WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Best CSS Layout for Accessibility

for

From: LSnider
Date: Dec 13, 2011 3:06PM

Hi Ryan,

Thanks. I love the Holy Grail!

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:34 PM, LSnider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > Lisa
>
>