Websites for £250? Is that too good to be true?

How does the idea of having your very own custom-designed website for just £250 sound? If you're a charity or community group just getting started, ...
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Ten Ways to Make Your Website More Accessible

What is web accessibility? According to The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), who are an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of ...
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Does Your Website Need to Adhere to Accessibility Legislation?

Jackie Latham, founder of Jackdaw Web Design, is an expert in accessibility for websites. And here she discusses whether your website falls into the legislation ...
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Accessibility benefits everyone

The Right Place for Accessibility Jackie Latham, founder of Jackdaw Web Design, is an expert in accessibility for websites. And here she airs a recent ...
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What’s the problem with accessibility overlays?

What are overlays? Accessibility overlays are a type of accessibility tool that can be added to a website to provide features such as increased font ...
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Keeping your IT secure

It goes without saying that we are living in very uncertain times. The last two years plus the terrible situation in Ukraine have left us ...
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What it’s like to work with Jackdaw Web Design.

The brief: Turn thingumies and whatsits from a self-confessed technophobe with a vision for an inclusive and accessible website into a real thing. Sandra Coulter ...
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Making your website work better with screen readers

My last post was all about getting text to look clear for people with visual impairments, so this time I’m going to take it one ...
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How to make your website more legible

  When it comes to website accessibility, most people’s first thought is that it means catering for visitors who use screen readers. Whilst this is ...
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What sort of people is web accessibility for?

Website accessibility is usually (at least in the UK) seen as an optional, and often expensive, add-on that website owners think doesn’t apply to them ...
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Five of the best WordPress plugins for accessibility, but are they a magic fix?

A whopping 20% of the population have a disability of some kind or another. Some may use screen readers, some may need specific colour contrast ...
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Are Your Usernames Just As Important As Passwords – Or More So?

Each time you set up a new account, you probably spend some time coming up with a strong password for it (or use a password ...
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