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Let it snow?

December 17, 2009 by Babs 14 Comments

Purely for purposes of demonstration, I’ve installed the “Let it snow” plugin. ย Yes, it’s topical and festive, but…

Are you reading this or are you watching the snowflakes drift prettily across the image above?

Whatever you build your website with, if you include anything that moves, that is what will grab and hold your visitor’s attention. So it had better be really essential to what you want your visitors to know. ย If it’s not, ditch it – keep it simple and your message very clear and immediate.

I think I’ll leave this in place for the next couple of weeks, though – just to help get the message across ๐Ÿ˜‰

And thanks to Aen Tan for the plugin and to Sean Duran for the tweak that means you only see this on the home page!

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  1. Babs says

    December 17, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    Now if you reach this blog post direct, and not via the home page, you won’t see what I’m talking about!

    Go on – take a look at the home page…

    Reply
  2. Babs says

    December 17, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    Now if you reach this blog post direct, and not via the home page, you won’t see what I’m talking about!

    Go on – take a look at the home page…

    Reply
  3. Nikki Pilkington says

    December 17, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    Haha it reminds me of geocities sites from the early 90s!

    Definitely too distracting ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Babs says

      December 18, 2009 at 9:02 am

      @Nikki Pilkington, and some of us can remember! A bit of retro never hurts ;-)…

      Reply
  4. Nikki Pilkington says

    December 17, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Haha it reminds me of geocities sites from the early 90s!

    Definitely too distracting ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Babs says

      December 18, 2009 at 10:02 am

      @Nikki Pilkington, and some of us can remember! A bit of retro never hurts ;-)…

      Reply
  5. Matt Chatterley says

    December 18, 2009 at 7:58 am

    I’ve seen a fair few sites with WP ‘snow’ installed, as I’m sure everyone else has – and it’s definitely way too distracting.

    As a rule moving things have to be very subtle otherwise they cause huge distractions!

    Thats why we opted for a sublte background featuring little xmas trees (as well as a new ‘merry xmas’ image in our header slideshow)!

    Reply
    • Babs says

      December 18, 2009 at 9:01 am

      @Matt Chatterley, Very nicely done – and I quite agree. This example is purely to demonstrate (truly ๐Ÿ˜‰ ).

      Reply
  6. Matt Chatterley says

    December 18, 2009 at 8:58 am

    I’ve seen a fair few sites with WP ‘snow’ installed, as I’m sure everyone else has – and it’s definitely way too distracting.

    As a rule moving things have to be very subtle otherwise they cause huge distractions!

    Thats why we opted for a sublte background featuring little xmas trees (as well as a new ‘merry xmas’ image in our header slideshow)!

    Reply
    • Babs says

      December 18, 2009 at 10:01 am

      @Matt Chatterley, Very nicely done – and I quite agree. This example is purely to demonstrate (truly ๐Ÿ˜‰ ).

      Reply
  7. Nikki Pilkington says

    December 18, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Nothing wrong with retro, and I think it’s a great example!

    Reply
  8. Nikki Pilkington says

    December 18, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Nothing wrong with retro, and I think it’s a great example!

    Reply
  9. Babs says

    December 30, 2009 at 10:50 am

    I’ve switched off the snow now, for anyone visiting this blog post. Until next December, perhaps…

    Reply
  10. Babs says

    December 30, 2009 at 11:50 am

    I’ve switched off the snow now, for anyone visiting this blog post. Until next December, perhaps…

    Reply

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