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From: Graham Armfield
Date: Oct 8, 2015 2:30AM

Perhaps I've misunderstood the question but would it not be possible to
load the alt attribute for each pdf link with the college that it refers to?

Eg:
<a href="education/cascadia_wsqa1314.pdf
<http://sbctc.edu/college/education/cascadia_wsqa1314.pdf>;"><img src="
../imgs/layout/icon_pdf.gif
<http://sbctc.edu/imgs/layout/icon_pdf.gif>;" alt="Cascadia
College Annual Status Report pdf" width="16" height="16" border="0"></a>

Does your CMS support that?


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Graham Armfield



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On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Ideally, I would be looking for a solution that our CMS supports rather
> than having to hand code the page with aria. I would happily entertain
> other ideas.
>
> Angela
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Priti Rohra
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 11:44 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Options for redoing this table
>
> Hi Angela
>
> I don't see a problem in usinng table to present the data in question
> here. In fact, table is a good option looking at the data.
> To avoid the redundant title issue, you can opt for adding descriptive
> link for the PDF image link using the aria-label. For example, you can
> specify aria-label as "Bates Technical college Annual Status Report 20....
> (PDF) and even maintain the presentation of the page.
>
> In addition, its a good practice to include file size information to help
> users decide if they wish to access/download the file. The file size
> information should be available to all users and not only Assistive
> technology users.
>
> Regards
> Priti
>
>
>
> On 10/6/15, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Once again I would be grateful to any who can take a look at a page we
> > are trying to make better and suggest any ideas. This page is on our
> > current site and we are migrating content to a newly designed site.
> > The issue is the table with links to college websites in one column
> > and links to a document (designated just by a PDF icon) in the other
> > icon. There's got to be another way. The goal is to not have a
> > redundant title for the link (Annual Status Report 2013-2014). We'd
> > really like to get it out of the table format altogether.
> >
> > http://sbctc.edu/college/e_washingtonstatequalityawardstandards.aspx
> >
> > Thank you ,
> >
> > Angela French
> > Internet Specialist
> > Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> > 360-704-4316
> > <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
> > www.sbctc.edu<;http://www.sbctc.edu/>;
> >
> > > > > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
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