This week
Are Accessibility Statements Useful?
In: Articles
Leona Tomlinson is back for a second article, detailing where accessibility statements fit into Web sites today. Read more
Published on November 12, 2008
In principle accessibility statements are useful. They have the potential to greatly improve the browsing experience of website visitors who may require use of accessibility features implemented within the website.
— Leona Tomlinson. Read more
Review: Website Optimization
In: Reviews > Book Reviews
Is your website firing on all cylinders? We take a look at a book that has a little something for everyone, from marketers to developers, to help you polish your pages. Andrew Stevens returns to Digital Web to review Website Optimization. Read more
Published on November 11, 2008
The book’s preface begins with two quotes about hypothetical websites: “We’ve had a website for years now, and it hardly pays for itself,†and “Our site’s pulling in more than 30% of revenue, at a far lower cost than our other venues.†Throughout the book, he describes techniques and strategies that should help a site’s impact mirror the latter quote much more than the former.
— Andrew Stevens. Read more
Previous weeks
Extract: Know Your Site
In: Articles
In this extract from his forthcoming book, the Website Owner’s Manual, Paul Boag takes a look at some of the simple things you can do to gain a fuller understanding of how your website is performing, both for your users and in a broader sense. Read more
Published on November 4, 2008
Interview: Aarron Walter
In: Interviews
This week, Digital Web’s own Nick Finck sat down with the Web Standards Project’s Aarron Walter, to talk education, findability, and the path to lasting happiness. Read more
Published on October 28, 2008
Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong
In: Articles
Digital Web running a provocative article on CSS techniques? Shurely shome mishtake! In this extract from the forthcoming Sitepoint book of the same name, Rachel Andrew explains how you can use tables for layout in modern web design with a clean conscience. Read more
Published on October 21, 2008
head Conference Q&A with Aral Balkan
In: Interviews
Aral Balkan talks to Digital Web about the <head> conference: an experiment in online communities. Bringing a collection of varied and insightful speakers from around the globe to thousands of attendees without even stepping outside. Read more
Published on October 7, 2008
Concept Design Tools
In: Articles
Does your creative process start with the same sketch of a web page every time? Or even the same Photoshop template? You could be missing out on the most innovative solutions by not putting enough thought into the concept, says Victor Lombardi. Here he outlines three methods for pulling apart a brief to tackle the underlying concept design. Read more
Published on September 30, 2008
