Why White Space is so Powerful in Web Design
April 2, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonWhen it comes to website design, there are many elements to consider if you want your website to take center stage. The use of space is one of those fundamental parameters of web design, but it is, at the same time, one of the most underestimated. Toda … Read more
4 Must-Haves for a Tourism Website
February 23, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonNot daring to wander outside of our little patch of forest due to fear and uncertainty, we’ve all been cooped up in our dwellings for the better part of the past two years. As we all know, primates are not made to be confined to a single tree. This has … Read more
User Testing: The Sugar to the Design & Development Pie
February 22, 2022 / Ashley OlsenUser Testing has been around for what seems like forever, and it basically has in one way, shape, or form. You see it talked about in the design phases of a project and less so in the development phases, but why is that? Think of it as if you’re baking … Read more
How To Create An Effective Nonprofit Website
February 11, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonHarnessing the power of a strategically built website is one of the best ways to introduce a nonprofit organization to a larger and more relevant audience. It provides an incredible stage to host important information, event details, and donation platf … Read more
What Makes a Higher Education Website Get Results
February 2, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonModern digital tools and websites have helped to bring the higher education sector into the future. In fact, a website is often the most important tool for an educational organization, whether it be to disseminate information or host online learning mo … Read more
4 Ways to Budget for a Drupal 9/10 Migration
February 2, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonJust so you’ve got a brief backstory and timeline for the last few years of Drupal platform updates: Back in September 2018, Dries Buytaert, founder and project lead of Drupal announced: “Drupal 7 will be end-of-life in November 2022, Drupal 9 will be … Read more
Drupal 10 Is on Its Way: How You Can Prepare
January 26, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonThe next evolution of Drupal is just around the corner! The Cheeky Monkey Media team is breaking down everything you need to know, including when Drupal 10 is being released, a summary of the new features, and how you can prepare your Drupal site for t … Read more
Cheeky Monkey Media Adopt-a-Primate Initiative
January 24, 2022 / Treena BjarnasonOur world is a little bananas right now. The global Covid-19 pandemic may have been introduced into our lives in 2020, but it’s still very present in 2022 and has made these last 2 years quite a thing, yes? At Cheeky Monkey Media (CMM), fortunately, pr … Read more
Why Prototypes Will Transform Your Web Project’s Results
January 12, 2022 / Ashley OlsenWhat’s a Prototype in the World of Websites? The world of prototypes is a big one, and depending on the industry you’re in, “prototype” can mean different things. In UX and web design, there are a couple of different types of prototypes that you might … Read more
5 Advantages of a UX Designer/Project Manager Hybrid
December 20, 2021 / Treena BjarnasonSo here’s the thing, I love my job. (I promise my boss isn’t holding a gun to my head as I write this.) I do, genuinely, love my job. The reason? Because I get to be both a UX Designer and Project Manager for clients. And there are a ton of advantages … Read more
Why Cheeky Monkey Media is All In on WebOps
December 8, 2021 / Treena BjarnasonNo One Wants a Drill “People want a hole in a wall, not a drill. The same goes for websites. People don’t want a website, they want the results a website can give.” And thus begins the story of why Cheeky Monkey Media is all in on WebOps. If you’re not … Read more
User Stories are the Rosetta Stone to Becoming Tech-lingual
November 29, 2021 / Ashley OlsenCommunicating your ideas clearly to the production team assigned to your project can sometimes be difficult. Things can easily get lost in translation throughout the process if the three main pillars – the designer, developer(s), and client – don’t est … Read more