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Indiana University – Bloomington – Episode #103

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

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Indiana University – Bloomington 88 70 91 (249/300) 83% B

Today’s Tip:

On pages with a lot of information use a different font size, spacing or style to make content stand out. Users scanning pages looking for information will notice this block of text along with headings, links and bold items. It is a great way to not only break up large pages but also to get information in the users eyes without making it bold.

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Everest College – Episode #102

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Site Scores:

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Everest College 80 70 97 (247/300) 82% B

Today’s Tip:

Gathering personal information from users is a privilege, not a right. You should not keep program information hostage in order to get leads. If a user feels they need you to contact them they will give up the information they feel comfortable giving up.

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Lewis University – Alumni & Friends – Episode #101

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Site Scores:

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Lewis University – Alumni & Friends 80 79 30 (189/300) 63% D

Today’s Tip:

Make sure your menu items have enough padding around them to allow for someone who is no precision skilled at using a mouse the ability to still get to menu items with ease. Nothing can be more frustrating when you only have a few pixels of room to click on a menu item or link.

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North Carolina Central University – Episode #100

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Site Scores:

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North Carolina Central University 82 75 65 (222/300) 74% C

Today’s Tip:

If you are going to use iframe’s or scrolling div’s in your site make sure they are absolutely necessary and you test them with some real users before implementing them.They sound like a great idea because they act like a window to a large amount of information but they totally break the users scrolling and the information seems to be disconnected from the rest of the page.

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