Monthly Archives: April 2007

Accessibility – Avoiding the Retrofit

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

Accessibility is another scary word for many people, often associated with high costs and strange tags. But having worked with it the past few years, I think the real problem isn’t making your products accessible in the beginning. The real… More On: Accessibility – Avoiding the Retrofit

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Tags or Categories?

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

Movable Type supports both tags and categories, so which one is best? The answer is that either works, but that whichever one you pick should be used consistently (e.g. always use “blogs” as a tag/category not “blog” in some cases… More On: Tags or Categories?

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What made me switch to XHTML? XSLT!

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

I read an interesting article from HTML Goodies reminding me that the switch to XHTML was mostly hype for a long time http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/xml/article.php/3669451 As Philbin points out, most of the reasons given aren’t valid. This is because XHTML and HTML… More On: What made me switch to XHTML? XSLT!

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Fun ICWSM Conference Links

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Elizabeth Pyatt

I just attended an intense (but fabulous) session on Web 2.0 technology and how to search it. The conference site is http://www.icwsm.org Below are some interesting URL’s I picked up along the way – Top 500 Topic Folders in Bloglines… More On: Fun ICWSM Conference Links

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