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Atricle Dump - The Top 20 Things You Can Do to Make Your Website Accessible
When in your compliance job interview there are going to be questions you feel comfortable asking, while other you may find more difficult. We’ve come up with ways you shouldn’t answer eight popular job interview questions.What are your strengths & weaknesses – Don’t Say You Have No Faults… It will only make you look over confident and arrogant, not hugely appealing qualities in a candidate for an insurance job. Think of some honest fault you have, explain why they can be a problem, suggest ways in which the faults can at times be beneficial and explain how you deal with these faults.Proudest Achievements – Don’t Say Something Irrelevant – you might be very proud of the sports day when you won the egg and spoon at primary school, but it’s irrelevant to compliance. If you are asked this question tell your interviewers about a
Multimedia (Video, applets, and Plug-ins):
Try and provide alternatives when using multimedia. If you’re using streaming video for example, which has sounds or dialog, your two best options would be to either provide closed-captioning for the video or provide a text version for the dialogue. (This actually helps non-visually impaired viewers who have dial up instead of DSL, or for the times when the amateur video sound quality is poor.
When you use applets or plug-ins, look for alternative methods of presenting information such as text links, without relying on the applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages.
So, how do you know if your Website meets the accessibility guidelines?
You can use the Bobby Program. “Bobby” is a free Java-based program that searches through your Website to check its accessibility. Although it can’t analyze page content, it can analyze coding and the readability of your Website.
If you’re interested in finding out how accessible your Website is already co
Myspace has been a success beyond every imagination. Nobody had imagined that a networking website could become so populatr amongst teenagers and break many records on the Internet. iend has the option of keeping or deleting the comment. All the users can view these comments andMyspace comments have played a big role in this popularity. Let us find out how.Myspace comments- what are they?On myspace a user can contact friends and send messages in different ways. Most of these features are common with other networking websites. But comments are different. For making a comment on your friend's page, you go to his page and add a comment. Your fr that has made them such a big success. Teenagers like to show their comments to everyone. They want people to come and read what ever has been said about them.Myspace comments- how they use human psychology?
But what about your Website? Have you done all you can, to assure that your Website is accessible?
Here is a checklist you can use, to determine if your Website is as accessible as it could be. (Note: These actions vary from fairly simple to complex, and this list is not meant to be considered the only options or actions you can take to make your site more accessible).
1. Have you provided a text equivalent for every non-text element on your site? Non-text elements include: images, graphical representations of text (including symbols), animations (including animated GIFs), image map areas, programmatic objects and applets, ASCII art, scripts, spacers, frames, images used for list bullets, buttons, sounds (whether automatic or by user interaction), video, audio tracks of video and stand alone audio files.
2. Have you ensured that any information conveyed with color is also available without it?
3. Are changes in the natural language of all pages on your Website and any text equivalents (such as captions) clearly identified?
4. Are all documents on your Website organized so that they can be read without style sheets?
5. Do you update all equivalents for dynamic content every time you update the dynamic content itself?
6. Have you eliminated any special effects from your Website that cause the screen to flicker?
7. Are you using clear and simple language in all content placed on your Website?
8. If you use images and image maps, are you providing redundant text links for each active region of your server-side image map?
9. If you use images and image maps, are you providing client-side image maps (instead of server-side) whenever possible?
10. When using data tables, have you identified the row and column headers?
11. If you use frames, have you titled each frame to make it easier for users to navigate your site and identify the frames?
12. When using applets and scripts, have you made sure that the pages are useable when all programmatic objects are not supported, or turned off? (If that isn’t possible, have you provided the information on an alternative accessible page?)
13. When using multimedia, have you provided an auditory description of the most important visual information on a multimedia presentation?
14. When using any time-based multimedia presentation (such as a movie or animation), have you synchronized the equivalent alternatives such as captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track to the presentation?
15. Have you made sure that the background and foreground colors on your Website have enough contrast so that when someone with a color deficit looks at it (or your Website is viewed with a black and white screen) they can still read it clearly?
16. Have you clearly identified the target of each link?
17. Have you provided a place to get information about your site, either through the use of a site map, or table of contents?
18. Have you clearly identified the primary language of your Website?
19. Have you provided information so that users can choose how they want to receive documents – by content type, language, etc.)?
