A Layout Customiser for The Sun

Presented at BigWP on 5th December 2016

1. A Layout Customiser for The Sun
2. John Blackbourn @johnbillion | humanmade.co.uk
3. 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
4. Building a Layout Customiser (not a Page Builder)
6. Editorial Requirements Quickly alter the content and layout of the home page and section pages
7. Editorial Requirements Visually and technically accurate representation
8. Editorial Requirements Editorially scalable to a large number of articles
9. Editorial Requirements Well-formatted storage of the content and presentation data
10. UX Workshops Identified the typical journey of a news story
11. UX Workshops Free-form control over layout is overwhelming, slow, and unnecessary
12. UX Workshops Editing content inline for: 1. Context 2. Expediency
13. Solutions "The layout customiser"
17. Solutions "The cascade"
25. Solutions Maintaining accuracy of the preview
28. Next Steps Scheduling layouts (for sections) Inline image editing REACT or ?...
29. Want to see more? Come and see me
30. John Blackbourn @johnbillion | humanmade.co.uk