"designing a different type of website", designinterest, newcastle, april 2012
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"Designing a different type of website" talk by Richard Carter of Peacock Carter Ltd at DesignInterest, PostOffice NE1, Newcastle, on 3 April 2012. Slight problem with fonts, so if you want the PDF email [email protected]! Video online at: https://vimeo.com/39756938TRANSCRIPT
Designing a different type of website
@RichardCarter
A tangent
So, wikis
The least attractive type of website?
There’s always MySpace.
(RIP GeoCities)
Wikis ≠ Wikipedia
wiki.mozilla.org
codex.wordpress.com
www.ucdoer.ie
fr.wikimini.org
Challenges
1. Links everywhere
cmkalliance.co.uk
cmkalliance.co.uk
2. Flexibility
3. MediaWiki’s quirks
4. Universal template
Hints and tips
1. Sensible defaults
2. Test with content
3. Consider context
And finally...
Concrete cows @onion2k
Witchcraft @jtruk
Erotic @tamewhale
Questions? In the pub, preferably