CSS and U.X.
March 31st, 2008
So I have been switching from Wordpress theme to theme trying to decide which of the hundreds should I use for both Life and Times and FlickSide. I’m quite sure on what I want. Black, empty and easy to edit. It’s just a journal anyway. But heck, I couldn’t find the perfect one. Me mind’s very erratic. Or maybe when it comes to design and presentation, I’m painfully meticulous.
FlickSide is still under construction. And because yours truly is outrageously stupid when it comes to CSS, I had to consult the help of specialists. Hence, I set up a one on one brainstorming session with Mae Paulino of LastLeaf.Org. I tell you, this 22 year old is a treasure in the Web Marketing industry. She is a front-end developer, web designer, blogger and creates Wordpress themes for clients. I told her how useless she made me feel. “Hmm, what was I doing when I was 22?”, “Ah ok, I was a mixing gin-pomelo, a lot.”
Well now that I have a clear understanding on what the current Flick Side theme can offer in terms of Usability , all I need to do now is add content. I bought a notebook with Audrey Hepburn on the cover. It now serves as the “Flick Side” book where you could find the 5 S of User Experience:
- Strategy
- Scope
- Structure
- Skeleton
- Surface
Every campaign should involve these elements. And although that UX is the analysis of user-behavior, which would obviously be available once a site has been launched and has amassed unique visitors, I find the practice as great preparation. Basically, I will dictate what my audience would experience.
Thanks Mae for the help. And to Mito Pontillas, the SEO with many names, who btw is asking for a 500 peso referral fee. So until the next UX, the theme remains the same.