20. Have you provided summaries for all the tables on your site?
Here are some simple steps you can take that don’t require much work or technical ability:
Graphs and Charts:
When working with graphs and charts, make sure you’ve provided enough information that any graphs or charts aren’t needed to understand the article, but are just supplements to it. You can also use the “alt” tag to provide information about them.
Image Maps:
Provide alternative text anywhere that the user must click on your Website, so that if they’ve turned off the graphics, or can’t view them, they can still understand what your site is about and can navigate around it. (Note: This method still doesn’t work with all browsers, but at least you’re trying!)
Tables:
When working with headers, use the “th” attribute so that users with a visual impairment can hear the table headers from their screen reader.
Hypertext Links:
When using hypertext links, use text that will make sense when a screen reader reads allowed to a visually impaired user.
Bold Face
When writing your sales copy, use the “em” instead of the “b” tag. By using the emphasis tag, a screen reader’s tone will change, adding emphasis to what is on the screen. If you use a bold tag, the screen reader can’t recognize the change, and all of the copy will be read in the same tone.
Multimedia (Video, applets, and Plug-ins):
Try and provide alternatives when using multimedia. If you’re using streaming video for example, which has sounds or dialog, your two best options would be to either provide closed-captioning for the video or provide a text version for the dialogue. (This actually helps non-visually impaired viewers who have dial up instead of DSL, or for the times when the amateur video sound quality is poor.
When you use applets or plug-ins, look for alternative methods of presenting information such as text links, without relying on the applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages.
So, how do you know if your Website meets the accessibility guidelines?
You can use the Bobby Program. “Bobby” is a free Java-based program that searches through your Website to check its accessibility. Although it can’t analyze page content, it can analyze coding and the readability of your Website.
If you’re interested in finding out how accessible your Website is already con
Do not pay anyone or any service to submit your website to major search engines.They will just enter your site using software designed to do this, which is something you can do for yourself. This type of software is rather inexpensive; in fact many hosting services include this service.Better yet, exchange links with other websites. Search engines ‘rank’ your site according to the number of hits it gets. You can improve your ranking by having your website URL posted on others.When another website that has your URL on it is ‘spidered’ by a search engine, it will pick-up your site as well. If this other site has a high ranking, so will yours.There are many methods to do this. One is reciprocal linking;Go to a search engine and find websites that are similar to yours. Locate the email for the site’s webmaster and send them an email, asking
2. Have you ensured that any information conveyed with color is also available without it?
3. Are changes in the natural language of all pages on your Website and any text equivalents (such as captions) clearly identified?
4. Are all documents on your Website organized so that they can be read without style sheets?
5. Do you update all equivalents for dynamic content every time you update the dynamic content itself?
6. Have you eliminated any special effects from your Website that cause the screen to flicker?
7. Are you using clear and simple language in all content placed on your Website?
8. If you use images and image maps, are you providing redundant text links for each active region of your server-side image map?
9. If you use images and image maps, are you providing client-side image maps (instead of server-side) whenever possible?
10. When using data tables, have you identified the row and column headers?
11. If you use frames, have you titled each frame to make it easier for users to navigate your site and identify the frames?
12. When using applets and scripts, have you made sure that the pages are useable when all programmatic objects are not supported, or turned off? (If that isn’t possible, have you provided the information on an alternative accessible page?)
13. When using multimedia, have you provided an auditory description of the most important visual information on a multimedia presentation?
14. When using any time-based multimedia presentation (such as a movie or animation), have you synchronized the equivalent alternatives such as captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track to the presentation?
15. Have you made sure that the background and foreground colors on your Website have enough contrast so that when someone with a color deficit looks at it (or your Website is viewed with a black and white screen) they can still read it clearly?
16. Have you clearly identified the target of each link?
17. Have you provided a place to get information about your site, either through the use of a site map, or table of contents?
18. Have you clearly identified the primary language of your Website?
19. Have you provided information so that users can choose how they want to receive documents – by content type, language, etc.)?
20. Have you provided summaries for all the tables on your site?
Here are some simple steps you can take that don’t require much work or technical ability:
Graphs and Charts:
When working with graphs and charts, make sure you’ve provided enough information that any graphs or charts aren’t needed to understand the article, but are just supplements to it. You can also use the “alt” tag to provide information about them.
Image Maps:
Provide alternative text anywhere that the user must click on your Website, so that if they’ve turned off the graphics, or can’t view them, they can still understand what your site is about and can navigate around it. (Note: This method still doesn’t work with all browsers, but at least you’re trying!)
