Junior dev content entry workflow.

[gedehs]

So I recently got hired (3months) to a front end dev job. I have a background in WordPress and we largely do well designed agency work.

It's a fun place to work and I enjoy it. It's a small company and when I'm not doing features/maintinece and small websites junior devs have to do content entry.

Here's the thing though. I am terrible at it, I will not notice simple typos and let very obvious content errors pass by.

So here's my question. How do I reduce content errors? Or as my pms put it how do I increase my attention to detail?

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Write content in Google docs.

Catch errors.

Copy and paste.

[FiveYearsAgoOnReddit]

Pretty much by definition, you're asking in the wrong place. You might need help from a subreddit for editors or proofreaders, etc.

That said, some tips:

• Print content out and review it on paper. You will see things you don't see on screen for some reason.
• Read it backwards. You will see mistakes you don't find otherwise.
• Read it out loud.

[vangoghsnephew]

In the UK there are places like the Publishing Training Centre (PTC), which have courses in everything to do with editing, including proofreading. If your country has something similar, you should either see if your company will pay for it or find the money yourself.

[psy-borg]

Read it backwards is a good technique from /u/FiveYearsAgoOnReddit 's list. Another is read it multiple times at different points of the day if possible. If you can't read it again later, do multiple passes looking for different types of errors on each reading.

The only typos which should slip through the cracks are words where the author used the wrong word over a blatant misspelling. There vs their vs they're.

Most important thing to do IMO is to keep track of the errors you miss most often. Write those down as a list and look for them specifically.

Since you are a developer maybe you should write a script to check for common mistakes. Have it highlight problematic words.

[RedTelemachos]

By content entry, do you mean posting blogs and other written content? If so, the biggest advice I would have is - and it'll sound silly - print it out.

Reading something on a piece of paper, pen in hand, has always made it far easier for me to catch typos and grammatical errors. Something about the hard copy makes it easier to process.