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This blog is run on a beta version of K2.

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Andy Tarr

Andy Tarr

Andy has been working with computers since she took home a self study guide to the IBM System 32 when she was a librarian and wrote the first computerized circulation system in the state of New Hampshire. You can follow her on Twitter @Sueter.

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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 04:12

Accessible Menu Basics

Credits: Vivek Chugh
Accessibility of menus is important in designing web sites. There are a few steps, some very easy, that you can do to make your menus more accessible to people who have trouble with a mouse or use a keyboard or screen reader.
Last modified on Friday, 19 June 2009 15:00
Friday, 15 May 2009 14:47

When Disaster Strikes - The Disaster

This is the second in a series of articles about a major disaster we went through and what lessons we learned from it. See the previous article for the build up or continue on to read about the disaster itself.

Last modified on Friday, 15 May 2009 16:08
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 13:50

Accessible Backend: Preparation

I am blogging on the Joomla! Community Site about the preparations I'm making prior to starting the coding of an accessible template for the backend. It turns out that there is some MVC coding work still to be done so I'll need to add some of that to my project schedule.

Last modified on Friday, 15 May 2009 14:01
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 07:44

When Disaster Strikes - Introduction

Every company should prepare for disaster, yet few small and medium sized businesses do. According to Gartner, Inc., two out of five businesses that experience a disaster are out of business within five years. Often the attitude is "It can't happen to me."

This is the start of a series of articles on my experience when it did happen to me.

Last modified on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 08:24
Friday, 24 April 2009 11:53

Joomla & Google Summer of Code

For the past 5 years Google has sponsored a summer of code where students work on various open source projects. This summer I'll be creating accessible administrator templates for Joomla's backend.

Last modified on Saturday, 25 April 2009 17:46
Friday, 24 April 2009 11:50

K2 First Look

Joomlaworks & YOOtheme have both come out with CCK extensions. I've been experimenting with Joomlaworks K2 beta version and this blog, written with K2, is the result.

Last modified on Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:33