The WordPress admin dashboard is where users manage a website’s content. It’s important to make sure this dashboard is easy for content creators, managers, and publishers to use. If it’s confusing or cluttered, they might not want to use it, and the site could suffer as a result.

One way to improve the dashboard is by creating templates for different types of content, so users have a clear starting point. Simplifying the main dashboard landing page by showing only the most frequently used options can also help. Additionally, organizing the sidebar and limiting unnecessary choices or actions for different user levels makes the process smoother.

Lone Rock Point’s Stacy Holtz and Gary Kovar were guests on the 100th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, where they discussed NASA’s migration from Drupal 7 to WordPress and the block editor. Moving NASA’s content was a huge task, especially since some parts didn’t fit with the new design system. Andrew Norcross led the migration, which involved reorganizing content and dealing with outdated or duplicate information.

Atomic design is a bottom-up methodology that breaks down web design into smaller elements. The smallest components are “atoms,” which form “molecules” when combined, and these molecules come together to create “organisms” that represent templates or pages. This approach simplifies complex designs into manageable parts while maintaining a cohesive structure.

In WordPress, the Gutenberg Block Editor aligns with atomic design by using blocks—such as paragraphs or images—that serve as atoms or molecules, creating flexible, reusable components for building dynamic and user-friendly websites.

Last week, NASA was honored at the Webby Awards for the newly revamped www.nasa.gov and for the NASA+ streaming service, plus.nasa.gov. Lone Rock Point, along with several other dedicated teams, was contracted by NASA to redesign and rebuild the www.nasa.gov website, with an aim to modernize and increase its accessibility. Following the successful redesign, Lone Rock Point continued its...

Every day, Americans spend an average of 4 hours 25 minutes on their phones. Social media and eCommerce sites have perfected the user experience, delivering seamless, tailored content to the individual. However, when it comes to government websites, users encounter a starkly contrasting experience: out of date designs, a sea of information, and a lack...

Lone Rock Point is honored to be named WordPress VIP 2023 Partner of the Year. This is the latest milestone in a long-standing relationship between Lone Rock Point and WordPress VIP, which dates back to 2018 when we began helping them with public sector strategy and evolved when we joined the VIP...

To say NASA has a lot of web content would be quite the understatement. Being one of the first government websites to come online, they’ve amassed almost 20 years worth of content. This also meant 20 years of different content management systems (CMS), image managers, re-platformings, fixes, and conversions. Even a complete and full migration...

Search engine optimization (SEO) is vital in terms of attracting visitors to your website, and improving the quality of visitors who are more likely to purchase a product, read an article, etc. While there are many content management systems (CMS) to choose from, here is why WordPress is the ideal choice for building a search-optimized...

Last Thursday night, on September 28, Lone Rock Point reached the latest and most critical milestone to date in supporting NASA’s Web Modernization program by launching a new version of NASA’s Flagship website, www.nasa.gov. This is the climax of 18 months of active web development, data migration, and content building. Eighteen months that followed a...