Ian Lloyd

Current

• Author: The Ultimate HTML Reference at SitePoint
• Owner at Accessify.com
• Senior Web Developer at Nationwide Building Society

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Past

• Technical Reviewer: Web Development Solutions: Ajax, APIs, Libraries, and Hosted Services Made Easy at Apress
• Co-author: Pro CSS Techniques at Apress Publishing
• Technical Reviewer: HTML Mastery at Friends Of Ed

• Co-author: Web Standards Creativity at Apress Publishing
• Author: Build Your Website the Right Way with HTML and CSS at Sitepoint Pty, Australia
• Technical Reviewer: Building First Class Web Sites at SitePoint Pty, Australia
• Web Developer at Nationwide Building Society
• Assistant Editor, Nationwide News at Nationwide Building Society

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Education

• Barton Peveril 6th Form College
• King Edward VI Grammar School

Recommended

7 people have recommended Ian

Connections

148 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Ian Lloyd’s Summary

Long-standing evangelist in the world of web standards and accessibility. Authored, co-authored and been technical author on a number of books on the topic of building and designing web sites.

Member of the Web Standards Project; owner of much respected and long-running accessibility resource Accessify.com.

Skills: UI design, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (expert level +), Information Architecture, Usability
Software: Dreamweaver, HomeSite, Photoshop, Expression Web, Visual Studio (Interdev), BBEdit,

Full-time Windows user at work (expert)
Mac user and fan at home (expert +)
Familiar with Ubuntu Linux (beginner)

Ian Lloyd’s Specialties:

accessibility, web accessibility, standards, web standards, HTML, CSS, javascript, unobtrusive javascript, JSON, usability, PHP, MySQL, SEO, search engine optimization, search engine optimisation, evangelist, evangelism, speaker, markup, accessify, accessify.com

Ian Lloyd’s Experience

• Author: The Ultimate HTML Reference

  SitePoint

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2007 — Present (7 months)

  The Ultimate HTML Reference lists all the elements and attributes defined by current web standards and provides extensive information about browser support for these features. Available free online at:
  
  http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/
  
  Soon to be available as a hard-cover book.

• Owner

  Accessify.com

  (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  December 2002 — Present (5 years 6 months)

  I have been running Accessify for over 5 years, although these days it almost runs itself (minus the occassional news/blog post). It is best known for its accessibility tools and wizards (http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/).
  
  I have spoken at a number of conferences because of my involvement with Accessify, including (but not not an exhaustive list):
  
  * South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, Austin, Texas
  * @media, London, UK
  * UK Usability Professionals Association, London

• Senior Web Developer

  Nationwide Building Society

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; NWIDE; Banking industry)

  June 2000 — Present (8 years)

  My role at Nationwide straddles development and design (although I lean more in the direction of developer). I am the go-to guy when a design needs to be turned around into a cross-browser proof solution, created in semantic, standards-compliant markup, that is accessible too.
  
  I am not in management, but am a lead person within the area, with very much a hands-on role.
  
  I have been with the company for 17 years (minus one year out when I travelled around the world). For many, this may be viewed as a negative thing - that I may be lacking drive. A quick glance at the profile below will show that I have been very active on the web outside of my day-to-day work, and I try my best to incorporate the topics in my daily work. I am also quite happy with the place that I work - the company is a good employer with a track record for keeping the employees happy. So I am up for the challenge of a new role, but am also going to choosy about anything offered.

• Technical Reviewer: Web Development Solutions: Ajax, APIs, Libraries, and Hosted Services Made Easy

  Apress

  (Internet industry)

  September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

• Co-author: Pro CSS Techniques

  Apress Publishing

  (Internet industry)

  May 2006 — November 2006 (7 months)

  Co-authored (four chapters) for Professional CSS Techniques along with Dan Rubin and Jeff Croft.
  
  More info available here:
  
  http://rubyurl.com/jEE (Amazon)
  http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10187 (Apress)
  
  Blurb taken from Apress site:
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  Pro CSS Techniques is the ultimate CSS book for the modern web developer. If you’ve already got web design and development basics under your belt, but want to take your knowledge to the next level and unleash the full power of CSS in your web sites, then this is the book for you. It is a collection of proven CSS techniques that you can use daily to get the most out of the time you spend on your projects, from start to finish.

• Technical Reviewer: HTML Mastery

  Friends Of Ed

  (Internet industry)

  May 2006 — October 2006 (6 months)

  I was technical reviewer for Paul Haine's excellent book on HTML - one of those jobs where it was difficult to find fault (Paul's excellent writing made this technical reviewing role very straightforward!).
  
