If you’ve read my previous posts on web accessibility, then most of this will be a rehash. This is the version that I did for the TRY 2013 conference, where I reorganized a few things and put in different examples.
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Services Redesign & Content Overhaul
Not too long ago, I posted about the revised IA of the Services section of the website. Staff consultations followed particularly to apprise them of recommended changes and to take the opportunity to revise the content. I created mockups, which I got feedback on. Finally, the page went live. Consultation is Key Based on the … Continue reading »
About Us Redesign & Reorganization
The website redesign continues! Next up is the ‘About Us’ section. I find it more difficult to do sometimes, because our users don’t use the About section nearly as much, so don’t always have much of an opinion about it. Although it goes against my usual inclination, I decided to go ahead with only minimal … Continue reading »
Making Your Website Accessible Part 3: Content WCAG Compliance
This is actually a repost of my guest post on the ACRL TechConnect Blog.
Making the Website More Accessible with HTML5 & CSS3
Presented at the Amigos Library Services’ HTML5 & CSS3 Online Conference a couple of weeks ago. It was recorded, but the recordings are not public, so instead, I’ve included my deck and a slightly edited version of the script that I used.
Redesigning the Digital Commons Page
Recently, our team has been assisting with a new initiative to make sure documents sent in to our institutional repository (IR) are accessible. I won’t go into much detail, but since this new initiative was being launched, it was proposed to have the digital commons (our IR) page redesigned for the launch. Old Page The … Continue reading »
Making Your Website Accessible Part 2: Implementing WCAG into the Structure & Layout
This is a repost of my blog post, which was originally posted on the ACRL TechConnect, but with a couple of small updates. – In Part 1, I covered what web accessibility is, its importance, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). This post focuses on how to implement WCAG into the structure and layout of … Continue reading »
Revised Articles Section & New Landing Page: Using a Card Sort to Clean Up
As part of the ongoing effort to improve the website, I have been redesigning the website one section at a time. Earlier in the term, I did the Research Help section. In the last couple of weeks (that’s right, only about 2-3 weeks!), I worked on getting the ‘Articles’ section cleaned up with a new … Continue reading »
Steve Krug: You’re NOT Doing Usability Testing? Are You Nuts?
The University of Toronto iSchool was lucky enough to get Steve Krug of Don’t Make Me Think fame. If you haven’t read it and you’re at all interested in usability, I would definitely recommend it. Anyway, here are my notes from today’s talk. Goal Convince you that usability testing is the most valuable thing you … Continue reading »
MozFest 2012: Notes from Responsive Design Session
Techniques & Tips flexible grids media queries that aren’t pixel dependent media queries to selectively adapt the page responsive images (max-width: 100%, can hide small (767px)/medium(1296px)/large (1440px)) can use modernizr to detect if touch device Foundation has flex classes for embeds to resize YouTube videos, etc. For iframes, can use padding: % of ratio of … Continue reading »
