Category Archives: Programming

BarCampDC2 – October 18, 2008 – 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Posted on September 22, 2008 by John F Croston III

As you may have heard the registration for the for the BarCampDC2 event will open this evening (September 22, 2008) at around 8:00PM. Here is some of the important information before registering you will need to know. When Saturday, October … Continue reading →

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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 →

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How to Set Up and Use Access Keys

Posted on August 4, 2008 by John F Croston III

Access keys allow people to use the keyboard instead of the mouse to perform certain functions. Mostly to move from page to page or a different section of the current pages content. By using web standards you can improve peoples … Continue reading →

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Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

Posted on December 31, 2007 by John F Croston III

I just finished re-reading Roger Johansson’s wonderful article entitled “Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible“. I agree with everything he said, except I think by putting the label and the input elelements as part of an un-ordered list (UL) or an ordered … Continue reading →

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Finally My Notes from An Event Apart Chicago 2007

Posted on November 24, 2007 by John F Croston III

Finally got around to finishing up my post about the actual two days at the An Event Apart conference in Chicago on August 27 – 28, 2007. I had  a great time both at the conferenc and at the different gatherings … Continue reading →

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