WordPress HTML 5 Theme now live

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Karl Dawson

This post signifies the launch of TSG version 4 using WordPress, HTML 5, CSS 2.1 and 3. It is also a milestone in that I no longer support Internet Explorer 6 and its poor implementation of web standards—this is my personal website after all. Depending on your choice of browser your experience may vary also as I used CSS 3 selectors that are not fully supported yet by all the browsers. Flick around between your test suite. Continue reading →

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Z-index: sandwich filler

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Karl Dawson

Working with z-index can be a little counter-intuitive at times.

With my redesign I wanted to place a “polaroid” style photo of myself behind the “about” section but in front of the main content and header. If I hadn’t used such large text and a coloured background perhaps I wouldn’t even have noticed what was happening. Continue reading →

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WCAG 2.0 and the visual design

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Karl Dawson

Earlier today I found myself writing visual design requirements for a new website design that must have a very high standard of web accessibility. As it won’t be me working on the visuals—and by that I mean the Photoshop / Fireworks stage—I felt the need to be very explicit and turned to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to help. Continue reading →

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