Category: Check Points

100 Point Checlist to Web Accessibility

Posted by – July 31, 2010

Make your site accessible, To help you achieve this I have put together a 100 point checklist.

The first 20 Points are available here for FREE.  A PDF with the full checklist will be available for download soon.

Checkpoint
1. Does Each page have a unique and helpful Title.
2. Does your site have a consistent layout.
3. Do all images have a ALT Tag with a helpful description of the image.
4. If your site has background music is it easily able to turned off by your visitor.
5. Are there Text based alternatives to any Flash based content.
6. Do all links contain accurate descriptions on where they redirect the user to.
7. Do the colors on your web site have appropriate contrast.
8. Do you have text based alternatives to any Java based content on your site.
9. Have you provided text based alternatives to any multimedia content on your web site e.g. videos, flash animations.
10. If you have used forms in your site do all the appropriate elements have labels.
11. Does your web site still flow logicaly if the user has style sheets disabled.
12. If you have used frames does each frame have an accurate title so it can be easily identified.
13. If data tables are present do you they have meaningful Row and column Headers.
14. Have you provided detailed descriptions of any table.
15. Have you used the clearest and simplest language for site content.
16. Have you Divided large blocks of information into more manageable groups where natural and appropriate.
17. Have you provided keyboard shortcuts for the appropriate links.
18. Have you provided the appropriate Metadata for each page.
19. Did you use style sheets to control layout and formating where appropriate.
20. Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.

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10 Things You Can Do To Make Your Web Site More Accessible

Posted by – February 8, 2010

Today we are going to look at 10 simple easy to make changes to your Web Site that can make it a lot more accessible.

1. Always add ALT tags to all your images. (Description of the picture)

2. Add Title descriptions to all Links in your site. (Use the title to tell the user what site they are going to be taken to)

3. Use CSS to do all the colors and fonts on your web site (Makes it easy for people to control font sizes and colors using there browser)

4. Add a useful page title to every page in your web site (This makes it easier for people using screen readers to indetify where abouts on your site they are)

5. Offer Text based alternatives to all Flash based content on your web site (Screen readers and some browsers do not support Flash)

6. Offer Text based alternatives to all Java based content on your web site (Some Browsers and Screen Readers do not Support Java)

7. Picks background colors and fonts for your web site what are easy to read and see.

8. Where possible try to avoid using frames on your web site (These are often very confusing to navigate using Screen Readers or on mobile browsers.

9. Keep a consistent layout throughout your whole web site this makes the site more predicable and easier for the user to navigate.

10. Avoid Background Audio on your web site this can be distracting to people surfing your web site.

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