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Here is a presentation I gave on the CSS cascade at a company training session recently. A simple ste-by-step tutorial on the CSS cascade - for web designers and developers who are new to CSS or have struggled with the Cascade.

I have attended several meetings recently where clients have stated that they need their sites to comply with WCAG 2.0 - “as this is now the current guideline”. For Australian websites, this is NOT correct. At present, all Australian websites must meet WCAG 1.0 guidelines. As the Australian Human Rights Commission website states:
We are continuing […]

We are excited to announce this years workshop series:

Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009

A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley:

Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites - with Roger Hudson

An all new accessibility workshop that focuses on providing practical advice to help […]

JPEG XR, an image format created by Microsoft that promises a number of advantages over JPEG, has cleared a key standardization hurdle. The Joint Photographic Experts Group, which standardized the original and still ubiquitous JPEG format, sent JPEG XR to the “final phases of standardization” after a vote at a January meeting, the group said […]

Have you set up, or are you about to set up a site where users can join/sign in/ register online?
What terms are you using for new and existing users? Here is a quick view of 30 different sites and the terms they use.

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http://www.alerts.com/
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http://blip.fm/
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http://brightkite.com/
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http://www.cocomment.com/
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http://delicious.com/
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I’ve just finished reading The Principles of Successful Freelancing by Miles Burke.
The book is ideal for those who are about to enter the world of freelancing. It’s easy to read - only took around 4 hours to read cover to cover - and yet it’s packed with a lot of great information. The book covers […]

Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney’s web community - bringing together web designers, web project managers, interface designers, information architects and other web professionals. Join a range of Sydney’s web communities and celebrate the end of year in style on Friday 5th December, 2008.
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday 27th November […]

Thanks to Luca Magnani Styling the <hr> element has now been translated into Italian and Ideal line length for content has now been translated into Italian.

Mike Brown from Webstock asks me some hard questions including:

You’ve been quoted as saying that “sleep is for pussies”. Tell us about a typical working day for you - what you do, what hours you work, how much sleep you get.
You do a lot of teaching and training with HTML and CSS. Have things improved? […]

Aligning inline images with the vertical-align property has now been translated into Russian by Nickolas Loiko. Translation: выравнивание inline изображений с помощью css свойства vertical-align
Web standards checklist has now been translated into Russian by Nickolas Loiko. Translation: checklist web-стандартов
Web standards checklist has now been translated into Swedish by Lillan Backa. Translation: Web standards checklist - […]