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scripps interactive newspapers group

Posted by Jay Small

I often say a key goal of any Web site redesign should be to make the next redesign easier. Given the rapid pace of redesign launches among newspaper.com sites in recent weeks, it appears some last-generation design work was aimed toward that goal.

Client: 
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group

As an employee of Scripps, Jay Small developed a working model for a retail marketplace site concept called Spend -- a project that had emerged through Scripps' Entrepreneur Fund.

Small's work included:

  • Converting static Photoshop storyboards to working XHTML and CSS
  • Installing and configuring Drupal 5 to manage the site
  • Customizing Drupal themes and modules to provide all site functionality, including several views that had not been provided in storyboards
  • Training site operators on use of the system