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WordCamp Baroda 2013

King Sidharth

Bad Design

Good Design

King SidharthCo-Founder Web Mutiny

Entrepreneur, Designer and an Artist

www.kingsidharth.com@kingsidharth

1. Readability

ContentTypographyReadability

Repeat After Me:I will not use:

Arial

orHelvetica

Things to do:

•Font-Size: 14-16px

•Line-Height: 1.5em - 1.6em

•Characters Per Line: 60-90

http://www.pearsonified.com/typography/

Some Good Fonts Stacks

Lucid Grande, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;Verdana, sans-serif;Google Fonts:Open Sans, Droid Sans, Droid Serif, Ubuntu, Lato

2. Layouts

What really matters.

Do you really need to show all that

crap?

Revisit:

•Home Page

•Sidebar

•Single Article Page

•Footer

Seriously,Get rid of the crap.

It will make you look more professional & help you stand out.

3. Kill the Sidebar

A Radical Idea.

Really?

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is

nothing more to add, but when there is

nothing left to take away.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

4. Advertisements

The devil’s deal.

Do not Disturb!

Where to place them?

Not in the content

Place ads where people click

naturally:In Between Other Article / Related Article

Promotion

In Between Repetitive Content Blocks

Mix ads with self-promotion ads

Randomize Placement

Hide them sometimes

Let them Read

Re-think Layout

Use Sidebars Wisely

Do not Disturb

There is no substitute for good

content.

And if you have good content, honor it with good design.

www.kingsidharth.com@kingsidharth

I Thank Thee!

for WordCamp Baroda 2013

www.64notes.com/speaking/wcbrd-2013/