Here's some things to think about that will keep accessibility in mind: * resizable text (designer) * sufficent contrast (designer) * associate labels with form controls (designer/developer) * meaningful link text (content owner) * content chunks with good headings (content owner)
Accessibility does not start with valid code. Valid code is nice, of course, however, accessibility is a usability concern that goes beyond machine validation and into areas such as the structual, IA, visual design, and content of a site. It is possible to have create pages which validate (including WAI Priority 1) that present siginificant barriers to people with (and without) disabilities. Conversely, it is possible to produce a very accessible site where the markup does not validate. What's more important IMHO is that you use structural markup as it is intended (e.g. h1-h6, strong, em). My understanding is that it takes some extra effort to get .net to produce good markup and getting the dev's to do their bit first is a good. The hardest part is getting content owners to write well for the internet and the intended audience. kind regards Terrence Wood. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +64-4-8033354 mobile: +64-21-120-1234 kvnmcwebn said: > hello all, > Ive started designing sites for this company that specilizes in .net > databases driven/xml feed type sites. I just give them a graphics file and > they slice it up. Anyway they asked me yesterday if i could do this > particular job with web accessability in mind. But heres the thing-when > they > mark up my designs and ad the vb .net code a typical page will be running > validation errors in the hundreds. I told them that they need to start > with > web standards and get thier pages to validate before they start on > accessability. > Was that sound advice? ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
