WebDD_03Feb2007_Lauke_Doing_it_in_style_Webstandards_CSS Patrick H. Lauke audio opensource_audio <p>Recording of <a href="http://www.splintered.co.uk/">Patrick H. Lauke</a>'s session <cite>Doing it in style: creating beautiful sites, the web standards way</cite>, presented at the WebDD Conference, 3 February 2007, Microsoft Thames Valley Campus, Reading, UK.</p><blockquote><p>Who said that accessible, standards-compliant, semantic sites have to look boxy and boring? After a quick introduction to the fundamentals, this session will look at some of the current ways in which designers and developers can use <abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr> to add visual impact to their sites, from simple forms to entire page layouts.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Presentation slides, demo pages and transcript available on <a href="http://www.splintered.co.uk/documents/presentations/webdd_03.02.2007/">splintered.co.uk</a>.</strong></p><p>About <a href="http://www.webdd.org.uk">WebDD</a> 2007:</p><blockquote><p>On Saturday the 3rd of February 2007 we are holding a free conference in Reading specifically targeting web developers and web designers in the United Kingdom.</p><p>The mantra behind the conference is that currently there is no focus on standards, best practice and general patterns based approaches to web development and design being pushed particularly strongly in the UK. Additionally it's rare that the people on the ground are looking ahead at what is coming up and where the web will be in the coming years. We want to change that and give the British web development and design communities a real fighting chance going forward and we feel a regular conference which is free to attend is a good way of getting the messages out to the wider community.</p></blockquote><p>About Patrick H. Lauke:</p><p>Patrick currently works as Web Editor for the <a href="http://www.salford.ac.uk">University of Salford</a>, where he heads a small central web team. In 2003 he implemented one of the first web standards based XHTML/CSS driven UK university sites.</p><p>He has been engaged in the discourse on accessibility since early 2001, regularly contributing to a variety of web development and accessibility related mailing lists and forums, taking an active role in the running of <a href="http://www.accessify.com">Accessify.com</a>, moderating the <a href="http://www.accessifyforum.com">Accessify forum</a>, and joining the <a href="http://www.webstandards.org">Web Standards Project Accessibility Task Force (WaSP ATF)</a> in June 2005.</p><p>Published works include a chapter in <a href="http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590596382">Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance</a>, released by Friends of Ed in 2006.</p><p>In his spare time, Patrick pursues his passion for photography and runs a small <a href="http://www.splintered.co.uk">web/design consultancy</a>.</p><p>An outspoken accessibility and standards advocate, Patrick favours a pragmatic hands-on approach to web accessibility over purely theoretical, high-level discussions.</p><blockquote><p>"I'm an idealist by nature, but a pragmatist by trade. I’d never class myself as an expert and I certainly don’t have all the answers...I’m just an opinionated guy eager to find real world solutions 'where the rubber meets the road'."</p></blockquote> 2007-02-03 10:50:00 2007 webstandards;css;cascading style sheets;design;web design; development;web development;presentation;conference;microsoft;web standards project http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ 2007-02-08 23:18:02 2007-02-08 23:17:05 redux@splintered.co.uk Patrick H. Lauke 2007-02-08 23:28:15 Shiraz Anwar 01:13:27 2007-02-09 00:54:02 Patrick H. Lauke