Category Archives: Helpful Tips

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 | 8 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

Further Explanation of My Accessibility Presentation

Posted on January 25, 2008 by John F Croston III

Over the next few weeks YEARS, I will post in more detail different sections of my “Is Your Website Accessible” presentation. Two of the topics I have already covered on my blog are: Use of UL or OL in HTML … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Best Practices, CLiCk Speak, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Say-Instead, Search, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | Leave a comment

Long Week in Technology Last Week

Posted on January 23, 2008 by John F Croston III

It’s been a long week in technology for me this week. I spent about five or six hours on both last Saturday and Sunday working on the website for my accessibility talk for the Refresh DC meet up on Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Refresh DC, Say-Instead, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 3 Comments

Accessibility Presentation Slides from Refresh DC Meetup

Posted on January 17, 2008 by John F Croston III

Thanks, again for all of you coming out to here a talk on Accessibility. Here are the “Is Your Website Accessible” slides from my presentation on 2008/01/17. I had a great time this evening doing this. It was worth all … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Refresh DC, Washington, DC | 6 Comments