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Read more: Accessibility in Reality: Pro Helvetia, a Swiss case studyAccessibility in Reality: Pro Helvetia, a Swiss case study
The accompanying blog post to my talk “Accessibility in Reality: Pro Helvetia, a Swiss case study” at WordCamp Europe 2025 in Basel.
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Read more: How to Keep Your Head while Going Headless with WordPressHow to Keep Your Head while Going Headless with WordPress
What do you want to become? It’s the big question that occupies most teenagers in their final years of lower secondary school.This is when career orientation begins and with it…
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Read more: What is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)? Brief explanation and tipsWhat is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)? Brief explanation and tips
Does this ring a bell? You are on a website, about to press a button… and poof, the whole content jumps away. You hit the wrong button, have to scroll…
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Read more: Good contrasts – colors and accessibility on the webGood contrasts – colors and accessibility on the web
Colors not only determine whether something looks nice – but also whether it is legible at all. This is particularly important on the web: texts, buttons and navigation elements must…
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Read more: Combining colors – Harmonious colors and color palettesCombining colors – Harmonious colors and color palettes
You have a color that you like – perhaps the main color of your brand or a shade you discovered on the web or on social media. But where do…
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Read more: How colors work – RGB, HEX and HSL briefly explainedHow colors work – RGB, HEX and HSL briefly explained
We encounter colors everywhere on the web: on websites, in apps, in email newsletters. But what is actually behind it technically? Why does a color look the way it does…
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Read more: CSS shadow play – Scroll shadows with “animation-timeline”CSS shadow play – Scroll shadows with “animation-timeline”
“Whoever wants a beautiful shadow must not focus on the shadow, but on the body. If the shadow is right,…
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Read more: Our commitment for WordCamp Europe 2025Our commitment for WordCamp Europe 2025
WordCamp Europe is taking place in Switzerland for the first time, and we will be there both as speakers and…
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Read more: A Look Back at Our 2024A Look Back at Our 2024
After an eventful 2023, the year 2024 was once again filled with inspiring projects, new challenges, and exciting milestones. Together…
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Read more: XMAS Retreat at the Tree Chalets: Team Spirit, Workshops & WellnessXMAS Retreat at the Tree Chalets: Team Spirit, Workshops & Wellness
This year’s XMAS retreat took us to the idyllic tree chalets in the Allgäu – a place seemingly made for…
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Read more: 200 km by Bike: Our Most Sustainable WordCamp Journey200 km by Bike: Our Most Sustainable WordCamp Journey
Our sustainable bike tour to WordCamp Europe – an unforgettable team outing full of adventure and team spirit.
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Read more: Our new website, with finishing touches in 3 citiesOur new website, with finishing touches in 3 cities
Discover our new digital home: a perfect symbiosis of design, technology and accessibility. With adaptive fonts, a diverse colour scheme…
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Read more: Reflections and highlights: A look back at our 2023Reflections and highlights: A look back at our 2023
The year 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of our agency. In this post, I want to share some special moments…
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Read more: Bouldering, fine dining and beautiful views: Retreat 2023Bouldering, fine dining and beautiful views: Retreat 2023
Our location in the city of Lucerne with the Alps and Lake Lucerne formed the backdrop for our 2-day company…
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Read more: The first WordCamp GermanyThe first WordCamp Germany
After a four-year break, a WordCamp finally took place in Germany again. Karin and I (Dominik) were there to take…
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Read more: A birthday party above the rooftops of AthensA birthday party above the rooftops of Athens
Inspired by the community and that we can now meet again at such events, we were full of anticipation for…
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Read more: Building Web Apps with AI: A Designer’s Journey with Chat-GPTBuilding Web Apps with AI: A Designer’s Journey with Chat-GPT
In this article, I will not only share the final product, but also take you on an expedition, into the…
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Read more: 345 km apart from all colleagues345 km apart from all colleagues
Until half a year ago, I was still working in a “9-to-5” job in an office in Nuremberg. In direct…
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Read more: Early Christmas in LocarnoEarly Christmas in Locarno
This year, we already met at the beginning of December for Christmas dinner. We decided to get together in the…
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Read more: Jeff Chi – Our newest team memberJeff Chi – Our newest team member
It is with pleasure that I introduce our new team member for our German office. Jeff Chi joined our team…
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Read more: The use of WordPress full site editing in a customer projectThe use of WordPress full site editing in a customer project
WordPress is constantly evolving at an incredible rate. The 5.9 release at the beginning of 2022 brought one of the…
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Read more: Team Retreat 2022 in LucerneTeam Retreat 2022 in Lucerne
