craig ritchie is a web strategist with an extensive background in experience design, content and community planning. product creation, management and marketing.

craig ritchie is currently focused on social media creation, brand building and online reputation management.



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Strategist at Organic

Web Consultant/Owner of Thunderpulse Consulting

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User Experience Bits #1: Messaging Sparkle And Fade

I admire more and more the interface subtleties of the Wordpress admin interface. Overall, I would simplify the pages for faster management of posts and comments, but I’m sure there’s some plugins for that.

Specifically I like the flash-and-fade error and confirmation message after an action is taken.


This is an example of a Wordpress message.

Big, bold, and then it becomes unintrusive all by itself. (Did you miss it? Refresh this blog to see it again.) Note that I’ve changed the colors to match my blog to demonstrate the change from sparkling to faded. I’ll be recommending this type of message styling for many web sites in the future.