The Flat Hat
This newspaper’s website has one of the best layout designs I’ve seen. It’s a college paper, but you know, they are very much like a small town paper.
It has a font and layout reminiscent of modern newspapers. Note the width – it feels like a broadsheet. Placement of columns and photos gives a [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 17, 2007
The Flat Hat – A great merging of print and web layout
May 17, 2007
BonitaNews.com – A site to learn from
BonitaNews.com – Bonita Springs, Florida
BonitaNews.com from Bonita Springs, Florida has fully embraced all the Internet has to offer. They have traditional articles, video, reader discussions, local city guide, user posted content and a host of other features.
A great learning ground of what’s possible. But as I’ve always said, don’t just do what the others do. Do [...]
May 15, 2007
Content before cash: Recapturing private party will save classifieds
Content before cash: Recapturing private party will save classifieds
Richard Clark asks “Why don’t we make it easy?” for private party advertisers to place ads. Now here’s a good use of the Internet. Not to show the ad, but to take the order! An online order form to place an ad in the print publication can [...]
May 15, 2007
Getting started
It’s been mulling around in my head whether or not to start a blog. The main point I came back to is I needed a really solide reason to start one. Rather than just pointing at news articles I find interesting or spouting off an opinion, there had to be a compelling value to creating [...]
