WordPress Category Navigation

Highlight the Current Category Link

current-cat-2.gifOne of the basic features of most websites is some type of navigation indicator to identify what page you are currently browsing. Although this can take the form of a fairly complicated breadcrumb indicator, the most frequent implementation of this feature is simply to draw attention to the navigation link by highlighting it differently with your CSS file.

Don’t you think it’s time to extend this same feature to the WordPress category navigation links? Read on to find out how!

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September 29th, 2007 | Accessibility, Most Popular, WordPress | Comment first »

Text Resizing: A Primer

Stop Squinting - Unleash Your Text Size

If you are finding it difficult to read some text when viewing a web site you can resize the text up and down to suit your needs.

Apparently there are many web users who do not know how to utilize some of the accessibility features of their browsers. Are you one of them?

For example, it seems as though some users don’t know how to resize the text on their browsers for easier reading while web surfing. A handy article on this issue has been written by Ian Lloyd at Accessify.com. Ian has even created a video to show you how easy changing text size is. If you cannot or do not want to watch the video, I have posted a transcript of that video as provided by Mike Cherim at Green-Beast.com. Take a look at how simple it is to make your web browsing easier on the eyes!

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September 21st, 2007 | Accessibility | Comment first »

Is Web Accessibility Really Necessary?

web_access.gifI have been determined to learn to design accessible websites so that all users, regardless of their disability or hardware, can have access to the sites that I build.

My design skills and my accessiblity skills have increased dramatically in the past year, I am proud to say, and I can now pump out a pretty accessible website.

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March 25th, 2007 | Accessibility | 2 comments