Search engines and humans are always looking for relevance. When we first open a document on the web (or in our mail), one of our first actions is frequently to determine whether this document is relevant to our needs. In the case of e-mail or physical mail, this is entirely a “push” experience — messages are sent to us, and we evaluate them for relevance. Spam survives largely on that obscure edge case where we identify their messages as relevant. […]
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Quick Tips: URLs in WordPress development sites
Something I’ve occasionally found irritating when developing a web site outside of it’s long-term residence (on a temporary URL (Uniform Resource Locator), in a subdirectory, etc.), is having to choose between either adding relative URLs, the URLs for the current address, or the URLs for the final address for internal links in the development site. Obviously, using relative URLs will work, but I’m generally reluctant to use them in any CMS (Content Management System) (Content Management System), knowing that I […]
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Jane Wells, the WordPress user interface lead, posted a call for accessibility reviewers for WordPress 3.2 and the new Twenty Eleven theme. I would dearly love to help with this, but in all practicality I don’t think I can commit to it right now. However, I hope that if there’s anybody out there with a good handle on accessibility issues and a little extra time they’ll volunteer to provide their thoughts! WordPress has demonstrated an interest in accessibility, but they […]
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Accessibility Accessibility is a general term used to describe how easy it is for people to get to, use, and understand things. (Wikipedia) It is a common mistake to believe that accessibility refers exclusively to the relationship between people with disabilities and their environment. That is, that making a building, website, or other device "accessible" is merely the process of ensuring that a person with a disability will be able to use it. This is not precisely wrong; it is […]
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One of the main reasons for using a content management system (CMS (Content Management System)) is that it can provide great advantages for future growth. Having the easy ability to extend your software to create new types of documents (as with WordPress’ custom post types), or to simply add new pages and new features without needing to scrap everything you currently have is a huge advantage. However, much of that advantage can be lost through poor planning. If you have […]
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