Web Access Centre

Plan and test

Summary: The design and build of an accessible website relies on careful planning, testing and maintenance.

• Planning
• Intranets
• Content Management Systems
• Checklists
• Testing
• Maintenance

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Planning

A truly accessible website comes from careful planning, prioritising, assessment of resources, available technologies and objectives.

Find out more about planning.

Intranets

Designing for an accessible intranet is a legal requirement and has a number of different issues to take into account than public facing websites.

Find out more about intranets.

Content Management Systems

A Content management System should be both accessible to use when publishing content as well as output accessible content.

Find out more about Content management systems (CMS).

Checklists

A checklist provides clear guidance to developers, designers and content producers when building pages.

Find out more about checklists.

Testing

Testing your site for accessibility should be carried out at regular intervals using automated testing tools, manual assessment and user testing.

Find out more about testing.

Maintenance

A truly accessible website is one third planning, one third design and build and one third ongoing maintenance.

Find out more about maintenance.

For Web access centre updates email webaccess@rnib.org.uk

Content author: webaccess@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 06/03/2008 15:41