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  • 10 Quick Rules for building Accessible Websites

    Posted on February 17th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    Web developers attempting to build accessible websites often make the same mistakes over and over again. Posted here are 10 quick guidelines to ensure you don’t fall into the same trap.

    2 comments Accessibility, Usability, Website Design
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  • Useful Link: We Are Colorblind

    Posted on February 16th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    I recently stumbled upon “We Are Colorblind.com”, an American site set-up to provide examples of which colours and patterns people with colour blindness have the most trouble distinguishing.

    No comments Accessibility, Usability, Useful Links, Website Design, Website Layouts
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  • CSS Background Images

    Posted on February 15th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    Does your website have a funky background image? Great! Now, how does the text appear to visitors who haven’t loaded that image? This post examines a back-up colour for your backgrounds.

    1 comment Accessibility, CSS, Usability, Website Design, Website Layouts
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  • Setting up a drop-down list with MySQL data

    Posted on February 12th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    This post concentrates on looking up values from a MySQL database table, and using them to populate a drop-down list, and pre-selecting them if an id number has been passed to the page when it was opened.

    No comments MySQL, PHP, Usability
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  • AJAX-powered database look-ups

    Posted on February 6th, 2010, 4:00 pm by Graeme Attkins

    A demonstration of how AJAX can be used to query a MySQL database, without forcing the user to submit the information, and instead pulling back results based on their criteria while they make their changes.

    No comments AJAX, Forms, Javascript, MySQL, PHP, Usability
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  • Display a time-based greeting

    Posted on February 6th, 2010, 9:00 am by Graeme Attkins

    Ever wanted to throw up a greeting to your website visitors based on the time on day? Here’s an easy PHP function that does the trick.

    1 comment PHP, Usability
     PHP, Usability 24 Hour, Amp, Current Time, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Greeting, Job, Lt, Php Function, Tab Size, True Function, Zeros

  • Selected Radio Button Highlight

    Posted on February 5th, 2010, 5:28 pm by Graeme Attkins

    Part one of a multi-part series looking at making forms more accessible/usuable for ALL users, not just those with impairments. This post looks at how you can make it obvious which of a series of radio buttons has been selected.

    No comments Accessibility, CSS, Forms, Javascript, Usability
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