It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English.
Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Give client a rough estimate for the entire project. Advice if necessary.
An in-depth discovery of the project. Advice client if necessary.
Prepare project proposal with a final price. Send a copy to the client. Advice client if necessary.
When client’s happy with the proposal, start the project. Accept the first instalment (50%). Advice client if necessary.
Create client website. Keep client informed of the progress. Advice client if necessary.
Test website. Progress report to the client. Advice client if necessary. Accept the second instalment (25%).
Carry out further testing on live site. If all okay, launch the website. Advice the client if necessary. Accept the final instalment (25%).
Hand over all the files to client. Provide clear guidance to the client on website management and security.
Ask for any feedback from the client to improve process in the future.
DESIGN PROCESS Q&A
Lorem ipsum was purposefully designed to have no meaning, but appear like real text, making it the perfect placeholder.
Lorem ipsum was popularized in the 1960s with Letraset’s dry-transfer sheets, and later entered the digital world via Aldus PageMaker.
Some claim lorem ipsum threatens to promote design over content, while others defend its value in the process of planning.
Generally, lorem ipsum is best suited to keeping templates from looking bare or minimizing the distractions of draft copy.
Coming full circle, the internet’s remixing of the now infamous lorem ipsum passage has officially elevated it to pop culture status.