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Richard Thornton Sculpture Case Study

Posted in Case Studies on 18th May, 2010 | Comments Off

I recently worked with sculptor Richard Thornton to redesign his Web site. The original site was around 4 years old, and while Richard was still fairly happy with it there were a few things that needed changing.

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Select your Web browser, top 5 countdown

Posted in News on 2nd March, 2010 | 1 Comment »

If you are a Windows user and you click on the blue e to use the Internet then you’ll soon see the Browser Ballot screen (if you haven’t already). Which browser should you choose? Here are my recommendations for most users in reverse order.

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Inverted pyramid

Posted in Writing for the Web on 20th March, 2009 | Comments Off

People often write Web sites like they would a school science report, starting with an introduction and leaving the conclusion until the very end. Web pages should actually be more like a newspaper article, giving a brief summary of the whole story including the conclusion first and then add more details.

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Bulleted lists and numbered steps

Posted in Writing for the Web on 2nd March, 2009 | Comments Off

Giving people lists of things or numbered steps help break information into bite size chunks that can be easily digested. It also helps to break up large walls of text and provide white space.

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Conversational style

Posted in Writing for the Web on 13th February, 2009 | Comments Off

Writing on the Web should be more like a telephone conversation than a report.

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