Web Development Articles
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General/Web Business Articles
- What is Web Accessibility?
Summarizes the elements of web accessibility and explains their importance.
- What is Web Usability?
A somewhat parallel article to the web accessibility review, summarizing the most salient points of usability-focused development.
- Best Practices Guide to Web Development
An article in five parts covering many of the issues surrounding best practices in web development for the independent contractor.
- Choosing a Designer
Gives a few suggestions on how you may want to think when selecting your web designer.
- Planning Your Site
Provides tips for you to consider while you plan your new website.
- Hosting your Web Site
Describes very basically what hosting is and what services I provide to help you get your website running.
- SEO and Accessibility
Discusses the parallels between Search Engine Optimization and Accessibility. See also Search Engine Friendly vs. Search Engine Optimized, for more information in this area.
Accessibility and Web Standards
- Designing Accessible Navigation
This article is a discussion of the most significant factors which must be considered in developing a navigation system which provides consistent accessibility.
- Accesskeys: Curse or Blessing?
Accesskeys are a well-known system of providing keyboard shortcuts for websites - but they carry some complicating risks for use.
- Web Semantics
The task of applying semantic meaning to HTML code is an important way of providing better access for your users and search engines.
- Optimizing Content for the Web
I presented this paper at the Spectrum 2005 conference of the Rochester Society for Technical Communication with Lori Wagoner of Wagoner Research.
Guest Articles Around the Web
No summaries provided for these, I'm afraid - you'll just have to go read them!
- Practical eCommerce Magazine
- What is HTML 5?
- Accessibility Review: Target.com
- Accessibility and Social Media
- Accessibility: How Many Disabled Web Users Are There?
- Accessibility Review: PetsContained.com
- Accessibility Review: LorisWigsite.com
- Accessibility and the Checkout Process
- Web Accessibility And The Law
- New Accessibility Guidelines Part IV: Robustness
- New Accessibility Guidelines Part III: Understandability
- New Accessibility Guidelines Part II: Operability
- New Accessibility Guidelines Part I: Perceivability
- Accessibility: Making Video and Audio Usable For The Deaf
- Customer Service for the Hearing Impaired
- QualityWorld (The Chartered Quality Institute)
- Web Weaving (Subscription required.)
- Cre8tive Flow
- Improve The Web
- Matt Bailey's Accessibility Blog
- Accessites Accessible Design Showcase
Interviews (of me.)
- Quick Query: Joe Dolson of Accessible Web Design (Practical eCommerce)
- Video Interview by Liana Evans at SES Toronto 2008 (Search Marketing Gurus)
- How does it feel to be popular on Digg? (Design Interviews)
- What Prototyping Tools to Choose? (Design Interviews)
- Interview: Joe Dolson, New Moderator (Cre8tive Flow)
