Ten Basic Tests to Check Your Website for Accessibility

The Disability Discrimination Act says that websites must be made accessible to disabled people. So how can you check that your website is up to par? There are a number of basic tests you can make to address some of the main issues. The following list includes guidelines that provide a good start in increasing accessibility to disabled people

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Ten Common Errors When Implementing Accessibility

Web developers often make the same errors as each other when implementing accessibility - find out what these are and how to avoid making these mistakes.

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Ten CSS Tricks You May Not Know

With so many different ways of using CSS some important tricks and techniques may have passed you by. See how many of the ten you already know and maybe learn something new!

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Ten Reasons People Don't Visit Your Website

Would you like to increase the number of visitors to your site? Read through these 10 reasons why web users might not be coming and make sure you don't do any of them!

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Ten Usability Blunders of the Big Players

Big companies with big sites, big userbases, and big wallets should lead the way in terms of accessibility. But major sites - from Amazon to Google – can and do make usability blunders. Learn from their mistakes with this quick round-up of prime offenders!

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Ten Ways to Improve the Usability of Your Ecommerce Site

Increase ecommerce usability and you can maximise your website's conversion rate, reduce drop-out rates and convert users' shopping baskets into orders.

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Ten Ways to Orientate Users on Your Site

Follow these top tips and make sure site visitors know where they are on your site at all times.

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Ten Ways to Speed Up the Download Time of Your Web Pages

Do you like to wait for pages to download? Neither do your site users.

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Testimonials - Friend or Foe?

Learn how to write the perfect testimonial and enhance your website's credibility.

Aull, Diane M. Webcredible (2004). Design>Web Design>Marketing

The Ultimate Guide to Directory Submissions

Submitting your website to directories is a great way to increase your search engine rankings - get the full lowdown on how to do this.

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Usability and Security: Unlikely Bedfellows?

With people having to remember more and more usernames, passwords and PINs, it's crucial that any online security offers the best possible usability. Find out how you can help customers remember their passwords and continue using your website in the long-term.

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Usability for Older Web Users

The number of older web users is growing at a dramatic rate. Find out how to make your website easy to use for this lucrative market.

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Usability Testing with Children

Usability testing with children can prevent some unique challenges - find out what exactly these are and what you need to do.

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User Interviews: A Basic Introduction

A basic introduction to user interviews, a great way to build research on your users and help improve the usability of your site.

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User-Centred Design (UCD): 6 Methods

Learn all about user-centered design, the methods available to you, and how and when they should be employed.

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Using Ezine Articles to Promote Your Business

Writing ezine articles can be a massive benefit to your business - find out exactly why!

Beckart, Loren. Webcredible (2005). Design>Web Design>Marketing

Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar

The Web Accessibility Toolbar will help you test any website for basic accessibility in just a few minutes - find out where you can get it from and how to use it.

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WCAG 2.0: The New W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluated

WCAG 2.0, the second version of the W3C's accessibility guidelines are soon to be released - find out what accessibility experts at Webcredible think of these new guidelines.

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Web Accessibility and the Law in the UK: Is Your Website Legal?

Under the Disability Discrimination Act websites have to be accessible to disabled people. Read about your obligations.

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Web Accessibility for Screen Magnifier Users

Discover how to improve both usability and accessibility for screen magnifier users using the Internet.

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Web Accessibility Myths

Discover the truth about web accessibility. This article debunks seven accessibility common myths.

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Web Accessibility: The Basics

Learn all you need to know about web acessibility with this crash course!

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Web Usability: The Basics

Learn all about web usability with this crash course!

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Website Content & Usability

Writing for the web is totally different to writing for printed matter - find out how to write content for this medium with these eight guidelines.

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Website Content: Getting It Right for Search Engines

The content on your website is key for your search engine ranking - find out why this is.

James, Nick. Webcredible (2008). Design>Web Design>Search>Search Engine Optimization