Is your website WCAG 2.0 compliant?

January 7th, 2010 - by Jeff Wagner

Developers…have you been building your websites to be
WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.0 compliant? If you’re not sure then you need to look into it more carefully because many business owners could run the risk of not presenting an accessible website to users with disabilities.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - W3C.org

The W3C.org has but together a complete list of standards/guidelines that should help web developers make their websites 1.0 or 2.0 compliant. You are allowed to be 1.0 or 2.0 or both for those who want to be on the safe side, my advice would be to try to meet the 2.0 standards, they are the most recent guidelines and are more lenient in areas of time-based media and rich/interactive media.

Why should you care about WCAG 2.0 compliance, well maybe you should ask the following companies about the consequences of not meeting the standards:

Again, if you’re not sure if your website is meeting these standards then check out the W3C.org for more information.


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Photos from the San Diego Zoo

December 21st, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner

I was in San Diego over the weekend and it was my first time visiting this absolutely beautiful city. I had heard so much about how great the zoo was so on Saturday I had to go and check it out. The San Diego Zoo is by far the most amazing zoo I’ve ever been too. If you’re ever in the area you have to check it out.

I took a few pictures for some beautiful animals, click on any of the preview images below and get a nice blown up picture.


A very lazy hyena.


The king of the jungle came up real close, thank god for the glass window.


Mr. elephant streching out.


A panda having an afternoon snack.


A couple of very friendly parrots.


Miss king of the jungle looking very comfortable.


Australian wild dogs


A whole lot of flamingos.


This very curious peacock walked up behind me.

If you’d like to learn more about the San Diego Zoo you can visit their nicely designed website at http://www.sandiegozoo.org.


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Instant Twitter conversation on your site with Tweetboard

December 4th, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner

I found this great application a couple of weeks ago that brings your Twitter feed right into your site, the tool is called Tweetboard. Not only does Tweetboard bring your twitter posts to your site but they display it in a great looking slide-out menu.

Tweetboard

I’ve recently added the app to my site, if you visit my home page you’ll notice the tab on the far left side labeled “Tweets.” Simply, click on the tab and the slide-out menu appears and lists all of your recent twitter posts.

Tweetboard Slide-out Menu

Anyone can join in on your twitter conversations and leave comments right on your site. You can view recent posts or view all. The board comes with a variety of options and styling controls so that you can customize it to fit the look and feel of your website. It’s just another great social media tool that allows you to communicate more directly to your client base and at the same time gives them the ability to comment back.

You can get an invitation to use Tweetboard on your site by visiting their website at http://tweetboard.com. You will need a Twitter account for this application to work. If you’re not using Twitter yet you need to look into it and start using this amazing social media tool.

JW

 


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