{"id":6391,"date":"2025-03-26T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/portfolio\/xanthinews-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:54:13","slug":"xanthinews-2","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/portfolio\/xanthinews-2\/","title":{"rendered":"xanthinews.gr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>xanthinews.gr is a modern news website covering current events in Xanthi and the broader region. The website&#8217;s design and structure were implemented to ensure easy navigation, clear news presentation, and proper use of advertising spaces. The project focuses on optimizing user experience (UX), responsive design, and maximum SEO performance.  <\/p>\n<p>Work done:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategic UI\/UX design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creation of mockups based on the needs of a local news portal<br \/>\nInformation architecture for easy access to thematic sections (e.g., News, Politics, Sports)<br \/>\nUse of call-to-action areas to increase clicks on articles and banners<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsive design for mobiles and tablets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Content adaptation across all devices<br \/>\nOptimization for fast loading and reading without zooming or scrolling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Development of homepage with dynamic sections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hero slider for showcasing main news<br \/>\nModules with tabs for recent, popular, and selected news<br \/>\nSidebar widgets with advertising banners, social feeds, and local announcements<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advertising management:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Planning for various banner placements (top, sidebar, mid-content)<br \/>\nOrganizing sections for native ads without disrupting the reading experience<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEO optimization:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clear titles and URLs for each article<br \/>\nMeta descriptions and tags for every section<br \/>\nMinimizing loading speed with optimized images and lazy loading<br \/>\nSchema markup for articles (NewsArticle, Breadcrumb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social networks and content integration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Display of Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube<br \/>\nShare buttons on each article<br \/>\nConnectivity with Google News<\/p>\n<p>Visit the project <a href=\"https:\/\/xanthinews.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">xanthinews.gr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xanthinews.gr is a modern news website covering current events in Xanthi and the broader region. The website&#8217;s design and structure were implemented to ensure easy navigation, clear news presentation, and proper use of advertising spaces. The project focuses on optimizing user experience (UX), responsive design, and maximum SEO performance. Work done: Strategic UI\/UX design Creation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5346,"parent":0,"menu_order":95,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6391","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6392,"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6391\/revisions\/6392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techplace.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}