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Favourite Websites of 2008

Posted Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 I have come across many many beautifully designed websites along my internet superhighway travels so I thought, as we are over half way through the year, I would compile some of my favourite designs that I have come across and bookmarked this year. I would like to start making this a regular feature, maybe monthly. So if you like what you see and dont have the time to troll around the net searching for well designed websites to nosey at, make sure to keep in touch via my RSS Feed on this link. Continue Reading

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Now a Proud Member of GAWDS!

Posted Friday, June 13th, 2008

Well after a lot of time and effort, my application was a success and I have been invited to join the Guild of Accessible Website Designers!

Ever since it was first introduced to me by my course tutor Joel Mills, founder of Under 50k web design (also in the guild) I have been pushing my designs and coding to get to the level I need to be in order for me to be accepted.

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Your Footer Loves You, Dont Forget It!

Posted Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Website structure is important, we all know that. A well designed, well laid out site improves visitor satisfaction and usability.

So many sites these days have beautiful headers, amazing graphics and top notch artwork, but some completely neglect the quality, visuality and more importantly, the functionality of there site footer. So in this item I am going to hit on certain points I feel everyone should include on a web site footer.

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Are we all really that inaccessible?

Posted Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Have you ever thought about how many people are visiting your website and can’t use it for one reason or another?

Well, this number is probably much higher than you think. If you are truly looking to create a web accessible site, then you need to take color impaired visitors into consideration.

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No Images…Well, No Site!

Posted Saturday, May 24th, 2008

I learnt a valuable lesson today whilst applying for my GAWDS certificate. It was about the implementation and use of images on a site.

Now everyone has their own techniques on implementing images into a design of a web site, whether it be a background image, logo, or portfolio piece, all of which need to contribute a degree of information.

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