A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 286

Topics: Content

Better writing and more effective communication on the web. Working with, and in some cases, building your own content management systems. Writing for the medium. Designing for readers. The “what”? and “why”? of audio, video, and animated content. Web narratives and design as content. Crafting content-focused digital products and brands. (52 articles)

Brand Arts (12 articles)

Understanding, defining, and expanding brands – from logos, themelines and copy platforms to brand-appropriate error messages.

Community (16 articles)

Content-focused digital product and brand development. Building magazines and communities. Editorial best practices. The arithmetic of readers and writers. Conferences and communication. Blogs, cogs, and straw dogs.

Content Strategy (7 articles)

If content strategy is all that stands between us and the next fix-it-later copy draft or beautifully polished but meaningless site launch, it’s time to take up the torch—time to make content matter.

Writing (26 articles)

How to write good. Urp. Writing to communicate. Writing and editing for the web. Copy as user interface.