  More info, taken from http://htmlmastery.com/:
  
  "Why settle for average HTML, when you can become a master of it? Markup is the fabric that holds the web together, but most people only scratch the surface of what can be achieved using (X)HTML.
  
  That's where this unique book comes in—it's aimed at web designers and developers who have already mastered the basics of HTML and web design, but want to take their markup further, making it leaner and more semantically rich, for a more efficient, more usable/accessible web site.
  
  HTML Mastery does all that and more, showing all of the HTML tags available, including less commonly used ones, where and how to use them, and clever styling and scripting techniques that you can employ to take advantage of them on your web site. ... "

• Co-author: Web Standards Creativity

  Apress Publishing

  (Internet industry)

  May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

  I wrote one chapter for this book (as did all of the co-authors) and it was on the topic of printing selective portions of web pages, using DOM/JavaScript to hide or show print CSS regions.
  
  More info, taken from: http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590598032
  
  "By Cameron Adams, Mark Boulton, Andy Budd, Andy Clarke, Simon Collison, Jeff Croft, Derek Featherstone, Ian Lloyd, Ethan Marcotte, Dan Rubin, Rob Weychert
  
  * Be inspired by 10 web design lessons from 10 of the world’s best web designers
  * Get creative with cutting-edge XHTML, CSS, and DOM scripting techniques
  * Learn breathtaking design skills while remaining standards-compliant"

• Author: Build Your Website the Right Way with HTML and CSS

  Sitepoint Pty, Australia

  (Internet industry)

  February 2005 — November 2005 (10 months)

  This is my first completely self-penned book and it is on the topic of HTML and CSS but for the absolute beginner.
  
  Here's what some recent buyers had to say:
  
  * "Extremely informational for me. I have designed just a few medical websites and Mr. Lloyd's presentation has motivated me to redesign and include enhancements he so clearly illustrates. A very easy read and understandable. Highly recommend.", David Brown 5 stars, 14 Mar 2007
  
  * "You cant buy a better book for HTML & CSS. Everything you need, nothing we dont", Mark LaRosa 5 stars, 6 Mar 2007
  
  * "This was exactly the book I was looking for. I'm a seasoned programmer but never did any website design. ... Luckily I stumbled upon SitePoint ... I can say that this was exactly the right decision ... Thanks Ian, thanks SitePoint.", Hans van de Ven" 5 stars, 17 Feb 2007
  
  More reviews available here:
  
  http://www.sitepoint.com/books/usercomment.php?p=html1
  http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/reviews/index.html#reviews

• Technical Reviewer: Building First Class Web Sites

  SitePoint Pty, Australia

  (Internet industry)

  July 2004 — November 2004 (5 months)

  Technical reviewer for Shirley Kaiser's book Delivering First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists.
  
  More info, taken from http://skdesigns.com/book/
  
  "Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists, by SKDesigns' owner Shirley Kaiser, is the only organized and easy-to-use compilation of guidelines, checklists and tips for building modern, best-practice Web sites. You'll find essential Web site checklists that cover all the bases — from planning, creating, designing, and implementing, all the way through long-term management. Published by SitePoint Books July, 2006, this new foundational book is packed with helpful checklists and resources for Web site designers, developers, site owners, and anyone involved in Web site projects."

• Web Developer

  Nationwide Building Society

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; NWIDE; Banking industry)

  June 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 1 month)

  Back-end web developer, using Microsoft technologies, specifically ASP, VB, some SQL Server. Also involved in front-end (UI) design, namely HTML and CSS until, ultimately, leaving for a more UI-related role in the same company.

• Assistant Editor, Nationwide News

  Nationwide Building Society

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; NWIDE; Banking industry)

  June 1995 — June 1998 (3 years 1 month)

  Assistant editor (one of two) to editor for Nationwide's employee publication, circulation approx 14,000 copies per month. Initially a writer only, I developed in the job to learn DTP (Quark), Mac System 7 and PhotoShop. While writing on this team, I learnt HTML with a view to porting the newsletter to the fledgling company intranet but ultimately left for a more technical role as this was not changing quickly enough for me.

Ian Lloyd’s Education

• Barton Peveril 6th Form College

  French, German, Business Studies - A' Level 1988 — 1990

• King Edward VI Grammar School

  1983 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Secondary School - Prestigious school in Southampton, UK

Additional Information

Ian Lloyd’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Ian Lloyd’s Interests:

Industry-specific: web standards, accessibility, standards, blogging, social software, networking, tagging, taxonomy, folksonomy Personal: photography, volkswagens, air-cooled, travel, writing

Ian Lloyd’s Honors:

Finalist in 2004 Annual Web Awards (Developer Resource Category), South By South West Festival [winner was CSS Zen Garden]

Ian Lloyd’s Contact Settings

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