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HubSpot is a well-established and popular CRM that allows you to manage customer relationships. Among their marketing services, they have native newsletter management, which can help to foster a great relationship with your subscribers. Beyond relying on the default options for newsletter management, you can use the HubSpot API to tailor the customer's experience in selecting their communication preferences. 

Recently, one of our clients came to us looking to archive an older website that was no longer being updated. The site still needed to be accessible to the public for reference purposes. Taking it offline was not an option due to its historical value. 

Running the site on a traditional hosting environment meant paying for a full web server, application runtime, monitoring, and associated maintenance — all of which were unnecessary for a site that no longer required server-side processing.

If you have a legacy site that doesn’t require dynamic content, migrating it to AWS S3 and CloudFront can be a highly cost-effective solution, all while ensuring it remains accessible, secure, and efficient.

Automating website management tasks like SSL certificate renewal is a great way to save time and mitigate human error, particularly if you manage multiple websites. Learn how to automate SSL certificate renewal using Let’s Encrypt and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS API.

Building a website often comes down to choosing between “best–of-breed” services and cost-effective solutions that meet your business needs while being relatively easy to manage. Here we explore AWS services for automated text messaging and email, and compare them with other 3rd party options in the context of work done for GoLibrary. 

Newly revised rules from the ADA regarding digital accessibility mean libraries in the United States have until April 26th, 2026, to ensure they are conforming to WCAG 2.1 AA standards. What does this entail, and how can a library system start making content more accessible?  

Tabbing through a web page can be a frustrating experience. The user tabs to access a menu, but with the keyboard's next tap, they’ve moved on to another page element and have to retrace their steps to access the desired content.

For users who rely on keyboard navigation, this can be a major accessibility roadblock. And for other site visitors, it’s just poor UX.

Fortunately, you can implement a fairly straightforward function in JavaScript called a “focus trap” to ensure users don’t leave the page area they’re in without intending to do so.