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*update* Apprently they have redesigned this site for whatever reason. Which is really good, because their old site was simply a ripoff of (tribute to?) WSU. It’s hard to be creative when someone tells you to rip a site’s design off. I have been working on this project since last fall through ISU Extension IT. […]
Use them properly. Isolani does a great job with a succinct, easy to understand Guide to creating accessible, structured tables for your tabular data (the only thing for which you should be using tables).
Forms are usually pretty messy to deal with in a pure CSS layout. They look very nice in tables, but are rather hard and hackey to deal with without tables. The Man In Blue , along with Eric Meyer came up with some very pretty ways of dealing with Accessible, Semantic, Table-less form layouts
Here is a well put article by D Kieth Robinson on how to learn to be a Web Designer. It is fairly reminiscent of part of a presentation I gave on Web design (to a bunch of 7th graders ;)). Here’s the main point I think: So what does it take to become a successful […]
A nice resource by Dave Shea (with colaboration from the Web community). Helpful to have on hand when developing a site with CSS. CSS Crib Sheet
RSS 2.0 by Harvard
This is the most clever virus I have seen yet. Bagel.J I got an e-mail that looked like this today (on my @rockisu.com e-mail account). Hello user of Rockisu.com e-mail server, Our antivirus software has detected a large ammount of viruses outgoing from your email account, you may use our free anti-virus tool to clean […]
Why are Web designers so under-respected? I am of the opinion that only Professional Web designers should develop professional Web sites. (Hobby sites, personal sites, and volunteer organization sites are exceptions). This is an old article (april 2001) that seems to be relevant still… Web Designer and Proud of It. The hardest part of being […]
If you are a Web developer, you should know that CSS-based layouts have distinct and heavy advantages over traditional, hacky, table-based layouts. If you don’t know this, you should read this article on why you should use CSS with your Web designs by Greg Rewis from Macromedia Recently, however, a novice user asked a question, […]
From Marketing profs.com Addressing the question: why are blogs important for businesses? Two important characteristics of blogs are that they are written by a person who is knowledgeable and passionate about the topic, and they are written in a “real voice.” This is a cosmic shift from the marketing and public relations materials that are […]
Here’s a little discussion on Arstechnica that tells you how to always pick a winning Pepsi/iTunes bottle! Should be helpful.
Check the ADA accessibility of your Web site. Cynthia Says