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Re: guidelines for accessible HTML and CSS - these ok?

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Aug 23, 2011 4:33PM

One change could be:

Was:
The first item on every page is a *skip to content* link. This link takes
you to an anchor set at the very top of the content — probably just above
the <h1>

Could be:
The first item on every page has a *skip to main content* in-page link. This
link takes you to an anchor set at the very top of the main content —
probably just above the <h1>

There seems to be some things missing. What level of compliance are you
looking to achieve? If we are speaking strictly 508 you would surely want
to include requirements for FRAMES and any other missing paragraph. If you
are looking for WCAG compliance you would need to include requirements for
document language and a host of others.

You give a requirement for adding a label:
Forms need labels <label for="name">Name:</label> <input id="name"
type="text" name="textfield" />

but you might want to point the developer to other label examples that make
use of the TITLE attribute and/or FIELDSET.

You've got a good start. Hope this helps.





On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Sandy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> hey all,
>
> I am getting ready to work with someone who is a very capable coder but
> not at all knowledgeable about accessibility. I have written some
> guidelines for the HTML and CSS and I hope you can find a little time to
> look them over and let me know what I've left out.
>
> http://sandyfeldman.com/resources/guidelines/
>
> thanks very much,
> Sandy
>