Comments for WebAIM Blog http://webaim.org/blog The WebAIM Web Accessibility Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 14:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on 508 and Higher Ed. by Deborah http://webaim.org/blog/508-and-higher-ed/#comment-52148 Deborah Tue, 06 May 2008 18:40:47 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/?p=58#comment-52148 Hi Jon, Thanks for the response. I look forward to the new PDF and Acrobat article. For Word for Mac, I did get a response yesterday, that Word for Mac with Acrobat Professional installed will not produce tagged PDFs. Distiller can be used to set some default conversion settings, but Distiller won't add the links, bookmarks, and table of contents to the PDF produced from Word for Mac. For more info, visit <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5nnueh" rel="nofollow">Acrobat Users Forum</a>. Hi Jon,

Thanks for the response. I look forward to the new PDF and Acrobat article. For Word for Mac, I did get a response yesterday, that Word for Mac with Acrobat Professional installed will not produce tagged PDFs.

Distiller can be used to set some default conversion settings, but Distiller won’t add the links, bookmarks, and table of contents to the PDF produced from Word for Mac. For more info, visit Acrobat Users Forum.

]]> Comment on 508 and Higher Ed. by Jon Whiting http://webaim.org/blog/508-and-higher-ed/#comment-52147 Jon Whiting Tue, 06 May 2008 15:16:15 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/?p=58#comment-52147 Sorry for not replying to comments sooner. cbd, the project is called GOALS (Gaining Online Accessible Content Through Self-study). You can learn more about the project at <a href="http://ncdae.org/goals" rel="nofollow">ncdae.org/goals</a>. There isn't much information right now, but that should change within the next few months. Katy, I will post here when the report is published. Deborah, I am currently rewriting our PDF and Acrobat article. I will make sure to give Word for Mac a look and include anything that I find in the article and/or a blog post. Look for the article in a couple of weeks. Sorry for not replying to comments sooner.

cbd, the project is called GOALS (Gaining Online Accessible Content Through Self-study). You can learn more about the project at ncdae.org/goals. There isn’t much information right now, but that should change within the next few months.

Katy, I will post here when the report is published.

Deborah, I am currently rewriting our PDF and Acrobat article. I will make sure to give Word for Mac a look and include anything that I find in the article and/or a blog post. Look for the article in a couple of weeks.

]]> Comment on Spam-free accessible forms by FredB http://webaim.org/blog/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52144 FredB Tue, 06 May 2008 04:47:59 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/2007/03/07/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52144 Thanks Jared, I'll add that statement to my php file. Thanks Jared, I’ll add that statement to my php file.

]]> Comment on Spam-free accessible forms by Jared Smith http://webaim.org/blog/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52143 Jared Smith Tue, 06 May 2008 00:02:34 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/2007/03/07/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52143 FredB- This assumes that you will have some other logic later in the file that checks for the spam variable and displays an error message if it is true and sends the e-mail (or whatever) if it is not true. Something like: if ($spam==true) { echo("I'm sorry, but this message appears to be spam."); } else { // send the e-mail message and show a success message. } FredB-

This assumes that you will have some other logic later in the file that checks for the spam variable and displays an error message if it is true and sends the e-mail (or whatever) if it is not true.

Something like:
if ($spam==true) {
echo(”I’m sorry, but this message appears to be spam.”);
}
else {
// send the e-mail message and show a success message.
}

]]> Comment on Spam-free accessible forms by FredB http://webaim.org/blog/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52142 FredB Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:13 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/2007/03/07/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52142 First of all, thanks for helping stop the spam problems out there today. I am not a php programmer but do use phpformmail for my clients forms. So I pasted the following line (the first one you offer at the top of this page: ------ if (preg_match( "/bcc:|cc:|multipart|\[url|Content-Type:/i", implode($_POST))) { $spam=true; } ------ Here's my dumb question: This code flags the message as spam but what else do I have to do? How does formmail know what to do when $spam=true; is detected? Is there more code necessary to tell formmail what to do when $spam=true; Something like "if this is spam do this." OR...is this covered in the "implode ($POST))) statement? Hope this makes sense and thanks again. Fred First of all, thanks for helping stop the spam problems out there today. I am not a php programmer but do use phpformmail for my clients forms. So I pasted the following line (the first one you offer at the top of this page:
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if (preg_match( “/bcc:|cc:|multipart|\[url|Content-Type:/i”, implode($_POST))) {
$spam=true;
}
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Here’s my dumb question: This code flags the message as spam but what else do I have to do? How does formmail know what to do when $spam=true; is detected? Is there more code necessary to tell formmail what to do when $spam=true; Something like “if this is spam do this.”
OR…is this covered in the “implode ($POST))) statement?