Tables:
When working with headers, use the “th” attribute so that users with a visual impairment can hear the table headers from their screen reader.
Hypertext Links:
When using hypertext links, use text that will make sense when a screen reader reads allowed to a visually impaired user.
Bold Face
When writing your sales copy, use the “em” instead of the “b” tag. By using the emphasis tag, a screen reader’s tone will change, adding emphasis to what is on the screen. If you use a bold tag, the screen reader can’t recognize the change, and all of the copy will be read in the same tone.
Multimedia (Video, applets, and Plug-ins):
Try and provide alternatives when using multimedia. If you’re using streaming video for example, which has sounds or dialog, your two best options would be to either provide closed-captioning for the video or provide a text version for the dialogue. (This actually helps non-visually impaired viewers who have dial up instead of DSL, or for the times when the amateur video sound quality is poor.
When you use applets or plug-ins, look for alternative methods of presenting information such as text links, without relying on the applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages.
So, how do you know if your Website meets the accessibility guidelines?
You can use the Bobby Program. “Bobby” is a free Java-based program that searches through your Website to check its accessibility. Although it can’t analyze page content, it can analyze coding and the readability of your Website.
If you’re interested in finding out how accessible your Website is already co
EBay is that magical word that sends people laughing to their bank. EBay has provided employment to millions of people directly or indirectly. EBay has taught a new way of conducting business on the net to an extent that many firms were compelled to look at this business model. Although this business model is not new, eBay used it to advantage of all the people involved in the process.When you register on eBay, you can immediately start your buying activity. This doesn’t apply for sellers. Sellers have to go through few more steps to become a registered seller on eBay, the largest online place on earth. Seller account on eBay is needed due to transaction fees charged by eBay to sellers (buyers are not charged anything or stated other way round, the fees is included in the final price). The simple seller’s account set up wizard guides you through to set up the acco
13. When using multimedia, have you provided an auditory description of the most important visual information on a multimedia presentation?
14. When using any time-based multimedia presentation (such as a movie or animation), have you synchronized the equivalent alternatives such as captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track to the presentation?
15. Have you made sure that the background and foreground colors on your Website have enough contrast so that when someone with a color deficit looks at it (or your Website is viewed with a black and white screen) they can still read it clearly?
16. Have you clearly identified the target of each link?
17. Have you provided a place to get information about your site, either through the use of a site map, or table of contents?
18. Have you clearly identified the primary language of your Website?
19. Have you provided information so that users can choose how they want to receive documents – by content type, language, etc.)?
20. Have you provided summaries for all the tables on your site?
Here are some simple steps you can take that don’t require much work or technical ability:
Graphs and Charts:
When working with graphs and charts, make sure you’ve provided enough information that any graphs or charts aren’t needed to understand the article, but are just supplements to it. You can also use the “alt” tag to provide information about them.
Image Maps:
Provide alternative text anywhere that the user must click on your Website, so that if they’ve turned off the graphics, or can’t view them, they can still understand what your site is about and can navigate around it. (Note: This method still doesn’t work with all browsers, but at least you’re trying!)
Tables:
When working with headers, use the “th” attribute so that users with a visual impairment can hear the table headers from their screen reader.
Hypertext Links:
When using hypertext links, use text that will make sense when a screen reader reads allowed to a visually impaired user.
Bold Face
When writing your sales copy, use the “em” instead of the “b” tag. By using the emphasis tag, a screen reader’s tone will change, adding emphasis to what is on the screen. If you use a bold tag, the screen reader can’t recognize the change, and all of the copy will be read in the same tone.
Multimedia (Video, applets, and Plug-ins):
Try and provide alternatives when using multimedia. If you’re using streaming video for example, which has sounds or dialog, your two best options would be to either provide closed-captioning for the video or provide a text version for the dialogue. (This actually helps non-visually impaired viewers who have dial up instead of DSL, or for the times when the amateur video sound quality is poor.
When you use applets or plug-ins, look for alternative methods of presenting information such as text links, without relying on the applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages.
So, how do you know if your Website meets the accessibility guidelines?
You can use the Bobby Program. “Bobby” is a free Java-based program that searches through your Website to check its accessibility. Although it can’t analyze page content, it can analyze coding and the readability of your Website.
