Improving the user experience of your wordpress sites

WordPress is known for pre-made themes that make it easy to get started. However, after a while you might wonder why certain design decisions have been made, how they affect your users, and what you can do to make the site better.

This is where User Experience (UX) design techniques comes in. UX is way of bringing together user needs and business goals through research, testing, and design.

This talk will introduce the concept of UX and provide practical tips for improving your site.

See the video of this talk here:
https://wordpress.tv/2019/04/11/neil-scott-improving-the-user-experience-of-your-wordpress-sites/

Transcript

1. IMPROVING THE USER EXPERIENCE OF YOUR SITES Neil Scott // WordCamp Edinburgh // 17 November 2018
3. WHAT IS UX?
5. Jesse James Garrett: The Elements of User Experience
7. “User experience encompasses all aspects of the end-user’s interaction with the company, its services, and its products.” Donald Norman
8. WHY IS UX?
9. Abraham Maslow: Hierarchy of Needs
10. Stephen Anderson: Seductive Interaction Design
15. WHERE TO START
17. GOALS
19. USER RESEARCH
25. Are Halland
27. PROTOTYPING
33. TESTING
34. TESTING
40. TESTING IN ACTION!
46. 5 THINGS TO LOOK FOR
47. 1. APPROPRIATE
50. 2. USER'S LANGUAGE
53. 3. PURPOSEFUL
58. 4. FOLLOW CONVENTIONS
62. 5. CLARITY
67. Neil Scott // @MrNeilScott // noblesavage.info QUESTIONS?