Posts Tagged ‘Web design’
Spring clean for Chequers Playgroup
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was one of the first sites I did when I started freelancing in 2007. At the time I was one of the Committee members, so I took care of the site content and kept everything up to date. Recently the Committee members asked me to update the site so they could look after it themselves now I’m no longer a member. And because I can’t help myself sometimes, I also tinkered with the design… Continue reading ‘Spring clean for Chequers Playgroup’ »
Green light for new charity website
I’m pleased to say that after many hours of effort – mainly from Tom Haczewski , but with a bit from myself and other colleagues at Virgin Money – the new brand identity and website for the Green Light Trust has been launched. Continue reading ‘Green light for new charity website’ »
Web form help text & accessibility
In the last piece I did on accessible web forms, I mentioned that in Forms Mode the JAWS screen reader won’t announce any content in a form that isn’t marked up in a form HTML tag. 90% of the time you can make forms more accessible by using labels for each field, but sometimes you want to provide more information than can fit nicely into the label (e.g. some extra help text) without making a meal of the layout and styling. Here’s a way of styling content in an HTML label tag so it looks like it’s separate from the label, but will still get read out by screen readers. Continue reading ‘Web form help text & accessibility’ »
Accessible Twitter: how it should have been done to start with
One day the next big thing on the web that has everyone all worked up will be accessible and built to web standards from day one. Until that day, we have people like Dennis Lembree (the man behind Web Axe ) to thank for making what many take for granted freely available to an even wider audience. With the help of some friends , and the Twitter API, Dennis has created an accessible version of Twitter called, unsurprisingly, Accessible Twitter . Continue reading ‘Accessible Twitter: how it should have been done to start with’ »
Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS – putting a plaster on the Achilles heel
I’ve been taking a look at Andy Clarke’s new solution to the old Internet Explorer 6 problem – using one universal CSS file for all sites (with ‘a little branding here, or a touch of customization there’) – and I’ve decided I don’t really like it. I don’t like it because it serves web designers and developers, rather than the right people – clients and users. And because I think it will promote laziness when it comes to testing sites in IE6, which – like it or not – will most likely be around for a while yet. Continue reading ‘Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS – putting a plaster on the Achilles heel’ »
Naked
No, not me you’ll be disappointed glad to hear, but this blog – it’s the fourth CSS Naked Day today, the annual event from the Gok Wan of web standards, Dustin Diaz . I’m de-robing this blog for the first time to show my support, and to demonstrate that while far from pretty, the site should still at least be usable.
LessFuss re-Design
To celebrate LessFuss Design being a year old, and because I can’t help tinkering with things, I’ve given my own site a complete revamp. This isn’t just a cosmetic touch up though. By starting a blog and learning how to use the excellent WordPress publishing platform, I’m ready to build websites that clients can look after themselves. And at a damn good price too. Continue reading ‘LessFuss re-Design’ »
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