Signature Printing Case Studies + Adding Final Touches

For the Case Studies section I was determined to find if it was possible to place a text block on top of an image – a functionality that I had not came across up to that point in Squarespace. I assumed that fading the background will put more focus on the text and make it stand out more. Initially, I looked into solutions that rely on custom CSS but none were relevant or worked nicely with the template. I told Elliott about the issue and he showed me another Squarespace trick which did exactly what I was aiming to accomplish but with no additional code. However, when typing the text I discovered that it is always displayed in the center of the image which can eventually make it less readable and not as functional for mobile devices

A solution for that was opening the image on Photoshop and adding extra space where needed so that it does the text and the images do not blend and interfere.

As more content was being added on the website or it was about to be added by Laura, I decided to do a bit more testing for different devices. When switching between phone and tabled mode I realized that the logo needed more padding on the left. I looked into code solutions for the issue and found the right CSS that did the trick very effectively. Also, I noticed that where every page of the website had a banner, it was not big enough and had little to no impact on the user. I asked Elliott for his opinion and he showed me a simple way of making the banners bigger by adding more space in the text description. This worked very well and enhanced the presentation of the project.

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Signature Printing: Next Steps

During my next few meetings at the Bate Brand office Elliott asked me if I can start working on the footer section of Signature Printing as at that point we pretty much had most of the content for the homepage. All images were in place, the layout was approved and the animation that I had implemented was working well. Where text content was needed, I put placeholder text which would later on be changed by Bate Brand’s copywriter – Laura. For the footer I attempted adding a contact form, subscribe button and a small text box that contains address details and contact number. Mark then joined in and showed me how to customize the fields in the contact form and how to display a response message. Up to that point I and the rest of the team were pleased with the homepage. Subsequently, we decided that it was time to think about the rest of the sections in the main menu. I looked into other printing and print consultancy related websites’ navigation ideas more extensively and came up w...

Implemening a Squarespace CSS Timeline

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Work Experience Outcomes

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