BTN Design Notes

There is a lot of information out there on this subject, but people are still having a hard time with it. The basic are simple enough. In the same way that the  <!–more–> tag performs it’s function of creating a page break for the read more excerpt, the  <!–nextpage–> tag performs it’s function of breaking a page or post into multiple pages. It’s a little more difficult, because the code needs to be typed in the HTML view. There is no longer a button to insert it in the standard  Visual mode.  Solution: If you are not comfortable working in HTML view you can use the  TinyMCE Advanced plugin as it has an Insert Page Break icon (or use Alt+Shift+P).

That was simple enough, but there can often be a couple of other problems.

For years the standard website fonts have been limited to about a dozen common web-safe fonts. Even though a web developer can specify any font to be used in a web site, it will only display properly if the viewer has that particular font loaded on their computer. Because of this, things like company brochures and other print media cannot be simply converted to a web page. Any font can be used in an image, but extensive use of images will slow load time and are not a good SEO solution, as search engines cannot read the text on an image.

But solutions are now available such as @font-face, SIFR, FLIR, and Cufón that are changing that. Each has its pros and cons, but these are all exciting steps that give the web designer much more flexibility and give the end user a richer viewing experience.

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