The document discusses how DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) content and responsive web design (RWD) can work together effectively. It provides background on Yellow Pencil, a web design agency specialized in content-first and responsive design projects. The presentation then covers key principles of RWD including fluid layouts, flexible images and navigation, and benefits such as universal access across devices. Examples are given of how DITA content structures can map to RWD frameworks to generate optimized HTML for different screen sizes.
2. Keith Schengili-Roberts
• Senior Content Strategist at Yellow Pencil
• Lecturer on Information Architecture at University of
Toronto
• Runs www.DITAWriter.com
• DITA XML training/consulting
Phil Kneer
• User Experience Designer at Yellow Pencil
• 15+ years of experience in communication design,
branding, responsive web design and coding
• Self-professed “design geek” with a passion for
creating usable things that solve real problems
Who Are These Guys?
4. We are a web design agency that
focuses on content first, responsive
design projects.
We work with large Enterprise CMS
driven sites and solve large, messy,
complex content and usability issues.
Who is Yellow Pencil
5. We make clients with big
messy web problems better at
communicating on the web.
What that Really Means
20. Responsive Web Design (RWD) uses a
single set of code to deliver a cohesive
web experience to all users, no matter
what their connection or screen size
What is Responsive Web
Design (RWD)?
25. RWD = Standards Based & Device Agnostic,
Works on All Modern Browsers.
Cross-browser/Device
Support
26. Benefits of Responsive
Web Design
• Reduces long-term costs of ownership
• Streamlines authoring/content management
• Reach a wider audience/universal access to your
content
27. • The RWD process should focus on the needs
of your audience
• IA considerations come into play dependent
on how/when/why users are viewing your
content and content priority
RWD is Simple – not easy
28. RWD can be combined with DITA content
• Create a RWD framework and templates
• Generate HTML based on your current
workflow
RWD and DITA HTML
34. RWD and Content Priority
Desktop
design:
Call to action
priority #1
Content elements
not prioritized:
Call to action is
lost
Content elements
prioritized: Call to
action remains
priority #1
36. What You Need to Consider
• Content quality
• Design and user-experience quality
• Your CMS’ build efficiency
37. • Content needs to be well-written and focused
on user’s needs
• Think in terms of re-usable “chunks” (content
modelling)
• Think of prioritization in terms of what is
displayed
Content Quality
38. • User Centered Design
• Design for mobile first + Progressive
Enhancement
• Design For Content First
Design and
User-experience Quality
39. • Content Models and Wireframes
express the same concepts differently
• Collaboration is key
Content and UX Go Hand in
Hand