It's no secret that Wild Apricot has many tools for associations and other organizations, but what isn't so well known is that we have a growing set of tools for designers and developers to create beautiful websites for all these associations and organizations.

But we're changing that today with the launch of the "For Designers and Developers" forum (formerly the "Customization" forum ).

And the title really says it all, this is forum is specifically for designers and developers to:
* Share design tips and tricks
* Showcase their designs
* Suggest Improvements to our design tools
* ... and anything else you think fits here.

And like all forums our team will be actively participating in these discussions as well as publishing regular design oriented tutorials.

But as the Community Manager, I'll also be especially involved in this forum to make sure designers and developers working with Wild Apricot have all the resources they need.

So if you haven't yet please introduce yourself below :)

We have pretty much perfected a process that will allow for Wild Apricot sites to feature and support multiple languages. Wait we are not talking about translating content, rather hiding pages from one language from being seen or navigable via the nav while the user has toggled a language option. When we install and customize our code to your Wild Apricot site, we are able to hide French language pages from displaying when the user clicks the toggle to English for example.

Wanna see this in action? Certainly, here you go:http://www.latinohotelassociation.org Spanish / English Language Togglehttp://copeh-canada.roundtablelive.org French / English Language Togglehttp://cfbsd.camp9.org French / English Language Togglehttp://www.alpha1canada.ca French / English Language Togglehttp://www.coachforpeace.org French / English Language Toggle

We're want to create more resources for anyone who designs sites on top of Wild Apricot. But as always we're looking to get your input first.
To get the ball rolling here are some ideas we've been thinking about.
1) Wild Apricot Web Designer Guide (online/e-book) - A detailed guide to all the structural CSS elements of a page, including a cookbook (recipe) approach to customizations. 2) Wild Apricot 'Designer Community' (online only) - Move all customization/design resources to a new location (i.e., outside of forums and help) built just for designers to discuss, share and learn different techniques for designing sites inside Wild Apricot. Do you like one of these? Do you have something else in mind? Tell us!

I am a designer and have been trying for three days to make my layout look like the client's site.

Client's site design: www.wbninc.com/dev/

WA site: members.wbninc.com

The code is so completely convoluted and bloated, I still can't figure out why my page and contents (including my header image when I put it in there) are being resized smaller. I can't get rid of the insane padding around the page content.

Isn't there a way to start with practically nothing and build from there, instead of having to strip out tons of css?

Has anyone figured out how to put content under the header (the image I have on the design).

Thanks,

Tara

Web Design Yes, but trust must also be well designed

When it comes to developing relationships, whether with clients or members, there are 4 fundamental rules to follow. Read Emily Beaver's article and unearth the details:

Strategy #1: Give customers a consistent experience
> A branded Wild Apricot Theme can help

Strategy #2: Create an emotional connection
> Tell them why your organization is passionate about its mission and how it plans to achieve it. Maybe they will see themselves in that process.

Strategy #3: Use word-of-mouth to build trust
> The best clients we ever gained were referred to us by other Nicasio Design customers. 84% of folks are willing to recommend you - if their experience is good.

Strategy #4: Make your content trustworthy
> Customers trust brands that disseminate useful information; see trust factor study.

Src = https://webdam.com/blog/how-to-build-a-brand-people-trust