If you’re interested in finding out how accessible your Website is already co
I am probably a bit slow on the uptake of this but it is something that really hadn't interested me until not too long ago when I started to hear things about that some people are going to ask me some advice on how to use eBay to their advantage. I'm not just talking about the average Joe that wants to have an auction I'm talking about someone who wants to make money out of it, just like a normal online store.So it wasn't until today that I set out to discover if eBay could really be more then just an auction site.I had a few theory's that I had come up with about eBay a before I set out to find out what was on offer.1. If you were to make any kind of money you would want to have a store which had a permanent address. 2. You would need some kind of product that consumers would want to buy online.So what did I learn, well quite simply I was corr
20. Have you provided summaries for all the tables on your site?
Here are some simple steps you can take that don’t require much work or technical ability:
Graphs and Charts:
When working with graphs and charts, make sure you’ve provided enough information that any graphs or charts aren’t needed to understand the article, but are just supplements to it. You can also use the “alt” tag to provide information about them.
Image Maps:
Provide alternative text anywhere that the user must click on your Website, so that if they’ve turned off the graphics, or can’t view them, they can still understand what your site is about and can navigate around it. (Note: This method still doesn’t work with all browsers, but at least you’re trying!)
Tables:
When working with headers, use the “th” attribute so that users with a visual impairment can hear the table headers from their screen reader.
Hypertext Links:
When using hypertext links, use text that will make sense when a screen reader reads allowed to a visually impaired user.
Bold Face
When writing your sales copy, use the “em” instead of the “b” tag. By using the emphasis tag, a screen reader’s tone will change, adding emphasis to what is on the screen. If you use a bold tag, the screen reader can’t recognize the change, and all of the copy will be read in the same tone.
Multimedia (Video, applets, and Plug-ins):
Try and provide alternatives when using multimedia. If you’re using streaming video for example, which has sounds or dialog, your two best options would be to either provide closed-captioning for the video or provide a text version for the dialogue. (This actually helps non-visually impaired viewers who have dial up instead of DSL, or for the times when the amateur video sound quality is poor.
When you use applets or plug-ins, look for alternative methods of presenting information such as text links, without relying on the applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages.
So, how do you know if your Website meets the accessibility guidelines?
You can use the Bobby Program. “Bobby” is a free Java-based program that searches through your Website to check its accessibility. Although it can’t analyze page content, it can analyze coding and the readability of your Website.
If you’re interested in finding out how accessible your Website is already co
It's a strange anomaly.Most people who set out to start their own business, no matter what type, build it for failure, not success.Crazy isn't it? But true.The saddest part in all this, is that they don't even know that they are destined for failure long before their dreams shatter and break apart.Statistics tell us that within 5 years of start up 90% of all small business will go under.My personal experience shows me that 98% of all home based business will do the same.Why?Because they lack the fundamental skills, education and development to plan ahead, foresee the pitfalls, and capitalise on gains.Here is a key secret to business success. It's "Easy to Do", it's also "Easy not to Do."That applies to everything. It's easy to do a business plan. It's also easy not to do one.It's easy to create a market
Multimedia (Video, applets, and Plug-ins):
Try and provide alternatives when using multimedia. If you’re using streaming video for example, which has sounds or dialog, your two best options would be to either provide closed-captioning for the video or provide a text version for the dialogue. (This actually helps non-visually impaired viewers who have dial up instead of DSL, or for the times when the amateur video sound quality is poor.
When you use applets or plug-ins, look for alternative methods of presenting information such as text links, without relying on the applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages.
So, how do you know if your Website meets the accessibility guidelines?
You can use the Bobby Program. “Bobby” is a free Java-based program that searches through your Website to check its accessibility. Although it can’t analyze page content, it can analyze coding and the readability of your Website.
If you’re interested in finding out how accessible your Website is already considered to be, you can go to: http://webxact.watchfire.com/
WebXACT is a free online service that lets you test single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.
If you’re interested in learning more about web accessibility, or you know someone who needs information or access to resources for a disability, you can get more information from the following links:
http://www.gatech.edu/accessibility/
AWARE: Accessible Web Authoring Resources & Education
http://www.awarecenter.org/
Bobby Version 3.2
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
CSS2 Tutorial
http://www.dynamicdeezign.com/css/introduction.html
IBM Accessibility Center
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/
IBM: Java Accessibility
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/accessjava.html
Is YOUR Website Accessible?
http://www.janejarrow.com/tv_station/webaccess/
WAI (Website Accessibility Initiative) http://www.w3.org/WAI/
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