Our belated annual Christmas dinner took place at the end of February. This year we met in Switzerland to get…
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Read more: New Year, New BrandNew Year, New Brand
Just in time for the new year, we have got ourselves a new logo. Certain people will have noticed this…
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Read more: New Swiss Data Protection ActNew Swiss Data Protection Act
A stricter data protection law will apply in Switzerland from the beginning of 2023 at the latest. Therefore, every website…
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Read more: A team retreat off-the-gridA team retreat off-the-grid
In August 2021, we planned a retreat in a villa in the countryside of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With many team…
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Read more: A new online magazine about artA new online magazine about art
V/A – Various Artists is an online magazine for cultural professionals initiated by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, which…
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Read more: Interview from the book “Working World 4.0: The SME of the Future”Interview from the book “Working World 4.0: The SME of the Future”
We were able to provide information on the chapter “Dimension Technology: The Art of Virtual Collaboration” for the book “Working…
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Read more: Energy-efficient WebsitesEnergy-efficient Websites
If the internet were a country, it would have the third largest electricity consumption in the world. In this blogpost…
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Read more: Team Retreat during a pandemicTeam Retreat during a pandemic
As a remote team, we are extremely dependent on meeting in person from time to time. This proved to be…
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Read more: From the Classic- to the Block-EditorFrom the Classic- to the Block-Editor
– why it is worth switching nowSince the creation of the WordPress Block Editor in 2018, we have been equipping all our customer projects with the…
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Read more: WordPress Version 5.5 “Eckstine” is now availableWordPress Version 5.5 “Eckstine” is now available
The latest version of WordPress, which is called “Eckstine” in honor of jazz singer Billy Eckstine, has been available for…
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Read more: Corina is required!Corina is required!
We are happy to welcome Corina in our team! As a frontend developer Corina will support us and our customers…
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Read more: Virtual conventional recruitmentVirtual conventional recruitment
Almost a year ago, in the article “We Are Hiring – as conventional as it can be” we wrote about…
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Read more: Working in a Co-Living Space in Santa Cruz, CaliforniaWorking in a Co-Living Space in Santa Cruz, California
I was invited to attend a VIP Event at the Santa Cruz Bicycles Factory in Santa Cruz and decided to…
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Read more: New Year’s trip 2020New Year’s trip 2020
To compensate the time apart, we have “Company Retreats”, where we meet as a team at a chosen place to…
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Read more: CMS – traditional or headless?CMS – traditional or headless?
What is the difference between the architecture of a traditional and a headless content management system? How do we deal…
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Read more: We are required in BerlinWe are required in Berlin
It has almost become a tradition attending the yearly WordCamp Europe, which we did this year too. We met a…
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Read more: Do it yourself – the User Testing ToolboxDo it yourself – the User Testing Toolbox
The goal with the User Testing Toolbox is to motivate developers and designers to get started with user testing. Even…
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Read more: Working remotely in BaselWorking remotely in Basel
Around the last 10 months I have been visiting and testing different co-working spaces and cafés to find a place…
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Read more: We Are Hiring – as conventional as it can beWe Are Hiring – as conventional as it can be
We keep our team as small and efficient as possible. But the time has come to extend our team with…
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Read more: On working from homeOn working from home
Since we are a remote company, everyone is free to choose wherever they want to work from. In my case,…
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Read more: Traduttore 3.0Traduttore 3.0
Traduttore is our open-source WordPress plugin that allows you to host your own WordPress.org-style translation API for your WordPress projects.…
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Read more: XMAS Trip 2018XMAS Trip 2018
Since we are a distributed team, the Christmas trip is one of the few occasions where we get to spend…
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Read more: Company Retreat 2018Company Retreat 2018
Because not every team member was able to attend the WordCamp Europe in Serbia this year, we caught up with…
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Read more: WordPress 5.0 is imminentWordPress 5.0 is imminent
Last Wednesday, another WordPress Meetup took place in Zurich. After the focus in April was on the GDPR, this meeting…
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Read more: Impressions from the WordPress ConferenceImpressions from the WordPress Conference
After taking place in the capital of France last year, the WordCamp Europe moved east to Belgrade, Serbia. For us…
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Read more: Improving Our Translation WorkflowImproving Our Translation Workflow
We set out on a mission to reduce the repetitive work involved in managing translations for our custom built themes…
