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Web service models in higher education
List of references to higher ed web policies, guides, service pages and accessibility statements.
higher  education  accessibility  policy  standards  web  service 
september 2010 by adriancooke
Cross-browser kerning-pairs & ligatures
Anthony Kolber on a CSS kerning option, available in some browsers, for better typography. Interestingly, this is not defined in any CSS specs. Apparently it is an SVG property.
css  design  web  svg  typography  usability  text 
july 2010 by adriancooke
The state of web development 2010 [Web Directions]
Data from John Allsopp’s 2010 “state of web development” survey.
data  industry  web  development  survey 
april 2010 by adriancooke
Designing for the Web, by Mark Boulton
Full content of Mark Boulton’s book in HTML.
books  design  free  web  designer  process  method  type 
march 2010 by adriancooke
Can a modal dialog be made to work properly for screen-reader users on the web? [Everett Zufelt’s Weblog]
Everett Zufelt on accessibility problems with JavaScript modal windows. Presents a worked example using jQuery modals in JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver, and provides good analysis and recommendations.
accessibility  web  javascript  user  agents  ui  jquery  modal  testing  wai-aria 
march 2010 by adriancooke
Web security: are you part of the problem? [Smashing Magazine]
Overview article that looks at the most common types of web site and web application vulnerabilities.
javascript  php  security  web  scripting  xss  urls  information  development 
january 2010 by adriancooke
Fetch as Googlebot [Carsonified]
Keir Whitaker outlines Google’s “fetch as Googlebot” tool. Requires you to define your site using your Google account.
web  google  http  analytics  tools  tips 
january 2010 by adriancooke
Magazine deathwatch (2) [Joe Clark]
“Do you believe the ‘pages’ of a ‘digital magazine’ should ‘flip’?” — awesome.
media  publishing  online  design  medium  web  native  magazines  usability  from twitter
december 2009 by adriancooke
Video on the web [Dive Into HTML5]
Mark Pilgrim’s guide to using video with HTML5.
reference  howto  tips  html  html5  video  web  development  markup 
december 2009 by adriancooke
Demo: an introduction to CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 [Marc Amos]
Documentation on and examples of supported CSS2.1 and CSS3 selectors.
web  development  css  reference  examples 
november 2009 by adriancooke
Hiding with CSS: Problems and solutions [456 Berea Street]
Roger Johansson on best practices for hiding elements using stylesheets.
accessibility  css  html  usability  mobile  web 
october 2009 by adriancooke
Bulletproof @font-face syntax [Paul Irish]
Paul Irish on getting around browser quirks when embedding web fonts.
browsers  web  fonts  css  design 
september 2009 by adriancooke
Making Modular Layout Systems [24 ways]
Jason Santa Maria’s CSS grid layout system.
css  web  design  grid  layout  tools 
august 2009 by adriancooke
Personas, an installation by Aaron Zinman [MIT Media Lab]
Web app from the MIT Media Lab that attempts to assemble your online identity.
identity  privacy  webapps  web  research  social  media 
august 2009 by adriancooke
Chalkwork HTML royalty-free icons [mezzoblue]
Dave Shea’s “Chalkwork” icon set is now freely available.
css  design  interface  web  development  icons  free 
august 2009 by adriancooke
MODx, CMS and web application framework
A general content management system built in PHP/MySQL.
apache  application  cms  framework  mysql  php  web 
august 2009 by adriancooke
Why Standards Fail [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report]
Zeldman on the “humanism” of the original CSS 1 specification, and the importance of finding a practical middle ground between simplicity and technical capability when constructing web standards.
accessibility  css  design  development  html  specifications  standards  web  xhtml 
july 2009 by adriancooke
Unwebbable [A List Apart]
Joe Clark on the limitations of markup languages.
markup  web  standards  html  xml  criticism 
july 2009 by adriancooke
XML production: start with the web [TKBR]
Print and web publishing using XML/XHTML and InDesign.
indesign  publishing  print  web  xhtml  xml  xslt 
june 2009 by adriancooke
Test of em, en, thin, and hair spaces [Joe Clark]
Joe Clark’s browser test page for various space characters.
browsers  standards  type  web 
may 2009 by adriancooke
TweetFunnel - corporate Twitter edit control
Tweet editorial and workflow “corporate” (whatever that means) web app.
communication  tool  twitter  web  workflow 
may 2009 by adriancooke
HelloTxt - we are status
Social site status-synching service (by the sea shore).
aggregation  facebook  social  site  tools  twitter  web 
may 2009 by adriancooke
BuddyPress - a WordPress MU-based social network platform
WordPress’s version of Drupal’s Organic Groups, I think. The site intro calls it a “suite of WordPress plugins and themes” that extend WordPress MU.
groups  open  source  social  software  web  wordpress 
may 2009 by adriancooke
Media and performance [The B-List]
James Bennett on why it always makes sense to use a separate server instance to deliver static media (CSS, JS, etc.) from the one that hosts the application (Django, in his case) serving dynamic content. He uses Amazon S3 for the former and a Virtual Private Server for the latter.
web  server  performance  http  django  amazon  s3  hosting 
april 2009 by adriancooke
Lessons learned: Why my first business failed [SitePoint]
Alyssa Gregory on what to prioritise when starting a business.
small  business  web  design  marketing  problem  solving 
march 2009 by adriancooke
HTML Evolution [Intertwingly]
Sam Ruby's history by selected quotations of the state of HTML5, with reference to XHTML2, ARIA and the WHATWG.
history  web  standards  html5  xml  w3c  whatwg  xhtml2 
march 2009 by adriancooke
Hacker pokes new hole in secure sockets layer [The Register]
Dan Goodin at the Black Hat security conference in Washington on a new man in the middle vulnerability in SSL.
web  security  encryption  ssl  conferences 
february 2009 by adriancooke
A free font success story [Clagnut]
Richard Rutter on Museo and the magic of webfonts.
design  css  web  type  free 
february 2009 by adriancooke
10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites [Smashing Magazine]
Paul Boag with tips on what to improve when running a corporate web sites. Can apply to universities too.
web  management  development  design  communication  marketing 
february 2009 by adriancooke

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