Posts about Design
Global Voices and the #10YearsChallenge
How did Global Voices look ten years ago? Find out with the #10YearsChallenge.
Using Personas to Gain Understanding and Focus
Global Voices is asking its community to engage in defining its future path. Are we a community? Are we news? Are we media? All of the three? Something we have not yet imagined?
GV is Preserving the Web in Amber and Why That's Great News
TL;DR: Amber will make sure that when we link to something on GV, it will be available for readers in the future via. Archive.org, even if the original URL stops working! Hi all, I am Jer, the Technical Lead for Global Voices. Today I want to tell you about our...
New GV Feature: Contributor Achievements!
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...
Facebook Sharing Woes: Using the URL Debugger to fix post metadata
When a post looks wrong when shared on Facebook or Twitter, use the Facebook Sharing Debugger and Twitter Card Validator to reset the metadata to fix the display!
Instagram Embeds on GV: Updated Guides
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?
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
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
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
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...
