How to design an award-winning website

A presentation at Frontend United in May 2019 in Utrecht, Netherlands by Peter van Grieken

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How to Design an Award-Winning Website* * We can’t guarantee that this will actually win you an award.

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(WordPress)

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How to Design an Award-Winning Website* * We can’t guarantee that this will actually win you an award.

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How to Design an Award-Winning Website

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How to Design an 1. Gutenberg Ready Award-Winning 2. Accessibility Enabled Website

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”We especially want to honor work that shows that strong accessibility and strong design can go hand in hand.”

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”What went wrong?”

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KIT.nl Health SED Gender IP Conferences & Events

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KIT.nl Health SED Gender IP Conferences & Events

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PROJECT SERVICE PUBLICATION EXPERT EVENT TOPIC

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(Content)

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Design the content first

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Backend Development

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WordPress

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Trigger warning

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Gutenberg

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Modularity means finding overlap

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“How much editorial control do you need?”

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Text inside the <button> tag 😉

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Custom components & blocks HIGHLIGHT BLOCK ICONS LINK INPUT FIND POST SORTABLE SORT & DRAG LAYOUT-AREA CONTAINER INTRO LINKS HERO SUBTITLE READ-MORE RELATED COLLECTION STAFF-COLLECTION STAFF-PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS COLLECTION-FILTER STUDIES-COLLECTION VACANCIESCOLLECTION EXPERT SERVICE PUBLICATION CONTACT PARTNERS TESTIMONIALS MEDIA CHECKLIST ROOM-LAYOUT ROOM-SPECS POSSIBILITY-BLOCK BANNER FAQ-LIST TAXONOMY-MENU SIDEBAR TEXT-BUTTON CALL TO ACTION

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Test everything.

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Frontend Development

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Frontend Development

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Accessibility

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Keyboard Accessibility

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Tip! Disconnect your mouse and only use your keyboard for an hour. . s d n e i r f r u o y e r a e p a c s E d n a e c a p S , r e t n E , Tab

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Color Accessibility

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Semantics

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Accessibility

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Frontend Development

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No project manager will ever ask you to use a <div> instead of a <button>

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Bringing it all together

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<!— wp:heading {“text”: “Our Services”, “weight”: “h2”} —> <h2>Our Services</h2> <!— /wp:heading —>

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Producing a full page of semantic HTML with Gutenberg

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Getting around WordPress…

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<HEADER ROLE=”BANNER”> <HEADER> TITEL + INTRO <ARTICLE> CONTENT <SECTION> TEKST <ASIDE> SIDEBAR <SECTION> <SECTION> <ASIDE> RELATED + FURTHER LINKS <SECTION> <SECTION> <FOOTER> (PAGE)

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“That seems like a lot of work…”

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Let’s talk about what a ‘user’ is…

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Slow incremental changes in every step

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Let’s change 34% of the web today.

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How to Design an Award-Winning Website?

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All designed and developed in Gutenberg, having inclusive design incorporated in every step, the jury was unanimous about this being the winner in the category best site.

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Conclusion

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Thanks! Talk to us @LucP @petervangrieken