Joomla Accessibility - speed listening

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Mon 22 Dec 08 13:18 Web Development Brian Teeman

listenHopefuly by now you will have read Steve Krug's excellent book "Don't Make Me Think" and you will have understood how we  speed read a website looking for the relevant content.

But how does a blind person "speed read"? Do they have to "read" all the content of the website or do blind people "speed listen"?

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Joomla modules - the next level

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Sun 21 Dec 08 14:27 Extensions Brian Teeman

This month I've bookmarked four extensions that provide greater control of your modules.

They're all part of my joomla toolbox now.

 

Joomla is an addictive drug

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Mon 15 Dec 08 13:19 Lost and Found Brian Teeman

hyperdermic needleI've always said that once you start using joomla it's like a highly addictive drug that is impossible to let go.

So when I stumbled uponstumbled upon this unattributed chart comparing drug dealers and geeks drug dealers and geeks I just had to produce a joomla version.

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Joomla Sections and Categories explained

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Sat 13 Dec 08 18:23 Tips and Tricks Brian Teeman

stack of paperThe number one mistake I see with newcomers to joomla is a failure to understand the Section, Category, Article structure of content.

How many times do you see people either reject joomla or spend hours developing complicated and convoluted solutions to satisfy their desire to have nested sub-categories?

And yet the truth is you don't need them. The problem is that they are trying to match their frontend menu structure with their backend filing system.

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Joomla RSS newsreader

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Sat 13 Dec 08 00:57 Web Development Brian Teeman

rss newsreader and feedsA few weeks ago I was chatting on skype with Fotis from joomlaworks.grjoomlaworks.gr discussing the merits of various different RSS news readers or aggregators.

Despite trying several neither of us really were satisfied with what we had found.

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