Creating a mockup for Signature Printing

For my next meetin with Bate Brand I researched some of the features that sites identical to Signature Printing incorporate. Subsequently, I created a PSD mockup that included a carousel slideshow, fixed menu at the top of the page and parallax scrolling

I presented the mockup to Elliott and justified my choice for the sections and dynamic functionality (where available). He seemed pleased with it and said him and Mark would go through it more extensively. Also, Elliott gave me access to Bate Brand’s Squarespace account so I could explore it a bit more and attempt adding content blocks, check the available templates and see how the mock I had created can be best represented with a Squarespace template.

I decided to use the Bedford template as a start. I had no difficulties placing content blocks or rearranging them. However, after analyzing the settings options and doing additional research online, I found out that the template does not support parallax scrolling or interactive menus. Instead, the Shift template seemed to be a better fit for the project as it had all features I was looking for. Elliott agreed with me and we decided to proceed with this template from now on.

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Signature Printing: Next Steps

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