The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Style and design in Website creation

About the Talk

A talk was given by Chris Webster, EARL at the Running A Public Library Website workshop held at the University of Bath on 15-16th November 1999.

Title

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Style and design in Website creation.

Abstract

Chris  discussed design and accessibility issues, quoting from guidelines issued by the WC3 (a consortium that develops common web protocols to promote its evolution and ensure interoperability) and the Government’s recently released consultation document of guidelines for the use, management and design of public sector web sites.

Web Sites Mentioned In Presentation

• The Browser Safe Colour Palette
• W3C Accessibility Checklist
• W3C HTML Validator
• W3C's Stylesheet Validator
• Other validators
• Framework Policy Guidelines: Government Websites (rft format)

Presentation

Slides

[HTML Format] - [Powerpoint 97] 

Biographical Details

Chris Webster joined the EARL team in June 1999. His main responsibilities include managing the EARL Website acting as listowner of EARL discussion lists, maintaining partner Web pages, maintaining the Library and Information Commission Website and running an informal current awareness service for partners via the earl-contacts discussion list.