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I've written recently about icons in web design, a trend that doesn't appear to be going out of style anytime soon. With sites like iStockPhoto.com and IconFinder.com offering thousands for download, it's clear there is no shortage of icons depicting any subject.

In part one of Giving Your Content Wings we asked the question, “Is my content findable?” In today’s installment we’ll be discussing accessibility — a broad category that covers everything from your site’s design to your contents’ reading level.

There’s a lot of web marketing advice and tips about what you’re doing wrong with your website strategy. We’re guilty of it, too. We’ve written posts about:

With the emergence of the semantic web and the proliferation of mobile browsing devices, HTML5 is all the rage in front-end web development. We can better explain to search engines the context surrounding a piece of content by using HTML5. Along with CSS3, HTML5 allows us to make active exciting website designs without the overhead and compatibility issues of Adobe Flash — especially on mobile devices. In the Drupal community numerous HTML5 themes have begun to crop up. If you plan to leverage these advantages in your next website, the question is which HTML5 base theme should you use as a starter theme.

I'm a web designer by trade but when I'm not at my actual job, I like to work on my golf swing. Web design and golf are two of my passions, I think because they have a lot in common. For all you web designers and/or golfers out there, here's some advice that goes for both.