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Category Archives: WebFoundation

Guest Post: Domain Names – EVERYTHING is registered!

I’m a member of a very large networking group in the UK, and recently I received a PM from a frazzled member saying she was, I quote, “so fed up” looking for domain names, to the point where she just wanted to “Register something or anything just to get started”. Stop right there. The thing [...]

Useful links: Microdata and RDFa, protocol relative, Inclusion, validators

Microdata and RDFa Living Together in Harmony from Jeni’s Musings is valuable reading for anyone interested in the semantic web. It’s a long article full of fine-grained suggestions. She concludes, Regardless, there are lessons that RDFa and microdata could learn from each other, and changes to both languages that would help developers use them on [...]

Tips For Choosing A Search Friendly Domain Name

One thing that many people do not think about when they choose a domain name is whether it is search engine friendly. However, if you are starting a business then you will need to ensure that your website is easy enough to find. After all, the easier the site is to find the more potential [...]

Useful links: accessibility checkers, fundamentals, wirify

20 Essential Tools and Tips to an Accessible Website is an excellent list of resources. 5 Fundamental Steps for Deploying a Website is a great resource for the newbie who has never been through the process of setting up a domain or working through things like organizing domain email accounts. If you have the kind [...]

Guest Post: VPS Hosting: What Is It? How to Pick the Right One?

[Note: this is the first guest post on Web Teacher. I hope to use more guest posts in the future to provide content that I think will be valuable to the readers of this blog. This post by Roko Nastic provides information that educators and students need to know about web hosting.] A VPS (Virtual [...]

How to Choose a Domain Name or Username

Is this you? You’re ready to start a new blog or buy a new domain name. You want to avoid problems with trademarked names, branded names, and domain names. How do you find a name that someone else doesn’t already have a claim to? The question What if someone is already using my user name?…and [...]

Now Available! InterACT with Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design

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 [...]

InterAct scores a big w00t with new book and site

InterACT with Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design has reached the stage in the publishing cycle where you can preorder the book. You can order on Amazon.com or from Amazon.co.uk. At some point in the near future, it will also be available from Peachpit and other booksellers like Barnes and Nobel. A new [...]

Useful Links: WWW Foundation, Edmodo

Announcing the World Wide Web Foundation. Tim Berners-Lee is the founder. The World Wide Web Foundation seeks to advance One Web that is free and open, to expand the Web’s capability and robustness, and to extend the Web’s benefits to all people on the planet. The Web Foundation brings together business leaders, technology innovators, academia, [...]