So, now that things are mostly live, it is time to make sure that everyone can access the content – from people with visual impairment – to people using Internet Explorer (technologically impaired). The last version of the site brought about many comments with suggestions on everything from semantic markup to colour scheme, and this site, hopefully answers all of these needs in the best ways that I can. As this site is now html5, I thought it high time to expand on the schema of the semantics and to lay out the content in the order that it should be read and shown on page, starting with the content at the top, and ending with the footer below. This may sound like an obvious thing to do, but many sites struggle to balance their graphical layout with correctly laid out, non-superficial html. I constantly see everything from pointless markup inside semantic tags to make image replacement easier, to rearranging the html entirely so that their unique layout works consistently across browsers. Continue reading
Day 015 : Accessibility
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Having been focused on the layout and aesthetic of the site, I realised that a huge volume of content is still unavailable, offline, or has expired! So to ensure it isn’t a case of style over substance I have been hard at work trying to find active links, projects and scans of work that I have been involved with. If at any point we have worked together and you are sad that the work is not on here – drop us a line and I will try to accommodate it! I have found a whole plethora of products that I will have to add to the site, although I am still unsure about the inclusion of my patented sick bag! It’s cool and that, what with the handles and all, but it’s still a sick bag…