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.
