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StandardzillaStandardzillaScott Gledhill blogging on Search Engine Optimisation, Web Standards Development and Accessibility.
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Real World Web Standards - Web Directions Gov 2008
2008-05-23 04:23:00 I was asked to speak recently at Web Directions Government in Canberra. The topic I chose to speak about was Real World Web Standards where I discussed my past experience with larger projects at my ex-employer News Digital Media. I had done this presentation before at a smaller conference last year but I decided to put ... More About: Blog , Presentations
Hibernation
2008-05-16 07:39:00 It’s time to come out of hibernation, remove the tompian from my arse and have a look around for a good ol’ meal. My tummy is rumbling and the legs are a bit shaky, but dozing in a dark cave is getting a bit lonely and my mind needs a challenge again. Standardzilla packed it in ... More About: Hibernation
Subdomains and Google
2007-12-12 01:40:00 Recently, Google has announced a change in its treatment of subdomains and how they are represented in their search result pages. In the past, subdomains such as: example.com phones.example.com furniture.example.com yoyos.example.com have all been treated as separate hostnames. To explain why this might be an advantage to you the website owner, you need to know how Google have treated these separate ... More About: Blog
Subdomains and Google
2007-12-12 01:40:00 Recently, Google has announced a change in its treatment of subdomains and how they are represented in their search result pages. In the past, subdomains such as: example.com phones.example.com furniture.example.com yoyos.example.com have all been treated as separate hostnames. To explain why this might be an advantage to you the website owner, you need to know how Google have treated these separate ... More About: Blog , Mains
HTML Email Standards
2007-12-01 04:04:00 Every couple of months or so, developers at work have to rebuild some HTML email templates and turn to my team and ask the inevitable question, “Do we have HTML email standards?”. “They aren’t complete” is my usual answer as I flashback to my last attempt at painfully coding up an HTML template and trying to figure out the best format for maximum consistency across the multitude of email clients. The next step is to usually forget it ever happened and move on to something else. In the end all of us developers usually end up collecting half complete, partially working templates that hibernate on our local drives and never really see the light of day. I am relieved to see someone finally confronting those demons and starting some definitive email standards documentation in one central repository as well as developing some great testing and benchmarking for current email clients. Brought to you by Fresh View, Luke Stevens and Mark Wyner. These guys have ki... More About: Standards , Email , Html
HTML Email Standards
2007-12-01 04:04:00 Every couple of months or so, developers at work have to rebuild some HTML email templates and turn to my team and ask the inevitable question, “Do we have HTML email standards?”. “They aren’t complete” is my usual answer as I flashback to my last attempt at painfully coding up an HTML template and trying to ... More About: Standards , Email , Html , Accessibility
Alt text and form buttons set as images
2007-11-03 08:51:00 There is something I always used to forget, and I didn’t realise this until a website I developed in the past was the recipient of a very comprehensive, postmortem accessibility review. I am quite pleased to say the majority of the results were decent. The pedantic standardista in me had in fact hacked up the correct ... More About: Images , Text , Form , Accessibility , Buttons
Alt text and form buttons set as images
2007-11-03 08:51:00 There is something I always used to forget, and I didn’t realise this until a website I developed in the past was the recipient of a very comprehensive, postmortem accessibility review. I am quite pleased to say the majority of the results were decent. The pedantic standardista in me had in fact hacked up the correct semantic code and anticipated most potential problems that might be encountered when users browse my website using alternate methods. One thing that completely slipped passed me while coding this website though, using alt attributes when coding form buttons set as images. What do I mean? Search form with images turned on A sighted user will be able to see clearly where the submit button is and how to complete the search functionality displayed above on this website. Search form with images turned on A user with images disables would not know where the submit button was to complete the search functionality above. This example above is using Internet Explorer... More About: Images , Text , Form , Buttons , Ages
My Facebook Story
2007-10-18 14:50:00 I find it interesting that at times, we as web professionals, get so involved in minute details of code, design and the usability of websites that we lose sight of the bigger picture. Often I think it would be nice to forget this detailed knowledge I have of the online space and be able to ... More About: Story , Web 2 , Facebook
My Facebook Story
2007-10-18 14:50:00 I find it interesting that at times, we as web professionals, get so involved in minute details of code, design and the usability of websites that we lose sight of the bigger picture. Often I think it would be nice to forget this detailed knowledge I have of the online space and be able to view the web as most others do, day to day. It also amuses me that some technologies are dismissed simply because they go mainstream quickly, or are just mainstream at all. Alienation of an emerging technology or web 2.0 fad… but you often have to wonder just what keeps so many people returning again and again? This post is not about Facebook suicide pacts or pissing on about how useless Twitter is. This is simply one of my Facebook stories. In 1999 I travelled Europe for one year on my own. I arrived in Cork, Ireland and met an American guy named Brendan. We bonded over a few beers and ended up moving to the next town of Killarney where we continued to hike all day, drink Guinness all nig... More About: Story
SEU, Search Engine Useless
2007-10-13 06:42:00 Lately I have been asked again and again, “What can I do to improve my rankings in Google?”. This is a bit of a loaded question, but one I always attempt to answer when I am dealing with anything search related. I usually begin with a quick glance at the website using the 30 second test, ... More About: Search , Search Engine , Blog , Engine , Useless
SEU, Search Engine Useless
2007-10-13 06:42:00 Lately I have been asked again and again, “What can I do to improve my rankings in Google?”. This is a bit of a loaded question, but one I always attempt to answer when I am dealing with anything search related. I usually begin with a quick glance at the website using the 30 second test, ... More About: Search , Search Engine , Blog , Engine , Useless
New Host for Standardzilla
2007-10-07 10:08:00 Expect some downtime from Standardzilla over the next week as I am going to move hosts and haven’t actually had to do this on my own before… a nice beer and a night to sort it and we will be back in no time. More About: Host
Target is the new SOCOG?
