Images that convey meaning or context must have alt text. AI generators will write alt text for you. We had a look at some of the outputs. Our conclusion? Always manually review AI generated content to ensure it makes sense in the context of your page content.
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Everyday digital webinars. Digital sustainability: lower the carbon footprint of your website and give new life to your old tech. Thursday 16 April at 11am. With Chris Butterworth, PHP Developer at Studio 24, and Susan Gowling, Founder of Sustainable Tech 4 Good.
Join our webinar! We will explain how you can reduce the carbon footprint of your website and what you can do with your old tech to both save waste and help close the digital divide.
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We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 16 April.
Cyber crime is like people checking your front door to see if it's locked. Read our tips to improve password security and bolt the door.
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A look at the history of responsive web design and why it's important for accessibility www.studio24.net/blog/15-year...
Congratulations to our developer, Chris Butterworth, who has joined the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group as an invited expert. Chris be helping with any new guidelines as well as discussing up and coming challenges with other thought leaders in the space.
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Our Everyday Digital webinar on website accessibility is now available to watch on YouTube: youtu.be/27CQB99l23Y
Are you unsure how accessible your website is? Find out with our accessibility review.
We check for the presence of ten different types of accessibility issues, show you where the issues are occurring, & explain why they can be a problem for your website visitors.
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We look at some of the different roles involved in building a website and how these people have a shared responsibility for accessibility, as well as looking at how to start building a culture of accessibility in your organisation. www.studio24.net/blog/who-is-...
There’s no such thing as an accessible colour. What matters is how colours are combined and the contrast between them.
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Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting around 10% of the population. For Dyslexia Awareness Week, our Front-End Lead Developer, Nicola, has written some pointers for both website devs and content editors on how we can reduce online barriers.
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What can those of us working in digital do to tackle digital poverty?
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Two women and two men are standing in front of a pull-up banner which has the Digital Poverty Alliance logo on it. One of the men is holding a card in the shape of a call-out. It says: Digital access is a basic right. I'm taking action to end digital poverty.
We attended the End Digital Poverty Day reception to learn how organisations are helping to close the digital divide.
Digital access is a basic right. Find out how your organisation can take action to end digital poverty: digitalpovertyalliance.org
12 Sept is End Digital Poverty Day. Website performance plays an important part in accessibility as it considers the needs of people with limited data connectivity and older, less powerful devices.
You can read more about website accessibility in our blog post: www.studio24.net/blog/what-ac...
An introduction to website sustainability, looking at things that can affect your carbon footprint, including hosting and content. We also look at how sustainability supports accessibility.
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About 3 million people in the UK are colour blind. For Colour Blind Awareness Day (6 September), we wrote about the accessibility considerations for colour use on websites, including visible links and error notifications.
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Lovely news! We've been nominated for a Digital Inclusion Award from the Digital Poverty Alliance 😀
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We've just finished 3 weeks with our Year 12 work experience student. He did fantastically well! Read all about his time on the Studio 24 dev team in this blog post: www.studio24.net/blog/work-ex...
Our Year 10 work experience student has made a video that shows a day in the life at Studio 24. He's really captured our expertise... or expert-teas if you will 😆
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Our PMs visited Camp Digital in Manchester last week. It's a really enjoyable conference! And this edition put the human experience at the heart of design and digital - from trauma-informed design in websites to the importance of empathy in product design.
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Selfie of a man and a woman. The woman is holding up the card on her lanyard which says Camp Digital 2025, Claire McDermott, Head of Delivery, Studio 24. It has a pixelated logo of a camp fire.
Our PMs are at Camp Digital in Manchester today and are looking forward to an inspiring day of talks around all aspects of design and digital.
We've really enjoyed working with @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on their map project.
We designed 18 maps, based on the Library’s historical research, to help students understand the geographic scope and impact of the Holocaust.
You can read more in our case study: www.studio24.net/work/designi...
Our PMs are heading to Manchester tomorrow for Camp Digital - the whole agenda looks fab, but they are particularly looking forward to hearing talks from Matt Jukes and Per Axbom.
Anyone else going?
www.nexerdigital.com/campdigital/...
Jamie attended @pixelpioneers.co conference on front-end development. He felt inspired to write about his favourite talks covering accessibility, AI, legacy code, and ARIA.
Highly recommended - have it on your radar for 2026! Read Jamie's highlights from 2025 here: www.studio24.net/blog/pixel-p...
A new blog post from our developer Jamie Curran, on how he used his volunteer days to help build a new website for Wicklow Pride, including migrating the site from WiX to Craft CMS and managing the big spikes in traffic resulting from a media storm. 🏳️🌈
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Earlier this year, our Head of Delivery, Claire McDermott, was a judge for the BIMA 100. Claire's blog post shares her experience as a judge, the importance of digital sustainability, and celebrating a win with the wonderful Zuzana Kunckova.
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Need a refresher on how to create accessible content for your website? Read our guide: www.studio24.net/guides/acces...
We're a @craftcms.com partner! Have a look at our services and work on the Craft website.
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We're hiring! PHP developers - please visit our website for more information and to apply. Thank you.
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My Whole Self Day from Mental Health First Aid England is on 11 March. We like to mark this day because it's important for our team to feel happy, connected, and supported to do their best work. And a big 'thank you' today to our two mental health first aiders.
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