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Happy Clients

Brian Warren
October 21, 2011

Happy Clients

About making client-friendly CMS experiences. Presented at EECI2011.

Brian Warren

October 21, 2011
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  1. Happy Clients
    by Brian Warren
    @mrwarren

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  2. Introductions

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  3. Hi.

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  6. @JENNLUKAS
    APPROVED

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  7. Designer Friendly

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  8. Developer Friendly

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  9. Client Friendly?

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  10. Mindfulness

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  11. Features v. Process

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  12. Example: Locations

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  16. Point is: Talk to your clients.

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  17. Start your documentation now.
    Mindfulness:

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  18. •Project done: Documentation done
    •Team Communication
    •Wards off bad decisions

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  19. Ask yourself:
    How will I tell the next
    person how to use this?

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  23. If it’s hard to explain,
    you might have a problem.

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  24. Don’t be afraid to let your clients
    learn a bit of code.
    SERIOUSLY.

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  25. Have I mentioned you should
    talk to your clients?

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  26. Let’s talk about custom fields

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  27. No, no, no.

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  28. Get in the habit of writing
    good field instructions.

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  29. Take the time to customize layouts.

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  30. You’ve got your client’s back, right?

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  31. Wrap Up
    • Mindfulness
    • Talk to your clients
    • Write Documentation
    • Keep it simple, keep it flexible

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  32. Thanks!
    by Brian Warren
    @mrwarren

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