Designing for aStrange CMS

Doug Pfeffer

dougpfeffer.comTwitter: @pfeffunit

Plone?

Digital Strategy + Design

KCRW“We didn’t redesign a website - we built a

responsive, modular streaming audio web-app”

A Front End Build Without Knowing Anything

Static Site Generatorsstaticsitegenerators.net

staticgen.com

middlemanapp.comMiddleman

• Ruby based

• SASS support

• Including Compass (sprite tool, tons of helpers, etc)

• CoffeeScript

• ERbfor dynamic pages and simplified HTML syntax

http://localhost:4567

Build it!

• Prototype interactions early

• Vet design decisions

• Get client approval

• Set a functionality baseline

• For those doing the final implementation

Thanks!Doug Pfeffer

dougpfeffer.com