2007-10-07 07:30:00 Sometimes I read blog articles that just make me smile, and this continues today with each article I have been reading about the class action lawsuit against U.S. retailer Target . Being one who often attempts to build business cases for accessibility to a room of suits, this has been a long time coming. I have recently ...
Target is the new SOCOG?
2007-10-07 07:30:00 Sometimes I read blog articles that just make me smile, and this continues today with each article I have been reading about the class action lawsuit against U.S. retailer Target . Being one who often attempts to build business cases for accessibility to a room of suits, this has been a long time coming. I have recently ...
Is SEO Evil? - Web Directions Presentation
2007-09-29 14:30:00 I recently just did a presentation on Is SEO Evil ? at Sydney’s annual Web Directions South. The presentation seemed to go alright and I receieved some good feedback and questions afterwards on the topic, so I am quite happy with the overall results. The slides alone might not make to much sense right now, but I ... More About: Events , Blog , Presentations
Is SEO Evil? - Web Directions Presentation
2007-09-29 14:30:00 I recently just did a presentation on Is SEO Evil ? at Sydney’s annual Web Directions South. The presentation seemed to go alright and I receieved some good feedback and questions afterwards on the topic, so I am quite happy with the overall results. The slides have been uploaded onto Slideshare. The slides alone might not make ... More About: Events , Blog , Presentations
Interview - Builders.com.au on SEO
2007-09-20 13:19:00 With the build up to Web Directions South there is quite bit going on in Sydney and you can feel the anticipation of hundreds of geeks hanging for another year of workshops, great conference action and the obligatory schmoozing in pubs that goes along with this type of event. One of those events for me leading ... More About: Builders , Interview , Presentations , Professional , Builder
Interview - Builders.com.au on SEO
2007-09-20 13:19:00 With the build up to Web Directions South there is quite bit going on in Sydney and you can feel the anticipation of hundreds of geeks hanging for another year of workshops, great conference action and the obligatory schmoozing in pubs that goes along with this type of event. One of those events for me leading ... More About: Builders , Interview , Presentations , Professional , Builder
On the Road
2007-09-08 10:54:00 Just back from a 3 week holiday… one of those trips where I was visiting friends and family in my hometown of Vancouver, BC. I thought this might be the type of holiday where I might have some down time and could catch up on a few things. Well I didn’t get any work done really, ... More About: Humour , Road , On The Road , Professional , The Road
On the Road
2007-09-08 10:54:00 Just back from a 3 week holiday… one of those trips where I was visiting friends and family in my hometown of Vancouver, BC. I thought this might be the type of holiday where I might have some down time and could catch up on a few things. Well I didn’t get any work done really, ... More About: Humour , Road , On The Road , Professional , The Road
South by Southwest 2008 - Corporate Semantics
2007-08-25 18:48:00 SxSW Interactive is still quite a while away but I always find myself getting a bit excited once the new season is upon us, which is usually signified by the redesign of the SxSW website and the first couple of newsletters from Austin hyping up next years plans. With the new website comes the new version ... More About: Events , Corporate , South , Southwest , Antics
South by Southwest 2008 - Corporate Semantics
2007-08-25 18:48:00 SxSW Interactive is still quite a while away but I always find myself getting a bit excited once the new season is upon us, which is usually signified by the redesign of the SxSW website and the first couple of newsletters from Austin hyping up next years plans. With the new website comes the new version ... More About: Events , Corporate , South , Southwest , Rate
Notes on Design - Communication
2007-08-15 15:44:00 Articles on Notes on Design . Discussing the relationship between the developer and the designer and how to make it work better. More About: Communication , Blog , Professional
Notes on Design - Communication
2007-08-15 15:44:00 Articles on Notes on Design . Discussing the relationship between the developer and the designer and how to make it work better. More About: Communication , Blog
Notes on Design - Accessibility
2007-08-11 15:48:00 I have written one article on Notes on Design covering basic concepts of accessibility for designers. It has been split into two parts for easier digestion. Accessibility on the Web and Why Your Employer Should Care About Accessibility are both published now so head on over and check them out. More About: Blog
Notes on Design Article - Semantics
2007-08-04 01:52:00 Articles on Notes on Design . What is semantic HTML and how do we apply it to our websites? More About: Articles , Article , Blog
Web 2.0, Accessibility and SEO - Open Publish Presentation
2007-08-02 09:34:00 Open Publish presentation on Web 2.0, Accessibility and Search Engine Optimisation . Slides and extra information and links on topics I discussed during the presentation. More About: Open , Blog , Presentation
Web Directions Event - Geek Trivia
2007-07-25 07:19:00 The buzz of the upcoming Web Directions event this year begins officially August 9, with the Geek Trivia night being hosted by Web Directions and News Digital Media at the Vault Hotel in Sydney. More About: Event , Blog
Corporate Web Standards Article
More articles from this author:2007-07-18 13:27:00 Corporate Web Standards is currently published on Digital Web Magazine so head on over there and have a read. More About: Articles , Article , Corporate , Blog 1, 2 |
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