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Re: Options for redoing this table

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From: Angela French
Date: Oct 8, 2015 9:08AM

Yes, that is supported.

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Graham Armfield
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 1:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Options for redoing this table

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
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> > www.sbctc.edu<;http://www.sbctc.edu/>;
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