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
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Building a Layout Customiser
(not a Page Builder)
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No content
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Editorial Requirements
Quickly alter the content and layout of
the home page and section pages
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Editorial Requirements
Visually and technically
accurate representation
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Editorial Requirements
Editorially scalable to
a large number of articles
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Editorial Requirements
Well-formatted storage of the content
and presentation data
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UX Workshops
Identiļ¬ed the typical journey
of a news story
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UX Workshops
Free-form control over layout
is overwhelming, slow,
and unnecessary