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I Added Keyboard Navigation to my Site
Kind of a fun little exercise. Now I just need to figure out a nice way to hint to people that they can navigate with the keyboard. Check it out. Start here and hit your right arrow key until you start to see the same things twice. Based on shortcuts.js
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 10: Forms
Forms. Forms are boring. 75% of all work you do with forms is exactly like all the rest of the work you do with forms. BO-RING. But, they’re the gateway to making real money on the web, so they’re kind of important. Hopefully, after today you’ll know all about forms and will love them. Let’s…
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 9: Tag (and Attribute) Soup
In case you were wondering, I’ve got two more posts after this one and then I’m moving onto CSS and JavaScript. I’ve got a post on forms (which I’ve been avoiding because forms feel like work) and then a post on the new HTML5 elements and then that’s it. Writing about CSS and JavaScript will…
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 8: Tables!
Before I jump into the proper way to use tables, I’m going to share an anecdote that should bring a smile to the face of anyone who’s done this stuff for a while. A few months ago I was both pleased and surprised to discover a web developer who didn’t really know how to lay…
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 6: Best Practices for Common HTML Elements (IMG, A)
We’ll finish up our tour of the body tag with several posts featuring general notes about common content elements. I’ll be taking my time with these as getting this stuff right will go a long way towards getting the most out of your site. Comfy? On with it then. Links <a> The link is the…