Providing accessible digital solutions for our users at the University of Bristol
I created a new internal guide on multilingual content, showing when and how to use the HTML lang attribute.
Every webpage has a main language set in its HTML code, and this is defined in the head of the page. But, if somewhere on the page the content switches to a different language, and the code doesn’t reflect that change, screen readers can misinterpret it. This oversight can lead to a WCAG compliance failure, and more importantly, it can disorient and confuse our audience.
In this blog I’ll explore the subject of optimising imagery for the website. The Content Design team holds the information that the web editor community needs to perform its tasks, and it’s important to know the best ways of presenting it.
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Recently, we received a support request to include the logo for a new Athena Swan bronze awardee. Attached to the ticket was an image file of the logo, which I’ve seen before, uploaded to many areas of the media library. I decided to take a closer look at all relevant school pages…
Continue reading: Standardising content assets for sustainable use