Category Archives: Helpful Tips

Your Website Needs Color and Contrast

Posted on January 29, 2021 by John F Croston III

NOTE – I found this old blog post in my drafts, so I did some time editing it, link checking, etc., and hit publish of an old draft. To Read Your Content To allow people to read your content, you … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Color, Contrast, CSS, Design, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, W3C, Web Standards | Leave a comment

How to Improve Your Search Usability

Posted on November 14, 2012 by John F Croston III

Doing searches on websites is a pain when you are using assistive technology. There are ways to improve how you get to the results. Why not add an HREF anchor like #maincontent, which we used for the “Skip Navigation” article … Continue reading →

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Anton Peck Made Me Write This!

Posted on May 28, 2009 by John F Croston III

Anton Peck did not really make me write this article, it was after reading his blog post the yesterday about “Beating Writer’s Block“ that got me thinking about my lack of writing blog posts too. Anton has been having trouble … Continue reading →

Posted in A List Apart, Actions, Activities, ALA, Burnout, Design, Development, E-mail, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Reading, Web Applications, Writing | 2 Comments

How to Hide “Required” from Visual Users, but Make it Available for All Others

Posted on August 27, 2008 by John F Croston III

How do most people usually designate that a field is “Required” in a web FORM? I would think that it is with an asterisk (*) after the actual INPUT field and it is sometimes made “bold” and “RED”. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, CSS, Design Principles, Development, Fire Vox, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Layout, Programming, Screen Reader, Search, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | 1 Comment

Key Points Learned at PodCampDC 2008

Posted on July 21, 2008 by John F Croston III

This blog post about PodCampDC (April 20, 2008) is way over do. I noticed it in my work in progress post list. I had started the post a long time ago and decided I would still post the few items … Continue reading →

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