18 August 2010 | No comments
A DTD (document type definition) tells the browser what version of (X)HTML you are coding your web page in. Standards compliant pages must contain a DTD as the first item on the page otherwise it will not validate. Which one should you use? Continue Front-end developer essentials – which DTD to use?…
12 August 2010 | No comments
This problem manifested itself when a user clicked submit from a form that had been loaded in using AJAX to a jQuery UI dialog box.
Everything was fine in my development browsers, but in IE the user would be posted off to a new page. Continue Quick tip: Live event not trapping submit in IE…
10 August 2010 | 2 comments
The accesskey attribute has been part of the HTML specification for over ten years and its purpose is to give keyboard users a shortcut to access a specific area of the page or to jump to a different page. In HTML5 the accesskey may be used on any element, but do web developers still need to use it? Continue The accesskey attribute – do we still need it?…
1 July 2010 | No comments
The Guardian has just resdesigned their gallery pages and it’s the piece of work I’m most proud of. I’ve written a post detailing some of the technical aspects about it on the insideguardian.co.uk blog.
24 June 2010 | No comments
This is the second in a series that should form the building blocks to being a good all-round front-end developer. Previously I explained the basic ideas behind user interface design and here I’ll discuss why accessibility and web standards are important. Continue Front-end developer essentials – Accessibility & web standards…