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Tools and tips for developing accessible websites
As mentioned in a previous post, many websites claim to meet the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), but these claims are often based on automated tests, and couldn't be further from the…
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Spell checking your searches
Our search engine (RICE) has the ability to detect and suggest corrections for spelling errors. It is designed to assist our users in finding what they want quickly and helping people (like me) who h…
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Open Source? Yeah, we've heard of it - it's how we're reducing costs!
Dear Open Source, We'd just like to give you a lovely big, warm hug from everyone in the team. We <3 you Open Source! Yours truly Chris Jones Architecture team leader Architecture and…
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A first look at alpha.gov.uk
Late Tuesday night http://alpha.gov.uk - the centralised government website prototype - was made live. Although it is not a finished product and it wouldn't be fair to subject it to a full critique, I…
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Making shropshire.gov.uk responsive
We've seen mobile traffic to shropshire.gov.uk rising steeply recently, so over the coming months we are kicking off a project to make our website work better with mobile and tablet devices. We are…
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An introduction to website accessibility
When you are creating a website, it is easy to get caught up in designing sharp-looking features with a whole plethora of widgets and gadgets to keep your audience entertained. Yes, it does look amazi…
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Successful site releases
We release an update to our website around once every six weeks, this can be anything from minor bug fixes to major overhauls and new functionality. We have a large group of customers and it is dif…
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Early preview of our new maps system now available
We're putting our new maps system live at the end of March, but we're running a little ahead of schedule, so you can now access it as a sneak preview through Project WIP. This is an open preview, so n…