Posts tagged “lead”

• FT redesign: modern, readable and accessible

  Posted by Leon on November 20, 2008. 18 comments.

  The FT’s redesign shows more ‘progressive’ newspapers the way ahead, without using an overly-complicated grid. And just 9 links in the navbar.

• 5 dos and don’ts of submitting content for editing

  Posted by Leon on November 16, 2008. No comments.

  Content editors need good quality material to work with. Here are 5 possible dos and don’ts for submitting material for publication.

• Simplifying The Guardian’s header

  Posted by Leon on September 20, 2008. 20 comments.

  The Guardian is an excellent newspaper, but the design of the online version could be improved in several ways, starting with the header.

• Introducing the Velouria theme for WordPress

  Posted by Leon on September 7, 2008. 34 comments.

  Please note that I no longer offer the Velouria theme for WordPress.

• Writing great articles: anatomy of a BBC news story

  Posted by Leon on August 13, 2008. 12 comments.

  The BBC writes excellent web copy. This post looks at some of the techniques the BBC uses to make reading from the web a pleasure.