Building Convention Websites (BronyCon Dev 2016)

A lightning talk I gave at BronyCon 2016 with key takeaways on building an amazing convention website! :)

Transcript

1. BUILDING CONVENTION WEBSITES A lightning talk by @lablayers
2. I’M VICTOR ➤I mostly websites for a living ➤Done cool shizzles with…
 
 
 
 (& countless more events!) ➤#UnicornMasterRace
3. 4 THINGS 1 2 3 4 Pick a Theme Keep it Simple Format Data Make it Special
4. 1 PICK A THEME
5. 1 Pick a color pallete, fonts, OCs, etc and stick with it.
7. 1 Keep it consistent across EVERYTHING! ROOM SIGNS WEBSITE ADS SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOS EVENT $WAG PROFILE PICS TICKETS MAPS
8. 2 KEEP IT SIMPLE
9. 2 The average con site SUCKS.
10. 2 The average con site REALLY SUCKS.
 (no insult intended)
13. 2 Make it straightforward and user friendly.
14. 2 Make it straightforward and user friendly.
15. 2 Make it straightforward and user friendly.
16. 2 Keep important info above the fold.
17. 3 FORMAT DATA
18. 3 You’ll eventually end up with a lot of useful crap to put on the website!
19. 3 You’ll eventually end up with a lot of useful crap to put on the website PUT LAUREN FAUST ON TEH WEBSITE NOW!!!!!1! S
20. 3 Your goal is to make it easy to read & understand.
21. 3 Multi-track schedules are hard!
23. 4 MAKE IT SPECIAL
24. 4 Celebrate what your city has to offer!
25. 4 Adapt to things like special holidays!
26. 4 Adapt to things like time of day!
27. 4 Adapt to things like time of day!
28. 4 Add easter eggs!
29. 4 THINGS 1 2 3 4 Pick a Theme Keep it Simple Format Data Make it Special
30. THANK YOU! ➤Slides at
 http://developer.horse/ ➤Follow me on GitHub/Twitter
 @lablayers