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The Website
Redesign Handbook

About the author
Credits and tools
Who is this handbook for?
Should you redesign your website?
What makes a website redesign successful?
Glossary

Great websites are accessible
Great websites are device agnostic
Great websites are easy to update
Great websites are fast
Great websites are goal-oriented
Great websites are sustainable
Great websites are trustworthy
Great websites are user-centred
Great websites are well-designed
Great websites are well-written

Content

Voice and tone
SEO fundamentals
Writing good URLs

Design

The anatomy of a webpage
Blocks, not pages
Understanding design trade-offs
Responsive and mobile-first design

Technology

When (and when not) to use AI

Ways of working

Ship smaller projects
Your website is never done

People and organisation

Change management
Avoiding knowledge silos

The three stages of a redesign

Discover

What is Discovery?
Website audit
Understanding your users
Workshops
Writing a brief

Deliver

Wireframing
Development and CMS integration

How to use two-factor authentication with WordPress
My favourite web-related books
Web hosting, domain names, nameservers and DNS records – what does it all mean?
How to check your PHP version in WordPress

Current availability

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Principles

Great websites are accessible
Great websites are device agnostic
Great websites are easy to update
Great websites are fast
Great websites are goal-oriented
Great websites are sustainable
Great websites are trustworthy
Great websites are user-centred
Great websites are well-designed
Great websites are well-written