April 2020 Meetup

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Due to the recent cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa we are postponing this months meetup. We will be evaluating the situation month by month for the remaining meetups until such time as we can return to holding regular meetups. We hope that we will be able to see you back at regular meetups soon.

We will be rescheduling Meagan's talk as soon as possible once we return to regular meetups.

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Responsive First: Why Designing for Small Screens Makes Big Sense - Presented by Meagan Hanes

It's 2020 and people still design websites for laptops first - websites are generally built on a computer, after all. However, this does a disservice to actual internet users who access your site on a variety of devices, sizes and capabilities. A key principle of design is: less is more. Designing your website using a phone-first approach ensures a strong alignment to data hierarchy, information conveyance, and high performance - while ignoring common modern theme pitfalls such as over-inflated images and needless accessibility-failing animations. In this talk I'll show key differences in my responsive-first design approach, with attention paid in particular to the new Block Editor in WordPress.