Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Portfolio

This is a screen shot of my project homepage. I used a jQuery slideshow below the banner. The rest is built using HTML and CSS.

Web and Mobile

This sitee is the Web Application on Mobile standards from the W3C. This is an invaluable site to use when developing for mobile platforms.

Mobile Web App State - W3C

Current Web Trends

This post is a countdown list of 10 web design trends of 2013. The general idea is simplicity while expanding interactivity. Being able to connect more internet ready devices and allowing them to sync seamlessly. The same look and feel to a site whether the user is looking at it on a desktop, laptop, tv, tablet, or phone.

10 Web Design Trends for 2013

Website Browser Compatibility

This is a great post for browser compatibility. It thoroughly explains everything that compatibility entails and also give tips on how to make your website look the same across several browsers.

Browser Tutorials

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Website Accessibility

The American Foundation for the Blind has an accessibility section of their website that has many links to pages with tips a web developer can use for the best accessibility practices in their websites.

The American Foundation for the Blind

Website Usability

There are a lot of factors that determine good usability in a website. The link below is a great checklist to use when determining how website is being viewed by a user. The checklist, while concise, is a very comprehensive collection of usability tips to integrate into your site. The page also contains a downloadable .pdf of the checklist with a simple "good/fair/bad" rating system.

25-point Website Usability Checklist

Monday, April 15, 2013

New Logo!

I created a new logo in my class this evening. I will be using the logo on this blog and on anything else that absorbs ink...I'm kinda proud of it.