[thelist] A No-Brainer Tip

[April]

We lost a client once who thought we were wasting their time for sending
them a page full of gibberish.  After that we switched from latin to
"content content content content".



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> Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers
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> *unless* it's obvious greek text (Lorem ipsum etc) - which is quite
> useful to ensure that people focus on the design, rather than some
> of the micro-detail.
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> Cheers
> Martin
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> When developing a website, sketch out the process first. Know what point
> you're at in the process at any given time. If you're at a point where the
> client can see the site, make sure any test data or content on the site is
> appropriate and useful. Don't put anything on the site that isn't
> completely and totally related.
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> Everyone copies stuff they've written from one site to another, but make
> sure you change the information _first_. Run, don't walk, to make the site
> as presentable as possible _before_ anyone besides you sees it. Pretend
> it's a live site from the moment you start working on it.
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> If you do this right, you'll never know it. If you do it wrong, you'll
> spend valuable time explaining yourself, and you might lose clients in the
> process.
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