[LINK] RFI: Website Good Practices Guidelines

Linda Rouse linda at databasics.com.au
Thu Sep 6 10:43:34 AEST 2012


On 6/09/12 10:21 AM, Peter Bowditch wrote:
> There's also a useful guide to what not to do.
>
> http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Ah yes - I'd forgotten this. I used to refer to it in my HTML training 
seminars way back in 1998!
Mind you it took quite a while to load...


>> On 6/09/12 8:53 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>> On 05/09/12 14:19, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a decent authority for 'good website standard practice'?
>>>
>>> Yes, lots of guidelines-lines out there. For example the Federal
>>> Government ones: http://webguide.gov.au/
>>>
>>> My course notes are now a little out of date:
>>> http://www.tomw.net.au/2009/wd/
>>>
>>>> ...  particular disabilities such as site-impairment) ...  other
>>> specialised segments such as
>>>> limited-bandwidth, limited screen-size,
>> mostly-non-native-English-speakers ...
>>>
>>> The original W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 were
>> intended
>>> to cover limited bandwidth, small screens and language issues, as
>> well
>>> as disabilities: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#Introduction
>>>
>>> W3C now have separate guidelines for mobile web and accessibility:
>>> http://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/mobilweb.html
>>
>> Thanks for those links Tom
>>
>> I did not find the Web Guide when I was searching, but did find the
>> following from DBC&DB...
>> http://www.digitalbusiness.gov.au/websites-and-contents/the-best-practice
>> -websites/
>>
>> Seems to be a lot of overlap but the Web Guide has been developed
>> specifically for govt agencies whereas the Digital Business site is
>> directed to corporates and business.
>>
>> There are no cross-links.
>> regards
>> Linda
>>
>>
>>
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