Posts Tagged ‘web standards’


Accessibility in web design

Author: Oliver Phillips, Friday, December 19, 2008

Website accessibility is a big area, legislation exists in both the USA and UK which mandates that websites should meet certain accessibility design criteria, so that they may be accessed by people with disabilities.  So far it’s not often enforced in the UK, but businesses small and large are taking note!
The good news is that if [...]

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Web Design and Ethics

Author: Oliver Phillips, Tuesday, September 23, 2008

As a qualified accountant who has also worked in the legal sector for a time, I’m well versed in professional ethics, codes of conduct and rules in general.
After working full time in the web design sector for over 12 months, it occurred to me that Web Design is sadly lacking any form of regulation or [...]

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Content Management Solutions - The Pros and Cons

Author: Oliver Phillips, Sunday, September 14, 2008

Choosing a content management system for your website makes commercial sense; you can update the website yourself, add new pages, delete pages, and basically take the website in the direction you want, without having to call your web designer and ask for the updates to be made.  Like writing a letter, you get lots of [...]

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Web Standards - All Pain No Gain

Author: Oliver Phillips, Thursday, September 11, 2008

It’s often hard to convince prospective clients that web standards are worth following, especially if it costs them more, or limits how can they can use their website, whether that be the website design itself, or the functionality they can deliver via their website.
As a web designer it’s often hard to keep the faith, and push to build [...]

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