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Configuring your website to work with JAWS

by A.J. McClary on 16. Feb, 2009 in Web Design, Web Development

These are the Top 10 tips to making your website accessible to the blind or visually impaired using the world’s most popular screen reader.

Is your website optimized for screen readers? Have you tested it lately? Many webmasters don’t take into consideration design methods that allow visitors with disabilities to easily use their website.

By refraining to follow industry guidelines, they’re completely cutting off a significant portion of the population from accessing their online presence. While there are many levels of accessibility webmasters should follow, here are my top ten tips to making your website easier to use to blind and low-vision visitors:

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How to Triple Your Website Load Time

by A.J. McClary on 22. Jan, 2009 in Web Development

So your website is running a little slow, egh? It can happen, especially when they’re overloaded with Content Management Systems (CMS), forums, blogs, contact scripts, and pages that automatically generate dynamic content. When JavaScript libraries, heavy CSS, and HTML fill up your web page, the efficiency dramatically drops causing a longer load time.

Luckily, there is a way out. Here are a few tips and tricks to make your website perform better and your pages load faster:

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Search Engine Optimization Tips

by A.J. McClary on 26. Dec, 2008 in Web Development

There is a lot of hype when it comes to SEO, so we thought it would be a great idea to provide you all with an excellent outline of best practices. This list includes white-hat techniques that ensure your website has a long term, and healthy, relationship with the search engines.

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PageRank Checker Tool

by A.J. McClary on 06. Dec, 2008 in Web Development

We are constantly trying to improve the usefulness of our website. It is our vision to provide tools and resources to all of our visitors, including those who are not our customers.

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