GermWorks - Web Design & Life

We all want our websites to be continually visited, read and linked too. One way is via social bookmarks like Diggit, StumbleUpon, Delicous etc but what about another method that will make sure your viewer sees your website every time they fire up their Internet browser?
Yes I am talking about a simple Plugin or JavaScript […]

One thing that gets me is designers (no names mentioned) who code their images using title and alt tags. Some believe that it is for SEO purposes and that using both gives you better results and others try and be too accessible and include everything.
This post will try and explain the real purpose of alt […]

JP2 Designs has just released the Australian Jubilee World Harvest church website. A lot of JP2 Designs websites have been based on WordPress php software using it as a CMS however it was decided that we would develop this without the need of a CMS. The reason why we did this was because the content […]

I recently read an article by TJK Design about the issue that Screen Readers do not read Definition lists properly. The article talks about how most coders today instead of using Definition Lists they use headings and divs. While this is interesting and TJKs article successfully reaches a middle ground by using DOM script to […]

November last year I raised an issue in getting Google Maps to work the way I wanted it to for the Jubilee World Harvest website. I wanted a way that a viewer can find their way to the church by using Google Maps. The solution I previously found was to send them to google maps […]

Have been creating some forms for the new Jubilee World Harvest website and I made the decision to use a third party to host the forms, however I wanted FULL control of the forms and that is one reason why I decided to use JotForm, which I recommend.Basic Form example: What is best way to […]

Designer’s Toolkit, The: 500 Grids and Style SheetsThis is the first of the books I picked up in Malyasia.
As a web coder who wished they had more talent as a graphic designer this is a handy book as it includes a CD with templates for brochures, newsletters and flyers.
The “Designer’s Toolkit, The: 500 Grids […]

I was browsing my GermWorks blog stats and one of the search queries was “Why do sites only use half the screen“. In looking at the search results, this has not been answered that well. Hears my answer for this question, as always please add your own thoughts.
People use different computer screens and resolutions
This means […]

We are nearly at a new year, dont they go fast? Almost as fast as the Internet or so I thought. I used to see the web as a fast moving medium with new trends happening all the time. With getting married and leaving the computer alone for two weeks I was afraid of missing […]

I am an online Commonwealth bank user and I am fed up with their new design and designers ignoring basic accesibility and simple unwritten rules of web design. Before I mentioned I use a mobile phone to browse the Internet at times and I challenge anyone to try and view this website on your […]