Posts written in April, 2009

• How print and web are different

  Posted by Leon on April 30, 2009. One comment.

  Jason Santa Maria’s SVA Dot Dot Dot Lecture provides a wonderful overview of the differences between print and web design. It also raises some interesting questions about the history of web design, and how positive an influence print is.

• Poor sign up processes: Love Film

  Posted by Leon on April 25, 2009. 10 comments.

  Love Film provides a baffling experience for new customers. Here’s what happened when I tried to sign up.

• Leading and measure: experimenting with different values

  Posted by Leon on April 7, 2009. No comments.

  Test different leadings, measures, colours and fonts quickly and easily using 2 tiny HTML and CSS files.

• Controlling excerpts and content length in WordPress

  Posted by Leon on April 5, 2009. 10 comments.

  If your post doesn’t have an excerpt WordPress will display its first 55 words. Here’s how you can control that limit.

• Styling WordPress posts according to their mood

  Posted by Leon on April 4, 2009. No comments.

  You might want to style certain pages on your site individually, depending on the mood you’re trying to convey. Here’s how you can go about it in WordPress.