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On this week's show: Gerry McGovern talks about user tasks, Colin Firth discusses content and we have a review of Powerpoint alternative - Prezi.

On this week's show: Paul and Marcus are joined by Matt Curry who shares some advanced Google Analytics techniques. We have a review of Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton and Paul goes on endlessly about the Website Owners Manual.

This is part 3 of a 5-part series of screencasts where we start from an xhtml/css template and we port that into an existing MODx website.

This is part 2 of a 5-part series of screencasts where we start from an xhtml/css template and we port that into an existing MODx website.

This is part 2 of a 5-part series of screencasts we start from an xhtml/css template and we port that into an existing MODx website.

Dennis and Ross review web sites which should be great in web accessibility, but fail badly. The hosts provide a lot of constructive criticism, including many fixes that can be done in a minimal amount of time. Issues are also good to discuss as a reminder for our own work. Download Web Axe Episode 76 (Web Accessibility Disasters) Chatter Web Design Sketchbook give-away Dennis presented on Accessible Twitter at the Accessing Higher Ground conference TEDxDetroit - technology, education and design Excited about WordPress 2.9! Articles W3C WAI: Web Design and Applications Accessibility: the what, why links not underlined. Headings not marked up appropriately. Menu missing ul List not a list (see Compliance page). Inline / intrusive JavaScript. Job Accommodation Network (JAN) A service provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). JAN's mission is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, and family members with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects. The Good Textual navigation; no Javascript based navigation. Has proper ALT text on pictures and JAN and ODEP logos. The Bad No heading tags; some marked up with bold tag. There is a summary on layout table (double whammy). No skip nav or skip to link provided. Inline javascript. Example: body onload="P7_ExpMenu()" Non-breaking spacing used for layout. The Rose Project Mission is to provide maternal and child healthcare to the economically poor people of Malawi, with particular reference to HIV treatment and care. One of nine listed for Most Accessible Website in the Irish Web Awards? The Good XHTML; semantic, clean mark-up Using headings Language is defined (xml:lang="en") SWFobject.js for unobtrusive flash embedding The Bad When JavaScript is unavailable, Flash replacement image has broken links and placeholder text. Skip links - Skip link doesn't work? 'Find out about ways to give' button. logo missing alt text for tag line. H1 headings should be H2 (such as Featured Project). Some links that should be underlined, are not. Use of small tags not recommended. Links lack the default focus effect and outline removed! DO NOT do this: :focus { outline-color:-moz-use-text-color; outline-style:none; outline-width:0; }

Demo reel for pittsburgh graphic design studio, Direct Axis Creative. http://direct-axis.net/