No Justification: Don’t Use Right, Center, and Full Justification on the Web
Last week’s post on formatting in WordPress makes way to this in-depth discussion of a simple topic: text alignment. In nearly every case, don’t do it!
Best Practices
A WordPress Formatting Manifesto
I recently released the MRW Web Design Simple TinyMCE plugin for WordPress. It’s a plugin that came directly out of the work I do to serve clients and make using WordPress as easy as possible. In this post, I want to share how I made the final decisions for what buttons I removed from the default WordPress editor, and provide a framework for what it means to format content well on the web.
Quick Tip: Use Real Lists When Writing For the Web
Lists are one of the best ways to format text so that a page is easy to read. Unfortunately, it’s common to see “fake” lists that aren’t as attractive or readable. Learn to recognize real and fake lists, diagnose what kind of list you’re using, and fix them!
Open Letter: Gravity Forms 1.9 Placeholder and Label Settings Mean More Inaccessible Forms
One of my very favorite WordPress plugins, Gravity Forms, is making a mistake with the implementation of two new form field settings. But it’s not too late to change it!
Why Contrast Matters
Contrast. You know it when you see it. Literally! Using sufficient contrast in web design ensures that EVERYONE can use your website. To make your site accessible, you’ll need to understand how contrast is measured and how to test it yourself.
Why I Still Underline Links [link]
What’s so bad about blue underlined links anyway?
Following Best Practices Doesn’t Have to Be Ugly
Many websites and interfaces will have you failing this short pop quiz. That’s their fault and not yours.
Just Because You Can…
You probably know the phrase and how it ends. Sadly, not all web developers who build website tools have users’ best interests in mind (or at least they didn’t stop to think about all of them). It’s up to us all to avoid using common and popular features that shouldn’t be.
The Dangers of Cross-Site Contamination
When it comes to website updates and security, make sure you haven’t triple-bolted the front door while leaving the back door wide open.
One user = One person
A quick and easy WordPress (and other stuff) tip today. You can guess what it is from the title. Read on to find out why.
What are We To Do About Hover Drop Down Menus?
Hover-triggered drop down menus have long been the standard, but they come with loads of problems that have emerged over time. It’s time to drop them and move to something better.
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Things to do and read to celebrate 2014 Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Don’t Delete it. Draft it! [Update: or Archive it!]
In the interest of saving their time and protecting their site, I always recommend that clients avoid permanently deleting content in WordPress. Luckily, there are default features that make this easy to do and plugins that make it even better!
Why I Don’t Reinvent the Wheel [quote]
A quick quote today about how to make usable websites.
Don’t Open Links In New Windows: Part II [link]
More reasons to not force links to open in a new tab or window. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
The Title Attribute and Why It’s Almost Useless
Even if you don’t spend much time working on websites, you’ve surely come across the “title attribute” on a website. Here’s what it is and why it’s a not worth using.