Here’s a really quick video introduction to my favorite WordPress editor, Markdown. The syntax is very easy to learn (and teach), and since the focus is on the content and the page structure, there’s less chance of a site owner accidentally pasting in some code that makes the page invalid.
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Tags: plugins, wordpress
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I whipped this up for a project and thought I’d share it with everyone. Even though there are already plenty of WordPress plugins that will show a YouTube video in the sidebar, I couldn’t find one that met a few key requirements.
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Tags: plugins, wordpress, youtube
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Thoughts on the Lost Finale
OK, so my real motivation in this post is to keep from explaining the ending a thousand times. I’ve got work to do.
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Tags: lost, mankymonday
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I had an idea to start a new challenge, and I’d like as many people as possible to participate. Working together, taking baby steps, we can all improve the accessibility of the web a little bit at a time. Like I’ve said before, some is better than none.
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Tags: accessibility, techtuesday
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The Thursday Three
Today’s three are all about accessibility again, but this time I’m focusing on tools that will help you create more accessible sites. I personally use each of these, and find them very useful. This is not a sales pitch, either, as all of them (at the time of writing this) are free to use and platform independent.
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Tags: accessibility, thursdaythree, tips
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