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Designing Newfangled's Home Page Slides

an Article published on October 15, 2012

You’ve probably seen the rotating slide show that sits atop our home page. The slides promote upcoming events, book releases and new services. I’ve designed most of the slides, with some art direction and feedback from Chris Butler (who’s created...

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Why the Newfangled Seminar is Important for Your Agency

an Article written by Lauren O’Brien on March 2, 2015

Prior to joining Newfangled, I spent the entirety of my career in the agency world. I worked at one digital firm exclusively dedicated to email marketing, and another agency that focused on building holistic brands across a variety of industries....

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The Pros and Cons of Front-End Editing and Modular Content in WordPress

an Article published on June 18, 2014

...the page in any order or layout you desire. So, you could potentially put the footer above the header, or the sidebar below the main content of the page. I can’t imagine why you would want to do that, but...

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A Better Marketing Message in Three Steps

an Article written by Christopher Butler on July 12, 2016

...what everyone else does,” at least don’t make visitors read a book before they realize that. The plainer the language, the stronger the statement. Rule #2: A good message is visible… on every page. You will have entire pages devoted...

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Why You'll Start Paying for Analytics in 2012

an Article written by Christopher Butler on December 31, 2011

...to your site and score those terms on the basis of time on site, page views, bounce rate, and the like, but not necessarily see that term “X” led to a session that landed on page “X,” followed by page...

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Finding Design in the Process

an Article written by Christopher Butler on May 14, 2013

...a printed page, which means it must leverage a variety of object interactions and, essentially, make them disappear. A reader who thinks too often about the object in her hands is thinking too little about what it contains. Book designers...

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Design 101: White Space is Not Empty Space

an Article published on July 20, 2010

...first casualty. On a content-rich page, white space assists in “chunking” the content into digestible pieces. It aids in comprehension because a reader can skim a page to find what they are looking for. HighlightingAdding some white space around a...

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E-Commerce: (Somewhat) Recent Design Practices

an Article published on November 20, 2007

...the page, on the right side of the page, or at the top of the page beneath the global navigation. The last option would list links horizontally, rather than vertically. Usability testing would have been helpful. However, in the context...

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How to Identify Your Browser Version and Clear Your Cache and Cookies

an Article written by Tema Flanagan on July 15, 2013

...quickly serve up web content after loading a page for the first time. That way, as you click through a given website, the browser doesn’t have to retrieve all the same files for a specific page (like logo images, fonts,...

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Mood Board Observations

an Article published on July 10, 2009

...polished home page layouts. There is more than just look and feel to consider when laying out an actual site page: did I include all the elements outlined in the prototype? how does this form work? what happens when I...

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