Web Access Centre

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Training

WAC Blog

Accessible websites directory

Background

• Types of disability
• Accessibility myths
• Access technology
• Screen magnification
• Text-based browsers
• Graphical browsers
• Speech and braille output
  
  

Laws and standards

• The Web Accessibility Initiative
• UK law
• The Disability Discrimination Act
• Business benefits
• The ethical case
  
  

Design and build

Cascading Style Sheets

• CSS basics
• Layout and positioning
• Text and colours
• Advanced CSS

Colours

• Colour alone
• Colour contrast

Images

• Alt text
• Animated images
• Image maps
• Images of text

Multimedia

• Audio and video
• Flash
• PDFs

Navigation

• Links
• Help pages
• Hidden navigation and tabindex
• Accesskeys
• Navigation
• New windows
• Page titles
• Sitemaps

Text

• Acronyms and abbreviations
• ASCII art
• Font sizes
• Language
• Text only websites
• Writing for the web

Structure

• Data tables
• Doctypes
• Frames
• Layout tables
• Metadata
• Structure

Scripts and forms

• JavaScript
• Dynamic menus
• JavaScript in forms
• Forms
• Time-out’s and page refreshes
  
  

Plan and test

• Planning
• Intranets
• Content Management Systems
• Checklists
• Testing
• Accessibility testing tools
• Opera
• Netscape Navigator
• Internet Explorer
• Speech and braille output and screen magnification
• User testing
• Maintenance
  
  

Articles

• GIS and accessibility
• Place-holding text in form elements
• Instant accessibility. Does it work?

Case studies

• BluMedia case study
• BT Intranet case study
• JK Rowling
• NHS Quality Improvement Scotland case study
• UK Online case study
• Waitrose case study
  
  

Useful links

• Glossary

For more information please contact us at webaccess@rnib.org.uk

Content author: webaccess@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 06/03/2008 15:41