Category Archives: Helpful Tips

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 →

Posted in Best Practices, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, Helpful Tips, PodCamp, PodCampDC, podcasting | Leave a comment

Are You Using Skip Navigation?

Posted on February 24, 2008 by John F Croston III

Skip navigation is a great thing to have on your website for a lot of reasons. Here is a list of just a few of them the greatest ones being the first two, that they make websites more accessible to … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Best Practices, Design Principles, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | 7 Comments

Another Long Frustrating and Sometimes Fun Week

Posted on February 16, 2008 by John F Croston III

Last week was a bit frustrating and somewhat fun at the same time. Work was busy and somewhat of a pain. I need to get about four projects done before I head to SXSW on the 6th of March, 2008. … Continue reading →

Posted in Driving, Fun, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Spam, Spam Comments, Valentine's Day, Wine, Wine Dinner, Work | 2 Comments