Hope this makes sense and thanks again.

Fred

]]> Comment on 508 and Higher Ed. by CJ Ingel http://webaim.org/blog/508-and-higher-ed/#comment-52141 CJ Ingel Mon, 05 May 2008 20:56:55 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/?p=58#comment-52141 Many colleges just don't put accessibility (and enforcement of any kind) high up the priority list. If any college page is going to be accessible, it will be the home page. The worst pages tend to be the ones created by individual faculty or staff members. I say this as a faculty member who teaches web accessibility to faculty. Many colleges just don’t put accessibility (and enforcement of any kind) high up the priority list. If any college page is going to be accessible, it will be the home page. The worst pages tend to be the ones created by individual faculty or staff members. I say this as a faculty member who teaches web accessibility to faculty.

]]> Comment on 508 and Higher Ed. by Deborah http://webaim.org/blog/508-and-higher-ed/#comment-52122 Deborah Sat, 03 May 2008 14:54:18 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/?p=58#comment-52122 Jon - Interesting article that is close to home for me, since I recently began work in the website department of a local college. One of my tasks is to provide guidelines for creating accessible PDF files. Our department works on Macs. In contrast to the PDF files I've created on Word for Windows by clicking on the Acrobat icon in the toolbar, I discovered that Word for Mac does not produce tagged PDF documents. The conversion settings for Adding Bookmarks, Adding Links, and Enabling Accessibility Reflow and Tagged PDF is not available on Word for Mac. Despite posting several messages on the www.acrobatusers.com forums, asking for confirmation, I haven't received any response about Word for Mac and tagged PDFs. I'm wondering what process web professionals who work on the Mac use to created tagged PDFs from Word for the Mac? Perhaps I've missed some info on the Adobe site? Any suggestions? Jon - Interesting article that is close to home for me, since I recently began work in the website department of a local college. One of my tasks is to provide guidelines for creating accessible PDF files.

Our department works on Macs. In contrast to the PDF files I’ve created on Word for Windows by clicking on the Acrobat icon in the toolbar, I discovered that Word for Mac does not produce tagged PDF documents. The conversion settings for Adding Bookmarks, Adding Links, and Enabling Accessibility Reflow and Tagged PDF is not available on Word for Mac.

Despite posting several messages on the http://www.acrobatusers.com forums, asking for confirmation, I haven’t received any response about Word for Mac and tagged PDFs.

I’m wondering what process web professionals who work on the Mac use to created tagged PDFs from Word for the Mac? Perhaps I’ve missed some info on the Adobe site? Any suggestions?

]]> Comment on Spam-free accessible forms by Creating Spam Free Contact Pages for Your Website « JungleGeorge’s Weblog http://webaim.org/blog/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52120 Creating Spam Free Contact Pages for Your Website « JungleGeorge’s Weblog Fri, 02 May 2008 17:31:48 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/2007/03/07/spam_free_accessible_forms/#comment-52120 [...] Spam-free accessible forms by Jared Smith- techniques for creating a spam-free contact form. [...] […] Spam-free accessible forms by Jared Smith- techniques for creating a spam-free contact form. […]

]]> Comment on 508 and Higher Ed. by Katy http://webaim.org/blog/508-and-higher-ed/#comment-52119 Katy Fri, 02 May 2008 13:08:43 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/?p=58#comment-52119 Jon - You mentioned that your findings will be published soon. I'm very interested in them - where can we read about them? Thanks, Katy Jon - You mentioned that your findings will be published soon. I’m very interested in them - where can we read about them? Thanks, Katy

]]> Comment on 508 and Higher Ed. by Kendall http://webaim.org/blog/508-and-higher-ed/#comment-52117 Kendall Thu, 01 May 2008 18:01:43 +0000 http://webaim.org/blog/?p=58#comment-52117 I am somewhat surprised by those results, and yet not surprised. I've noticed it more with high school web sites that often get done by the students that are horrible when it comes to section 508 among many other web design principles. My college did a pretty good job and have resources for faculty and staff to read about section 508 and other good practices, not that the main web developers always follow it, but they do a decent job compared to many that I've come across. It's a shame too, because a lot of it can be done fairly easily without messing up an existing design. I am somewhat surprised by those results, and yet not surprised. I’ve noticed it more with high school web sites that often get done by the students that are horrible when it comes to section 508 among many other web design principles. My college did a pretty good job and have resources for faculty and staff to read about section 508 and other good practices, not that the main web developers always follow it, but they do a decent job compared to many that I’ve come across. It’s a shame too, because a lot of it can be done fairly easily without messing up an existing design.

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