Leslie Surel

Leslie Surel the founder of Surelutions, a Michigan-based agency that helps nonprofits with website planning, design, and growth. Leslie has a background in psychology and 20+ years expertise in user-focused design, website technology, and big picture thinking. Her ultimate goal is to make websites easier and more useful for nonprofits so they can focus on their mission.

WordPress is used as a content management system for over 25% of the websites in the world [Source]. There’s good reason — it’s simple enough for bloggers to share family recipes while also being robust enough for developers to build complex business websites. But because WordPress is so popular, it give hackers a big pool to play in. Don’t take it personally. They … Read more

As all small business owners know, sometimes you get so caught up in the day-to-day work of keeping your business running, that you’re not even aware your online presence needs help. Here are 10 quick questions to help you decide if you may need our help. Why not take the pressure off yourself and let us help you? Do you … Read more

Web and digital technology changes so often, by the time a book is published about the newest, best thing, it’s pretty close to being obsolete. Everyone who makes their living building websites uses online resources and an amazing network of other professionals. Here’s my 2014 round up of helpful resources: WordPress WordPress.org – Robust web … Read more

What does “website management” mean? It means Surelutions will be your web administrator. We will keep track of your domain name registration, web hosting renewals, ftp user access, and other administrative tasks that may require logging in to your site host control panel. Why would you want Surelutions to manage your website? Do you know … Read more

There are basic rules-of-thumb followed by good designers when choosing fonts. The guidelines below apply to any documents, with special notes about website design as well. Your readers will thank you for learning these basics! Use standard fonts for your primary content. For websites, it is important to use standard fonts to ensure that your … Read more