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Read more: Remote First: Decentralized Working as a Business StrategyRemote First: Decentralized Working as a Business Strategy
To meet the future, companies today must rethink and reshape their structures. Working in cafes, co-working spaces, or simply from…
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Read more: The new WordPress Editor is comingThe new WordPress Editor is coming
At the annual “State of the Word” in 2016, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg introduced the idea of a completely redesigned…
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Read more: General Data Protection Regulation and WordPressGeneral Data Protection Regulation and WordPress
Martin Steiger presented a very good overview of the new EU data protection regulations, which come into force on May…
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Read more: Strategy MeetingStrategy Meeting
A remote team needs to develop itself and should set itself goals to become better, just like any other team.…
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Read more: Working from 2252 metres ASLWorking from 2252 metres ASL
Laax has a co-working space on top of the Crap Sogn Gion, 2252 meters above sea level. That’s why I…
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Read more: Working at a tropical co-working spaceWorking at a tropical co-working space
This year I ended up deciding to go to South East Asia for three months. As recommended by friends, one…
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Read more: Why we are a remote teamWhy we are a remote team
Since we’re a remote team, we don’t see each other physically. We would like to share our story of why…
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Read more: XMAS Trip 2017XMAS Trip 2017
As we all like visiting new cites, it was very quickly clear what we wanted to do for our XMAS…
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Read more: WordCamp Bern 2017WordCamp Bern 2017
I always thought it would be cool to organize a WordCamp in Bern as it is quite central in Switzerland…
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Read more: Hello GutenbergHello Gutenberg
At the annual State of the Word in 2016, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg shared his idea of a completely revamped editor.…
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Read more: WordPress Community Summit 2017WordPress Community Summit 2017
While about 2000 people attended WordCamp Europe in France’s capital city, the WordPress Community Summit was a far more intimate…
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Read more: Photo Shoot in ParisPhoto Shoot in Paris
At required we have built a remote culture where everyone can live their individual lifestyles and work from wherever on…
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Read more: WordCamp Europe in ParisWordCamp Europe in Paris
As a remote team, we use the WordCamp Europe to catch up with each other by combining the conference with…
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Read more: Work Week & WordCamp BilbaoWork Week & WordCamp Bilbao
Dominik, Karin, Pascal and Velthy spent a week in Bilbao to get some work done and to attend the local WordCamp…
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Read more: Dominik Schilling joined requiredDominik Schilling joined required
It’s with great pleasure that we announce WordPress core developer and former release lead of 4.6, Dominik Schilling joined our German branch as…
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Read more: On Internationalization and LocalizationOn Internationalization and Localization
Despite being the only WordPress person at a Drupal community event, the WordPress talk was very well received. That’s why I decided…
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Read more: A quick recap on 2016A quick recap on 2016
Let’s take a moment to look back at a successful 2016. We had the pleasure to build amazing projects for…
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Read more: Ulrich Pogson joined our team as WordPress developerUlrich Pogson joined our team as WordPress developer
We are thrilled to announce that Ulrich Pogson has joined required as a part-time WordPress developer back in August 2016. We met…
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Read more: The journey of FreshjobsThe journey of Freshjobs
I’d like to tell you a story – the story of how I teamed up with great people to build…
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Read more: A brief history on required and why the + is goneA brief history on required and why the + is gone
The “+” in the name of required stood for an extended network of independent freelancers. However, we decided to establish…
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Read more: A focus week got us our new (WordPress) websiteA focus week got us our new (WordPress) website
We never really found the time to focus on our website and do what we do best: Design and develop…
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Read more: The Journey From A Side Project To A Digital AgencyThe Journey From A Side Project To A Digital Agency
Karin spoke at the WordCamp conference in Vancouver about our journey from a side project to the agency we are…
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Read more: How to run a Business while travelling the worldHow to run a Business while travelling the world
Karin shares our experiences on how to run a business while traveling the world, through her two talks at WordCamp…
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Read more: A modern take on interactive prototypingA modern take on interactive prototyping
We take you on a journey of Prototyping, and show you how we at required applied the process of interactive…
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We are a small, efficient team with many years of experience in strategy, web design, development and as a WordPress agency. We work closely both within our team and with you as a customer.
This approach allows for short lines of communication and agile procedures. Both small and large customers appreciate our straightforward and clear manner.