Standing Type
The reusable parts of the site, built and documented as a set, named the way your team talks, so a new page gets composed instead of rebuilt.
In development. Ask what the current scope covers.Who it is for
Companies that expect to keep adding pages. Teams where more than one person will touch the site.
The problem it solves
When every page is bespoke all the way down, year two costs what year one cost. A standing set turns new work into arrangement.
What I do
- 01Factor the site into components at the level that will genuinely get reused.
- 02Drive them from the design tokens so a change to the system moves the whole site.
- 03Document them so somebody else can use them without reading the source.
- 04Keep the set small on purpose, since an unused component is a liability.
What you end up with
- A documented component set wired to your tokens.
- Page templates composed from those components.
- Notes on adding a page without breaking the system.
03Also in Web Engineering
- The Bespoke SiteHand coded and precise. No page builder underneath.
- Web App InterfacesDashboards, tools, and the screens behind the login.
- CMS & Content ModelA content structure your team can edit without breaking the design.
- Working PrototypesA real, running thing to decide against.
- Performance & AccessQuick on a phone, usable with a keyboard.