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  Øystein Håberg•10,710

  @Islandstone89Posted 4 months ago

  HTML:

  • Every webpage needs a <main> that wraps all of the content, except for <header> and footer>. This is vital for accessibility, as it helps screen readers identify a page's "main" section. Wrap the card in a <main>.

  • Alt text should be written naturally, without using - between the words. You should not use words like "image", as screen readers announce images as "image" by default.

  • I would wrap the date in a <time> element:<p>Published <time datetime="2023-12-21">21 Dec 2023</time></p>.

  • Headings should always be in order, so you never start with a <h3>. Change it into a <h2>. An <h1> is reserved for the main heading on a page, which would likely not be a card heading.

  CSS:

  • Including a CSS Reset at the top is good practice.

  • I like to add 1rem of padding on the body, to ensure the card doesn't touch the edges on small screens.

  • On the body, change height to min-height - this way, the content will not get cut off if it grows beneath the viewport.

  • Except for the author image, remove all widths and heights. Except for icons, you rarely want to set fixed dimensions(especially heights), as this easily creates issues with responsiveness.

  • Add a max-width of around 20rem on the card, to prevent it from getting too wide on larger screens.

  • font-size must never be in px. This is a big accessibility issue, as it prevents the font size from scaling with the user's default setting in the browser. Use rem instead.

  • It's best practice to set display: block and max-width: 100% on images. The max-width prevents images from overflowing their container if the intrinsic width of the image is larger than the container width.

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