at some options and...

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3 Tips for Website Usability Testing

1: Use data, not opinions, to make design decisions A usability study is for monitoring participants and collecting data, not for having an open...

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Trial Finds Company In Violation of ADA Over Inaccessible Website

In a landmark trial in 2017, a Florida federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the grocery chain Winn-Dixie for violating...

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Three Newsletter Tips to Improve Marketing Campaigns

Modern day email, like the modern day World Wide Web, has existed since the mid ’90s, but yet email still remains the de facto direct marketing...

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Refining the Experience in UX

I had the pleasure of attending a conference in London that was organized by Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g), world leaders in research-based user...

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