Episode 47 - The Show About Websites and Design Stuff
Oct 18, 2011
oz is the expert on this one, which focuses on advice about designing a comic website which makes your comic look good and is easy to navigate, as well as some advice about logos and branding. skool has her own opinions as well!
Topics and Show Notes
Featured Comics:
DD24Hour 2011 - http://www.drunkduck.com/DD24hour_2011/
Websites!
- Make your comic look good, give it priority
- Presentational decisions (visible page, flash viewers)
- Menus, site content and extras
- What to do with fan art
- Navigation advice
- Comments and sharing
- Newsposts and blogs
- Brief mention of auto-update options
- Customization, icons, colors, fonts
- Unified theme
- Usability, fewer clicks, viewer restrictions
- Planning for ads
Design Stuff!
- Logos, header images, titles, imagery, fonts
- Distinctiveness and scalability
- Branding and identity
- Style guidelines and templates
- Consistent navigation and usability
Related Links:
We mentioned the archive page for Dead Winter: http://deadwinter.cc/
Banes at 12:48PM, Oct. 21, 2011
...and I'll never think of skool munkee without thinking "she...likes...big...buttons and she cannot lie..."
Banes at 12:47PM, Oct. 21, 2011
Another great 'cast! Lots of excellent advice and observations in here...really useful stuff when designing a comic site. Thanks so much once again, you two!
Product Placement at 5:02PM, Oct. 19, 2011
Since you guys mentioned that I was waiting on one more story, I wanted to point out that Coydog just submitted her comic today. And of course, if anyone here is still holding on to their 24 hour project, they're always free to submit. It will be added and plugged.