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Re: Best CSS Layout for Accessibility

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Dec 13, 2011 2:51PM

Lisa,

I don't really have a suggestion about reading order. If you are
leaning towards the content (after header), check out the Holy Grail:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail. It doesn't depend on
absolute positioning.

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Ryan E. Benson



On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:34 PM, LSnider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I need to produce an accessible website and was thinking about which css
> layout would be best for people who use screen readers. I want to do a
> three column css layout and wondered, where do you put the main content? Is
> it first, third, other? Webaim shows two examples of what I mean:
>
> http://webaim.org/techniques/css/advantage#layout
>
> I have been going back and forth on whether navigation or content should go
> first...I usually use skip links to help as well.
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>