Design

Design

New political variations of Verve and Publish themes

Posted by · June 27

It's not uncommon for us to receive requests around specific design tweaks to a given stock theme. Often times these tweaks are relative to a customer's industry - colors that convey a more serious tone, for example. Base... Continue reading

Promote themes for sale on Blueprints

Posted by · June 09

There's no doubt that designing and building a custom, world-class theme on NationBuilder can often be expensive. However, not every customer needs nor can afford a tailor-made solution. They might also want a design or la... Continue reading

An open-source guide to designing on NationBuilder

Posted by · June 07

The wonderful folks at Radish Lab put together a mini NationBuilder guide, specifically around building familiarity with the theming framework. It is, in their words, "chock-full of useful tips and tricks to get you start... Continue reading

Creating a sitemap for website administrators

Posted by · June 01

Two weeks ago, Brian Tippy posted about using Liquid to create intuitive ways for site administrators to seamlessly move between the client-side website and back-end CMS platform for page editing. This is perfect for letti... Continue reading

Updated Ecosystem logos and brand board

Posted by · June 01

We recently updated the certified Ecosystem logos - Architect, Expert, Developer, Agency - with a fresh and standardized look. Being that our partners often use these logos on their own site, in blog posts, etc., we though... Continue reading

Culture by design: how we created our new jobs page

Posted by · May 25

Culture can be...well...difficult. It’s difficult to foster, evolve, and even explain. At a company like NationBuilder, culture is the oil of our engine. We need it to drive our mission forward - which makes it especially ... Continue reading

Introducing Agency certification

Posted by · May 17

One of the coolest things we've witnessed within the NationBuilder ecosystem is the growth of companies - not just in size or experience, but in the expansion of services offered as well. Seeing Architects build unique and... Continue reading

Creating an intuitive editing experience for admins

Posted by · May 16

"Where do I edit this &%*# page content?!". It's a question (i.e. panic) that no designer wants to hear from their client - especially when this content is quite nested in a site's architecture. Creating a positive adm... Continue reading

What's new in Liquid 3

Posted by · May 04

Last week our engineers updated our version of Liquid to the latest build, making several new filters available for use in our templates. Filters are methods that can modify the output of numbers, strings, variables, or ob... Continue reading