Posts about Design

New GV Feature: Contributor Achievements!

  August 8, 2017

Hi GV Community, we're launching a small new feature on the GV sites and I wanted to send out a warning because the feature will be sending you email and we don't want anyone getting surprised. GV Contributor Achievements Beta The feature is called Achievements. Like in video games, the achievements...

Instagram Embeds on GV: Updated Guides

  July 18, 2017

Hi all, quick post to point out that I've reviewed and updated the Instagram embedding guidelines for GV sites. It's nothing too wild, but there has been some confusion and we added a new feature, so I figured I'd go over the main solution for embedding Instagram, the new hidecaption=1 option...

GV Has Taglines On Posts Now?

  March 16, 2017

Here at Global Voices Tech HQ (my apartment) we try to avoid overloading the editing process for GV posts with a million steps and processes because we don't want you to have too many things to worry about and potentially mess up. Sometimes a new feature is worth it though, and...

Facebook Instant Articles Are Live on GV: What you need to know

  February 24, 2017

Greetings Earthling Voices!  As we promised in our format test post Facebook Instant Articles, the nebulous publishing tool that makes our posts ultra fast for mobile Facebook visitors, is now active and working on the English Global Voices and Advox sites! We'll be rolling out the setup onto all the...

Useful new WordPress and Lingua features

  July 14, 2016

Hello, I'm Jeremy the lead developer for Global Voices. We just updated all sites to use the latest version of WordPress (4.5.3) and I wanted to demo a few cool features that have been added recently. Lingua: Link your “matching” accounts across sites! It's been awhile that the Lingua system...

Every language in the world: Introducing Wikitongues

  February 19, 2016

Wikitongues is a movement for human rights. Together with speakers and signers of every language in the world, we’re building the most inclusive cultural archive ever made, raising awareness about linguistic diversity and rallying to defend it. We’re a non-profit organization and volunteer community from around the world, which I...