Blog Archives

HTML Access Keys in Web Design (Accesskeys)

In this week’s web design video blog, Nick and James look at HTML Access Keys and ask ‘Are they worth integrating onto websites?’. HTML Access Keys are keyboard shortcuts to help users navigate the website via the keyboard. Continue reading

5 Quick Tips for HTML Forms

In this week’s web design video, I share 5 quick and simple tips for creating forms in HTML. Tips include Tab Indexing, Drop-Down Options and using JavaScript to increase usability. Continue reading

W3C HTML Validator – Intro & Compliance Benefits

This week, Nick and I upgrade an older blog post about the advantages of making websites W3C compliant. After an introduction to the W3C HTML Markup Validator, we talk about the benefits of W3C compliant web design. Continue reading

Overwriting CSS rules in your stylesheet

This week Dan goes through a great technique on how to overwrite CSS rules in your stylesheet. Continue reading

Client-side form validation using jQuery

This week Joe looks at using a contact form with client side validation. Continue reading

Better Website Design with CSS Inheritance

Michael Angrave talks further about CSS Optimisation and how you can code more efficiently and improve your understanding of website design. Take a closer look at CSS’s inheritance characteristic and how it could effect the way that you build on the web. Continue reading

Quicker Ways to W3C Validate your Website Design

We talk about a couple of tools that can help you speed up the process of checking your webpages against the W3C Validation standards. Continue reading

Top Website Design Forums

We talk about some of the most popular discussion forums online for Web Designers including our recommendations on some of the best, as picked by our web design team. Continue reading

Website Design: Cross-Browser Compatibility Fixes

This week James goes through some common cross-browser issues and how to fix them; offering tips and techniques to apply to your projects from the start. Continue reading

Website Design Archives and Time Machines

Using internet archives and online tools, we time-travel back to explore the culture of late 1990′s website design and popular internet memes. Continue reading