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STYLE FRAMEWORKS COLLABORATIVE CREATING STANDARDS

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STYLEFRAMEWORKS

COLLABORATIVECREATING

STANDARDS

MARTI GOLD

@martigold

MANAGING UX DIRECTOR

TONIC3

www.tonic3.comwww.martigold.com

–Jared Spool

style guides are createdso thatUNINTENTIONAL DESIGNERS can ACCIDENTALLYcreate great designs.

In RULE-BASED design,

“The problem is thatdesign style guides

NEVER WORK.

”PEOPLE STOP

–Jared Spool

USING THEM.

THE NEXT DAY WAS TITLED

“I’LL SHOW HIM!”

GUESSWHAT?

JARED WAS

RIGHT

WHY?BUT

NEXT THREE YEARS?

THEQUEST

STYLEFRAMEWORK

BUT ANOT STYLE GUIDE,

RULESTHE

MARKETINGSTYLE GUIDE

UXGUIDELINES

DEVELOPMENT CODE REPOSITORY

COLORS P P PFONTS P P PBUTTONS P P PLINKS P P PPAGINATION P P PNAVIGATION P P PERROR MESSAGES P P Pmore…

80%ESTIMATED

OVERLAPIN DEFINED ELEMENTS

THERE’S NO WAYITS THAT HIGH.

PROOF?”

are defined in ALL 3 repositories81120 common elements & interactions*

are defined in 2 of the 331ITEMS HAD NO OVERLAP8ONLY

* started with Bootstrap and added items

CHARTTHE

93%THAT IS A

OVERLAPIN DEFINED ELEMENTS

66REPLICATING WORK

OF YOUR STAFF IS

%

NO CONFLICTS?WHAT ARE THECHANCES OF

0%

GUESSWHAT?

IF PEOPLE THINK YOUR GROUP’S STANDARDS ARE WRONG…

THEY WILL IGNORE THEM.

EVERYONEMARKETINGUSER EXPERIENCE

PRODUCT MANAGERS

ACCESSIBLE TO

DEVELOPERS

OFFSHORE TEAMSEXTERNAL AGENCIESOUTSIDE VENDORS

ONE SOURCE

INCLUDE ONLYTHE ESSENTIALS

RULE #2

GUESSWHAT?

THEEYEDROPPER

STANDARDSKILLER

AKA

HOLD ONLOOSELY

RULE #4

Logo

WHAT IS THIS?

MODAL?POPUP?

OVERLAY?

POPOVER?

ALERT BOX?

LIGHTBOX?

THE STORY

THEY CODED THIS…

SHE WANTED THIS…

ONEOWNER

GETTINGSTARTED

THEPLATFORM

ONLINE

OUTSIDE FIREWALL

SCANNABLE

MUSTRESPONSIVE

SEARCHABLE

OPEN TO FEEDBACK

BE…MAINTAINED BY NON-PROGRAMMERS

REQUIRE MINIMAL DEV SUPPORTCHEAP (OK…. FREE)

SERIOUSLY?

WHY NOT ASK FORWORLD PEACE TOO?

CREATE YOUR STYLE FRAMEWORK IN

WORDPRESS

EASY TO SET UPEASY TO MAINTAINEASY TO CUSTOMIZEEASY FOR NON-CODERSALL FEATURES BUILT IN

FREE

WARNING

DO NOT REINVENTTHE WHEEL

LET’S TALKFORMAT

PAGEMOST VIEWED

ONEPER STANDARD

LEAST VIEWED

SIMPLE

ORGANIZATION

COMPLEX

TOP LEVELLANDING PAGES

GRID

SCAFFOLDINGCOLORSTYPOGRAPHY

MODULE SIZESRESPONSIVE BREAKS

TEXT LINKS

ELEMENTS

LISTSTABLES

BUTTONSCONTAINERS

ICONSDIVIDERS

OTHERS…

SHOW HIDE

INTERACTIONS

ACCORDIONDRAWERMODALS

TOOLTIPS

TABBED PANELS

SCROLL BARS

OTHERS…

SORTINGFILTERING

PAGINATION

NAVIGATION

BREADCRUMBSPREVIOUS-NEXTSEARCH BOXESPROGRESS BARSDROP DOWN MENUSOTHERS…

CONTENT

DATES & TIMESCURRENCYMEASUREMENTSPRICING

TRADEMARKSSPELLING & USAGEOTHERS…

IMAGESCHARTSMAPS

FORMS

FIELD LABELSTEXT FIELDSSELECT LISTSRADIO BUTTONSCHECK BOXESMANDATORY MARKER

OTHERS…

AUTO-COMPLETESTEPPERSGHOST TEXT

ERRORS

FIELD LEVELFORM LEVELPAGE LEVELNULL RESULTSNON-ERROR ALERTS404 PAGES

OTHERS…DISAMBIGUATION

FIXEDITEMS

HEADERSFOOTERSCUSTOMER BARLEGAL TEXTSHOPPING CARTSLOGINOTHERS…

OTHER

EMAIL SPECSMOBILE APPSMEDIA SPECSACCESSIBILITYSEO ISSUESOTHERS…

SITE-WIDESEARCH

THINK BACK…

DID WE EVER

DEFINE A PAGE?

NO

STYLE FRAMEWORKS DEFINE

TOOLS & MATERIALS

A BLUEPRINT FOR DESIGNNOT

LET’S TALKOWNERSHIP

DISTRIBUTEDWORKLOADDATA CENTERMODEL

OWNER

RESEARCHINGWRITINGREPORTING TESTSUPDATING

COMMUNICATIONESCALATION

ANEVERY STANDARDHAS

BUSINESS

3USER EXPERIENCEDEVELOPMENT

OWNERS

DISCUSSIONSTRANSPARENT

ALL COMMENTSARE OPEN

COMMENTSARE EMAILED TO OWNERS

ALL

THEY CAN THEN

RESPOND

WHAT’S ON

EACHPAGE

“WHAT IS THIS?”

BRIEFDESCRIPTION

PICTURE

NAME

FOLD

LAST UPDATED?

WORKINGEXAMPLE

OR

“TELL ME MORE”DETAIL

DESCRIPTION

SPECS

PLATFORMS

RELATED TOPICS

VOCABULARY

“I HAVE TO BUILD THIS”LINKS

TO UX ASSETS

EXAMPLE INPRODUCTION

TO CODE ASSETS

“I WANT TO CHANGE THIS”

OWNERS

ANY OTHERINFORMATION

LINKSTO TEST DATA

& BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH

HOW TOJUMP START

A NEW STYLE FRAMEWORK

GETTINGBUY-IN

LAYING THEGROUNDWORK

INSTALL THE TEMPLATEADD YOUR LOGO & COLORSEDIT A COUPLE OF PAGES

THIS PRESENTATIONSTEAL

(ITS ON SLIDESHARE)

KILL EVERYTHINGONE OBJECTION

FIREWALL?

WORDPRESS OBJECTIONS?NO WAY WE’LL REDO EXISTING GUIDES?

DON’T LET

PROPRIETARY INFO?

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.RULE #1

RULE #2INCLUDE ONLY THE ESSENTIALS.RULE #3YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN.RULE #5

RULE #4HOLD ON LOOSELY.

THINK REPUBLIC, NOT DICTATORSHIP.RULE #6

REMEMBER…

THANK YOU!

@tonic3com@martigold

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