ideas for tech with my project
I'm slowly coming up with ideas for the layout of the radio site redesign. What id like to do is make it extremely easy for them to update the content daily. Based ok how people are with tech in my area, the easier the better. I was thinking of building a tool that can convert something like a word doc of their daily updates that can parse the document, convert it to markdown then pass it to the website for a final review before publishing. I was thinking of using python to handle all that then letting svelte and the markdownx converting the markdown into html for the site. The issue im running into is the company being able to run python for it.
After the design and site is built I want to purpose that and the tool with it. Any thoughts on handling the simplification with handling python? I'm thinking maybe an executable could work.
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Honestly, if you're just going to some html, css, a little bit of javascript, and the ability to let them update content, just go with a CMS
If you want to go with actually coding the html and css, go for that and then use a headless CMS to allow them to update content
Hmm see i was thinking about that I just tried to make stupid simple like they add the notes in a word document and the images and my parser would handle that
Is headless cms free?
There is the possibility they could need backend
But not definite
I really want to avoid wordpress
Yes there are many headless cms out there, I've never personally used any so I would just double check to make sure it makes sense for your use case. Adding notes to a word document and writing a script to parse that sounds much more complicated than just making a website using a cms/headless cms and allowing them to edit content all in one place
There are a lot of different cms's out there
Yeah I dont mind the complication for myself I just want them to not need to do much with the site programming wise
There's WYSIWYG editors in CMS's where all they have to is type what they want. It's easier than uploading a word doc
We use Strapi (https://strapi.io) at my agency and it does the job pretty well. Super simple and straightforward. You can query it's data using traditionnal rest endpoints or, graphql is also built-in.
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interesting
here's one layout I had in mind
that's a good start
I was thinking the most basic is the best
I dont think it needs to be too fancy
plus that's easier to adapt to mobile
content wise the site seems more "information" based than trying to sway users in to make some account for anything
maybe simple is better here?
For sure, simple is always better
Unless you're pushing the envelope industry wise just keep it simple really
Unless you're an expert in design, it's not going to look good if you try to be really fancy with it imo
Stick to what works
I'll add to this thread as ideas come about
here's a mobile one
I would personally stay clear of menu at the top of the screen and move it instead in a tab bar at the bottom, if you want to maximize user interaction.
With screen getting bigger and bigger and people still mostly using their thumbs to interact with content of a mobile site, it's a lot more convenient to pull everything down.
How would that work?
The site has a lot of links
Couple of patterns could fit the bill, but most of the time, you want the most used / important links with their own "tab" button and you can add a menu / "more" button for secondary items.
Image taken from the "The “thumb-driven design” and why UI is shifting down" article
https://uxdesign.cc/the-thumb-driven-design-and-what-do-you-eat-it-with-17c81bbc267e
Medium
The “thumb-driven design” and why UI is shifting down
Phone screens are getting bigger, and user interfaces are moving.
Hmm I like that
They do have a search function but I don't know if it works
Great article, thank you!!
Yeah was a good read 🙂
Yeah, it's no wonder most, if not all, mobile application use this parttern nowadays
True
I'll have to check how many links I have