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Introducing Xanadu

I’m thrilled to announce the release of Xanadu: Calendars for NC State. Xanadu is a new WordPress plugin that makes it easy to add event...

A Crash Course in React for Gutenberg

About this document Note: This was prepared for a developer retreat in March of 2018, as such it doesn’t necessarily reflect the latest in React...

Gutenberg Accessibility Audit Response

NC State University’s IT Accessibility Office and OIT Design & Web Services have reviewed the results of the WPCampus Gutenberg Accessibility Audit that was published...

NC State Blocks Show and Tell!

Who’s excited for GutenNews? If you haven’t seen them yet, blocks are the hot new thing in WordPress. The Block Editor (sometimes called Gutenberg) lets...

Choosing Dynamic Blocks (part two)

Note: This post is a little different than what we normally post here; it contains details of the inner workings of Gutenberg. The information is...

Choosing Dynamic Blocks (part one)

Note: This post is a little different than what we normally post here; it contains details of the inner workings of Gutenberg. The information is...

OIT Design & Web Services’ 2019 So Far

Only two months have passed since Brian bragged about OIT Design & Web Services in his 2018 retrospective post, and yet, we already have new...

WordPress 5.0 Update

Hello OIT Design & Web Services clients! Happy December! We have a quick update today about the soon-to-be-released WordPress 5.0 upgrade. (If your website is...

Accessibility & Usability Feedback

Hey folks! Usability and accessibility are a big deal to us EVERY day, but as it happens we’re focusing on them in a more public...