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This presentation discusses a best practice approach to content development, with a focus on text as content, using progressive content development techniques.

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Better Content by Design

Lisa Herrod: Scenario SevenOpen Publish: August 2007

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ContentDesign

2 approaches5 stages

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what is web content?

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videoeducational socialpromotional

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audiosound tracks interviews news music pod castsradio streaming

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imagesSupport contentAre contentGenerate discussion

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Text as Content

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textpage titlespage headingsnavigation labelssite content

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textpage titlespage headingsnavigation labelssite content

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textpage titlespage headingsnavigation labelssite content

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textpage titlespage headingsnavigation labelssite content

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Content Design

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what is design?

A deliberate decision To enhance the value of an object

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raw text

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Best Practice Content Design

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two approaches

technicalhuman

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User Focused Development

User Centred Design

technical

human

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User Focused Development

Standards compliant

Accessible

Semantic

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User Centred Design

User research

User focus

User testing

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Content Design

should take an integrated approach

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a ground-up approach

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five stages

ContentInteractivityVisual designStructureContent

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Design stage Design approach

content

structure

visual design

interactivity

User research, Writing for the web

Semantics, Standards

CSS, Separate presentation

Standards, Progressive enhancement

content User research

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contentWritten for the webUser focusPlain EnglishShorter sentencesJournalistic

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structureSeparate contentSource orderSemantic Accessible

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Headings, lists, paragraphs, images, emphasis, block quotes, tables, forms

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visual designSeparate design CSSColour contrastVisual hierarchyPage layoutWhite spaceTypography Sans-serif

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visual designSeparate design CSSColour contrastVisual hierarchyPage layoutWhite spaceTypography Sans-serif

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interactivityShould enhance

usabilityaccessibilitycontent

Unobtrusive methodsW3C supported format

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Interactive Content

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Static Content

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Progressive Content Design

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an integrated approach

human and technical

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Begin and End

with content

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questions...?

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Lisa HerrodScenario Seven

lisa@scenarioseven.com.au

Better Content by Design

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