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John Blackbourn
December 05, 2016
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A Layout Customiser for The Sun
Presented at BigWP on 5th December 2016
John Blackbourn
December 05, 2016
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Transcript
A Layout Customiser for The Sun
John Blackbourn @johnbillion | humanmade.co.uk
Largest print newspaper by circulation Second largest newspaper website by
viewers Migrated to WordPress.com VIP Go 400,000+ articles 1TB images Switched to HTTPS
Building a Layout Customiser (not a Page Builder)
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Editorial Requirements Quickly alter the content and layout of the
home page and section pages
Editorial Requirements Visually and technically accurate representation
Editorial Requirements Editorially scalable to a large number of articles
Editorial Requirements Well-formatted storage of the content and presentation data
UX Workshops Identified the typical journey of a news story
UX Workshops Free-form control over layout is overwhelming, slow, and
unnecessary
UX Workshops Editing content inline for: 1. Context 2. Expediency
Solutions "The layout customiser"
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Solutions "The cascade"
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Solutions Maintaining accuracy of the preview
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Next Steps Scheduling layouts (for sections) Inline image editing REACT
or ?...
Want to see more? Come and see me
John Blackbourn @johnbillion | humanmade.co.uk