Articles

First Steps for a Website Accessibility Review

Saturday 10th January 2009, 06:40 PM
Without creating a checklist, or recommending any automated tools to get the job done, and trying not to make reference to specific disabilities or user agents, here are the steps I take to bring some inaccessible websites up to speed.
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Inline CSS Formatting

Sunday 21st December 2008, 06:37 PM
I adopted this style of CSS straight away and haven't looked back since. It's now almost 2 years later, and I've yet to see this style reach the mainstream, and I don't know why.
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Curing my Divitis

Tuesday 25th November 2008, 08:25 PM
When widespread support finally came for CSS, we moved on to more semantic markup, with use of holding div tags floated and positioned to generate the desired effect. Sure, this came along with the need for hacks to cover up inconsistencies between different browsers, but we looked down our noses at those still using HTML tables and cited web standards. But as it turns out, over use on non-semantic "presentation" tags (span and div, both have no actual implied meaning) can be almost as much of a sin as the one we left behind.
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A First Post

Monday 17th November 2008, 07:35 PM
I've decided to create a blog on web design because with 7 years of experience in xhtml and css (and developing interest in PHP and Javascript) I have aquired a knowledge base that I would like to share.
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