HTML & CSS

Links #

• An excellent site for learning about good HTML+CSS page design can be found at HTMLdog.
• Similar thing at wpdfd but less detailed.
• DHTML Lemmings!
• Fancy Interfaces:
  • DOMapi and similar libraries.
• IE xhtml mime type bug workaround - keystone.
• Dean Edward’s IE7 js for patching up IE to a decent standard of CSS.
• Slashdot comment containing useful links, and another.
• an example of a complex site using pure CSS design.

Accessibility #

As of September 2002, the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA) made it unlawful for any higher-education establishment to place a disabled student at any kind of ‘significant disadvantage’. As EPCC now offers courses to students, this legislation affects us. Here are a few links on the subject.

• Edinburgh
  • A good overview, if you read nothing else, read this: Web Help at the Univeristy of Edinburgh - Accessibility.
  • Disability Policy (under review due to SENDA).
• National
  • This site has pointers to all the legal documents and some good articles: UK Resources for Web Accessibility and the Law
• Making Pages Accessible
  • The Web Accessibility Initiative: w3c WAI
  • The Bobby WAI online webpage testing tool: Bobby
  • Examples of what can be achieved using only CSS for your design, with pure content in the HTML: The CSS Zen Garden and CSS Beauty. Note that this approach ensures the content is visible on any browser, but the design may degrade unpredictably on those awkward ‘middle-aged’ browsers (Netscape 4.x, IE 4.x).
  • JAWS aural browser.