Re: FN-FORUM: Sitecheck - Updating my website - using CSS

date posted 13th March 2008 18:03


On 13 Mar 2008, at 18:56, John Deaville wrote:

> Ok, but from my position (and I have said this before) - I don=B9t =20
> give a
> tinkers toss about accessibility, I appreciate why a lot of =20
> businesses would
> be, but I am working in a niche market, which is a visually rich =20
> industry
> (photography) - I design a lot of folio sites in flash (which many =20
> would say
> is 'inaccessible') - but they are designed for visual punch and =20
> that is what
> hopefully gets the commissions, everything else (accessibility, =20
> standards,
> CSS, blah blah blah) - at least for my industry - is secondary.

You mentioned earlier that you where trying to improve your Google =20
ranking, if so then standards, CSS and accessibility is very =20
important. If you only use Flash for "visual punch" you might =20
consider using a good JavaScript library for UI animation and =20
effects, like jQuery or Mootools. Having said that, Flash can be made =20=

accessible and SEO friendly. If you are not interested in learning =20
JavaScript, you can always outsource.

HTH,

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Nicolas Borda
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http://nic.ipwa.net/
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