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VORD Web Design website no longer sells web design services but it is still possible to contact me. This website now contains articles on different aspects of web design that I believe are important, but which are often ignored by web developers. |
Web Accessibility
Accessibility
An Overview of web accessibility for all users including blind, partially
sighted, and disabled people.
Test Your Web Site for Accessibility
We will show step by step how you can carry out a basic accessibility assessment,
and will provide links to tools on the internet that you can use.
Accessibility Standards
A summary of the main recommendations contained in the W3C (World Wide Web
Consortium) Accessibility Guidelines.
Disability Discrimination Act
A summary of part III of the UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) as it
applies to web sites.
Search Engine Optimisation
Search engine overview
An overview of search engines and how they rank pages.
Link popularity
The importance of links and how they increase ranking.
Web page optimization
What to do to your pages for higher ranking.
More ranking factors
A list of the major on-page factors used by search engines.
Accessibility for robots
Making sure search engine robots can crawl your web site.
What not to do
Search engine penalties and how to avoid them.
Search Engine Glossary
Acronyms used in relation to search engines.
Web Site Specification
Write a Web Site Specification
Points to consider when specifying your web site.
Example Website Specification
An example of a specification that we have put together for your use.
Cascading Style Sheets
Introduction
An overview of our CSS pages and how to use them
Advantages of CSS
Why CSS is wonderful, and also some pitfalls.
CSS Layout
Developing a CSS based page layout
Styling text with CSS
Altering the appearance of html elements using CSS
Web Design & Usability
Introduction
How a visitor interacts with your web site.
Layout
Ideas on page layout and design.
Navigation
Tips on achieving neat and intuitive navigation.
Usability
Making your web pages user friendly.
Web images
A comparison between gif and jpeg formats.
Other Articles
Web Standards Overview
References to web standards information and validation tools on the net.
Downloads
Lynx Text Browser
A very simple text only browser that is useful for checking website accessibility.
Other Features
Portfolio
A selection of client websites designed prior to 2006
Resources
Other websites of interest
