HTML5
Getting started with HTML5 is very easy.
HTML 5 is compatible with the XHTML syntax of self-closing tags, so, if you already use HTML5 then making the switch will be easy. Other XHTML features inherited by HTML5 include lowercase tags and double quoted attributes (eg, title=”the title”)
The Doctype declaration in HTML5 is so much easier [...]
26Oct09
Start with HTML5
Instead of, or maybe as well as, an email link, most websites now contain some sort of contact or enquiry form. However, there is always a question of whether this form should be short and concise or long and detailed.
The short form will contain few fields, requesting basic information. The most common I have seen [...]
This video from the University of Arkansas shows why descriptive text rather than ‘click here’ should be used for links and how skip navigation can improve user experience.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQpNYDvQ010&hl=en&fs=1]
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Posted in General, University, Web development
Tagged accessibility, screenreader, usability, video
Tagged accessibility, screenreader, usability, video
25Sep08
Promoting a website
So you have your new website, which has cost you a lot of money, and it has recently gone live. Yet the hundreds of enquiries you expected to pour in from the website have not materialised and the 100 visits your site is getting each day are all from your office. What has gone wrong?
The [...]
30Jul08
Blowing my own trumpet
Ok. So I have been in the job for about ten weeks now and I have managed to bring something to the company.
What have I brought?
Standards compliant development
Accessible development
More concerted SEO practices
Use of SE friendly URL’s
Favicons
A few weeks back, I was asked to do a presentation for account managers and senior staff about meta data. [...]
30Apr08
PHP exam & certification
A couple of weeks ago I took a PHP exam as part of my university course. Results came out last week and I was pleased to be awarded 82% – top of the class!
This is all very good and something to be happy with, but, would it be recognized by industry?
Certification
I guess the best thing [...]
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Posted in Education, General, University
Tagged certification, course, domino, exam, exams, lotus, php, University
Tagged certification, course, domino, exam, exams, lotus, php, University
28Apr08
MD5 Encryption
If you need to use message-digest algorithm 5 (md5) to encrypt words or phrases, please feel free to use this tool I created for my own use:
Free MD5 encryption tool
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Posted in General
Tagged algorithom, code, encrypt, encryption, generator, md5, php, tool
Tagged algorithom, code, encrypt, encryption, generator, md5, php, tool
23Apr08
Design Coding Vid
Excellent rap vid by a guy called m0serious. Telling us all how to code clean and the importance of doing so.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qMe7Z3EYg&hl=en]
22Mar08
Practice What You Preach!
Morning,
It is one thing that I put hints and tips on this blog for all to see. But, if I do not actually follow my own advice, it makes me look like a hypocrit.
So, a few weeks ago, I took a good look at my own personal website and found it wanting in the areas [...]
22Jan08
My Lotus Days
Several years ago I worked in The Netherlands (aka Holland) as a Lotus Domino Junior Developer. During that time I contributed to a few developer blogs and forums for Lotus Domino developers. Feeling in a nostalgic mood, I decided to search the web for them. Unfortunately, it appears that most of the blogs and forums [...]
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Posted in General, Web development
Tagged blog, codestore, developer, domino, Holland, lotus, netherlands, weblog
Tagged blog, codestore, developer, domino, Holland, lotus, netherlands, weblog
