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From: The Snider's Web
Date: Mar 1, 2004 1:20PM

Hi Paul,

My apologies for a late reply, with computer and snow problems life has
been chaotic :)

Thanks for the tip, it is just that simple! Geez sometimes over-analyzing
does a person in...The CSS-P is tougher as in this area of the world N4.7
is still used extensively so that has been an issue.

I am slowly getting up to speed with css, there is so much to learn in this
field-why can't they clone people?

Cheers and thanks again,

Lisa

At 11:23 AM 2/19/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>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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