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Re: layout and colour issues

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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Feb 19, 2004 11:31AM

With regard to your second question, the solution is rather simple: use
CSS for all of your styling, and not just part of it. You can set the
background color for your table cells using CSS. When styles are turned
off, everything is just plain text, with no color conflicts.

By the way, this suggestion can apply to layout as well. Consider taking
the plunge into full CSS layout, and abandoning layout tables. It's not
an easy first step, but the end results are rewarding.

(Just a side note: layout tables are not automatically bad for
accessibility. When used well, they don't hinder access for any users.
Switching to CSS layout will not automatically improve the accessibility
of your pages either. You have to use CSS wisely. Still, CSS layouts
are more powerful than table layouts, and they allow for more accurate
semantic representation of the information in the Web content. CSS
layout is worth considering.)

The Snider's Web wrote:

>
> The second question has to do with the colours of links when the
> stylesheet is not present. On the site above (either link) I have a
> concern that the left side links are very hard to read (they are blue on
> a green background). I have bottom links that are not impacted by the
> stylesheet, are these enough? Should one try and make the link colour
> viewable on the left side as well?


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Paul Ryan Bohman
Web Accessibility Specialist/Project Coordinator
WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
www.webaim.org
Center for Persons with Disabilities
www.cpd.usu.edu
Utah State University
www.usu.edu



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