PRINT Magazine Regional Design Annual Winner

March 9th, 2018 | Branding, Design | Mary Beth Amaral

We’re so excited to announce that Linchpin placed as a winner in the 2017 PRINT Regional Design Annual for our own Linchpin branding evolution!

Continuous Deployment of Multiple Repos to WP Engine Using Codeship

December 27th, 2017 | Deploy, Development, Process | Aaron Ware

At Linchpin we’ve been utilizing an automated/continuous deployment strategy for quite a while now. After some trial and a lot of errors, we came up with a solution that others may find useful if they use WP Engine as their managed hosting provider. It may seem like a lot of steps, but once you understand the systems at play, you’ll realize that the setup is not all that difficult and[…]

Celebrating 10 Years with Refreshed Branding

December 15th, 2017 | Branding, Design | Mary Beth Amaral

Linchpin turned 10 this past year. With a decade-old logo, we set out to create a modernized brand mark that better reflected our focus in technology without losing the branding identity we have established in the local community.

Mesh – Page Builder – 1.2.3 Released

December 6th, 2017 | Random, WordPress | Aaron Ware

Mesh Ver. 1.2.3 This release of Mesh Page Builder fixes 2 small issues. Release Notes Fixed an issue with FireFox throwing a javascript error in the console. Fixed templates not equalizing properly. You can always download Mesh on https://wordpress.org/plugins/mesh/ or if you want you can checkout the project and get involved on https://github.com/linchpin/mesh/

Web Fonts: When You Need Them, When You Don’t

August 13th, 2017 | Design | Mary Beth Amaral

Some of the most widely used interfaces have implemented system-based fonts throughout their interface. As designers, should we reconsider using web-based fonts in favor of the standard selection our system provides? Check out this infographic to help determine which approach is right for your next project.

Site Launch: TAS – A Reimagined Brand Strategy & Marketing Website

June 5th, 2017 | Branding, Deploy, Design, Development | Mary Beth Amaral

Introducing the new Trade Area Systems – an evolved brand strategy and reimagined marketing website to educate users on TAS’ advanced platform for retail real estate site selection while positioning TAS as a leader in the industry.

Implement User Testing to Prevent Costly UX Design Mistakes

May 31st, 2017 | Design, Process | Mary Beth Amaral

Although frequently overlooked, user testing is a critical step in the design and user experience process, not only helping to save time and money, but informing the overall solution. Check out these 6 costly user experience mistakes that could be prevented with a user testing strategy in place.