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Developing the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards’ UI components
We’ve received many questions about the UI components that are in the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards. In this post, we’ll talk about how we built the components to be accessible so anyone can use them, the structure of our CSS and JavaScript stacks, and how it’s being adapted to work with other frameworks, like WordPress and Drupal.Continue reading about Developing the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards’ UI components
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Best practices for building an accessible website using the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards
When you work for the federal government, accessibility isn’t simply a nice-to-have — it’s the law. That’s why the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards set developers on the path of creating websites that anyone can use. The Draft Standards feature documentation that can help you keep your websites accessible, even after you make modifications. -
How to integrate the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards into existing projects
One of the most common questions we receive is: Should I integrate the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards into my existing project? The answer is: it depends.Continue reading about How to integrate the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards into existing projects
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Happy Valentine's Day from the U.S. Web Design Standards team
This Valentine’s Day, we’re sharing some love from the Standards, which include a library of open source UI components and a visual style guide for U.S. federal government websites. These tools — and these Valentine’s Day cards — follow industry-standard web accessibility guidelines and use the best practices of existing style libraries and modern web design.Continue reading about Happy Valentine's Day from the U.S. Web Design Standards team
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Hacking inclusion: How we customized a bot to gently correct people who use the word 'guys'
We want to build a diverse and inclusive workplace where people use more inclusive language so we recently customized Slackbot's autoresponses to respond automatically with different phrases if someone uses the words 'guys' or 'guyz' in an 18F chat room. -
Introducing the U.S. Web Design Standards
The U.S. Web Design Standards is the U.S. government’s very own set of common UI components and visual styles for websites. It’s a resource designed to make things easier for government designers and developers, while raising the bar on what the American people can expect from their digital experiences.Continue reading about Introducing the U.S. Web Design Standards
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