The W3C has a new validator at validator.w3.org/unicorn they are calling a “unified” validator. Unified because it checks HTML (including HTML5), CSS, and RSS feeds. The validator at validator.nu also checks HTML5, and can be set to check for ARIA roles as well. Introduction to Keyboard Maestro from ATMac has a discount offer good through [...]
product A review by Web Teacher of Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works (rating: 5 stars) Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works by Mathew Patterson is from Sitepoint (2010). I have opted in to quite a few corporate emails. They all come to my inbox in HTML. Some are more effective than others. [...]
I’m doing a training session for Knowbility today. It’s a session on accessible HTML, training some trainers who work on various state of Texas sites. The people I’ll work with will be the ones who scatter through state agencies and make sure the people they train know how to write accessible HTML. I can’t release [...]
You know Copyblogger, right? Copyblogger is Brian Clark, the genius writer with a kajillion followers who gives good advice to bloggers about how to get traffic and keep readers coming back. I was playing a game in my head with some of the Copyblogger headlines, thinking that if people who wrote about HTML and CSS [...]
Tech tips, geeky how-tos, thoughtful analysis of issues, news about the latest gadgets, ideas for improving your blog—you’ll find it all in these 10 terrific tech and science blogs. They just happen to be written by women. I. Hacker Chick The Hacker Chick Blog is a beautiful starting point. I say beautiful because the graphics [...]
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Two simple steps that improve the accessibility of data tables are use table headers appropriately use the scope attribute with table headers The table header tag is <th>. You can assign a <th> element to the any column or row in a table where appropriate. Any row or column with a <th> can be given [...]
Doug Shepers from the W3C put together a slideshow in SVG, HTML, CSS and JavaScript that is worth your time. It’s an SVG demo. Play with it. View it in the latest Firefox. BAM or Blog Accessibility Mastermind is a six lesson course offered by Glenda Watson Hyatt of Do It Myself Blog. I haven’t [...]
product A review by Web Teacher of Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook, Special Edition (rating: 5 stars) Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook, Special Edition by Dan Cedarholm is from Friends of ED (2009). This is an updated edition of Cedarholm’s 2004 book by the same name. When I reviewed [...]
InterACT with Web Standards: a Holistic Approach to Web Design is available today. This announcement is a BIG DEAL. This book puts everything you need to teach a class in web design or development with web standards into your hands. The book is easy to use in connection with InterACT’s 17 courses in 6 learning [...]
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