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10 Tips for Making A Web Site Accessible

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Most of these are fairly quick and easy steps you can take to increase the accessibility of your web site. Keep in mind that these are just a sample of accessibility recommendations.

Quick and easy steps you can take to increase the accessibility of your web site.

Cleaning house: the dust storm

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The other day when I heard someone complaining about our Google Search Appliance's performance, I realized that the problem they were describing wasn't caused by the search engine, but by t

The other day when I heard someone complaining about our Google Search Appliance's performance, I realized that the problem they were describing wasn't caused by the search engine, but by the large amounts of outdated content out there on our website.

Create XML feeds easily using Feed2JS - no XML knowledge needed!

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So What is "Feed to JavaScript"?

An RSS Feed is a dynamically generated summary (in XML format) of information or news published on other web site

How to create XML (RSS) feeds you can use on your site.

Design For the Highest Common Denominator

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Designing for the web is an inherently limiting experience that's bound to induce frustration, irratation and, occasionally, full-blown exasperation.

Designing for the web is an inherently limiting experience that's bound to induce frustration, irratation and, occasionally, full-blown exasperation. In fact, the very reason this site exists is to help our fellow web developers break through those barriers and push the upper limits of the online user experience.

Format Your Directory Bio

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Anyone listed in the ASU Directory is able to add custom content to their profile under the "Bio" and "Research Interests" sections, but the means of formatting the information

How to Create a 301 Redirect

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If you need to move a page or a whole website, a 301 redirect is always recommended.

How to Write XHTML Markup That Validates: 10 Easy Steps

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  1. Use the right DOCTYPE. This is the one asu.edu Web Services recommends:


    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"

Quick tips for writing valid XHTML markup.

Lets bring it together

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This is what we have on the ASU web:

 

Bringing the ASU web together.

Proposal for Web Guidelines

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A small working

Troubleshooting (X)HTML/CSS designs

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Converting a mockup into a cross-browser compatible, standards-driven, functional web design is simply not going to happen without a bit of head scratching along the way.

How to convert a mockup into a cross-browser compatible, standards-driven, functional web design.

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