FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Designer/Developer for Office of Communications at The UT Medical School at Houston... a non-profit, full-service creative resource in the Texas Medical Center. Office of Communications: facebook.com/utooc This presentation: slidesha.re/estfxq HOWDY! Eric Rasch ericrasch.com
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 PURPLE and a bit of burnt orange GOALS Provide platform for different types of content + interactivity Carry design themes over from supporting organizations. 1
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 2WEEKS all within GOALS Provide platform for different types of content + interactivity Carry design themes over from supporting organizations. Launch before book tour 1
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 GOALS Provide platform for different types of content + interactivity Carry design themes over from supporting organizations. Launch before book tour Stay within budget 1 DUH!
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 GOALS Provide platform for different types of content + interactivity Carry design themes over from supporting organizations. Launch before book tour Stay within budget Client wants it 'easy-to-update'! 1 THANK YOU
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 GOALS Provide platform for different types of content + interactivity Carry design themes over from supporting organizations. Launch before book tour Stay within budget Client wants it 'easy-to-update'! Developer wants it easy-to-update... code... design... extend... upgrade... 1 THANK YOU
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Footer links Dynamically displayed from central repository. Pop-up Forms Used for reporting website errors, etc. (jQuery + Gravity Forms). Plugins Let’s take a look under the hood... KEY FEATURES Homepage Featured Post Through Categories (vs. Sticky Posts). Regular pages are... Pages No need to complicate things. News & Blog pages Again, Posts controlled through Categories. 2
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Footer links Dynamically displayed from central repository. Pop-up Forms Used for reporting website errors, etc. (jQuery + Gravity Forms). Plugins Let’s take a look under the hood... KEY FEATURES Homepage Featured Post Through Categories (vs. Sticky Posts). Regular pages are... Pages No need to complicate things. News & Blog pages Again, Posts controlled through Categories. 2
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Footer links Dynamically displayed from central repository. Pop-up Forms Used for reporting website errors, etc. (jQuery + Gravity Forms). Plugins Let’s take a look under the hood... KEY FEATURES Homepage Featured Post Through Categories (vs. Sticky Posts). Regular pages are... Pages No need to complicate things. News & Blog pages Again, Posts controlled through Categories. 2
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Footer links Dynamically displayed from central repository. Pop-up Forms Used for reporting website errors, etc. (jQuery + Gravity Forms). Plugins Let’s take a look under the hood... KEY FEATURES Homepage Featured Post Through Categories (vs. Sticky Posts). Regular pages are... Pages No need to complicate things. News & Blog pages Again, Posts controlled through Categories. 2
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Footer links Dynamically displayed from central repository. Pop-up Forms Used for reporting website errors, etc. (jQuery + Gravity Forms). Plugins Let’s take a look under the hood... KEY FEATURES Homepage Featured Post Through Categories (vs. Sticky Posts). Regular pages are... Pages No need to complicate things. News & Blog pages Again, Posts controlled through Categories. 2
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 KEY FEATURES 2 Gravity Forms MailChimp add-on Broken Link Checker W3 Total Cache Google Analytics [Yoast’s] Analytics 360 SEO Ultimate Custom Sidebars WP No Category Base Don’t forget... Security Exploits Anti-spam Backup (Plugins in-use) +
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Have content ready before anything else Make sure the system is easy to teach someone else. Client hasn't caught on to News vs. Blog (remove/simplify confusing features) Educate your client on modern web design practices (the click 'here' issue) Have a game-plan on the who/what/how regarding content & features. Be prepared to react when news events & opportunities mirror your mission. Don't wait on management to make decisions. (unless you'll get fired for it) The project push doesn’t end when the website launches. LESSONS LEARNED 3
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 “[Choosing jQuery] is like choosing the guitar. If you’re going to pick an instrument to play, the guitar’s a cool one to choose, because there’s so much information about it out there. There’s a lot more [Google] results for guitar tabs and jQuery tutorials than there are for banjo tabs and MooTools tutorials.” Chris Coyier css-tricks.com WHY?
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Results... WHY? Flexible platforms for coding/design/hosting Updated often Easy to update/upgrade Easy to understand Trusted & Proven Tutorials galore Strong communities
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 THANK YOU! John Ritter Research Program @EricRasch @TheOOC at work 8 everywhere else 8 http://ericrasch.com/ http://med.uth.tmc.edu/comm/ http://bit.ly/ritterrules Check it out! 8 Twitter 8 8 qr Codes 8 8
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