http://refreshdelval.org Web Standards, Accessibility, and Usability Group of the Delaware Valley Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:42:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You don't need to go to college or spend a lot of cash to learn how to create websites using good W3 standards based code. There are so many resources available on the web that you can pretty much learn what you need without breaking the bank. As Jesse Kelly wrote ... http://refreshdelval.org/web-standards/learning-standards-based-web-development Thierry from CSS-Discuss has developed a VERY cool tool to learn how CSS Z-Index and Stacking Order works in all browsers. You're going to wanna do what I did and have IE open next to one of the good browsers and compare how IE does things. It will visually show ... http://refreshdelval.org/web-standards/understanding-z-index-and-stacking-order-in-good-and-bad-browsers It is through my association with RefreshDelVal and BJ Novack that I was introduced to LVS Online, an affordable distance learning site devoted to empowering students. LVS, or “Learning Virtual Studies,” uses real instructors and community to deliver an old school experience with modern virtual learning methods. Taking a class ... http://refreshdelval.org/web-standards/lvs-online-%e2%80%93-learn-to-code-the-right-way A new open source eCommerce engine is on the horizon and let me be the first to say, "It looks good. Very good." It's called Magento and it looks to be a breath of fresh air for anyone using other open source eCommerce solutions. It boasts about cutting edge features, ... http://refreshdelval.org/cms/magento-ecommerce-for-cool-people Two new members, Art and Chris, joined us. I have a wrap up of the March RefreshDelVal meetup on our message board, for those of you who didn't make it this time (and you were missed, Sean and Andrea!) We'll be trying a new Venue for the April Meetup, since we ... http://refreshdelval.org/uncategorized/we-had-a-great-march-meetup I wrote a wrap up of what was discussed on our RefreshDelVal.org Web Standards Meetup Messageboard. There are some great links there and an idea of what we ended up talking about. This month we broke our attendance record. Thanks to all who made it. I really look forward to seeing ... http://refreshdelval.org/uncategorized/thank-you-all-who-made-the-february-meetup I just posted an article on Usability and Accessibility as SEO on my Dev Blog. Some of y'all might find it interesting. One of the hardest things about the whole usability and accessibility thing is explaining its benefits to clients who could NOT care less. This article gives some ammo ... http://refreshdelval.org/uncategorized/usability-and-accessibility-as-seo I have been a Dreamweaver fan since the 4.0 days but actually stopped using it about a year ago. It's my opinion that it has been getting too bulky to use to build projects with (opening files here and there for small modifications is out of the question). I was ... http://refreshdelval.org/web-standards/a-dreamweaver-rival-aptana-open-source Everyone who is an active member of RefreshDelVal will be given editor status. And I've ALMOST got this theme to WAI. Almost. It'll be done tomorrow, for sure! See you at the meeting later today! http://refreshdelval.org/uncategorized/i-finally-got-the-site-on-wordpress The first annual Refresh Conference, Refresh06, will be held on November 16th through 18th, 2006 in Orlando, Florida. Speakers include Paul Boag, Andy Budd, Brian Fling, Jeremy Keith, Nate Koechley, and Cameron Moll. Others will be added before conference time. Topics will focus on Web Development and Accessibility. http://refreshdelval.org/other-refreshing-news/refresh06-the-conference-in-orlando-fl