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From: Joel Ward
Date: Jan 25, 2002 1:44PM

Hi Glenda,

I suggest using DIV. MAP is a tag for image maps; you have a simple text
navigation bar. I'm sure MAP probably won't hurt, but I don't think this
was the intention of the MAP tag.

You can use TITLE attribute with the DIV:

<DIV title="Navigation Bar">
<P CLASS="navbar">[<a href="toc.htm">Contents</a>] [<a
href="question1.htm">Question 1</a>] [<a href="question3.htm">Question
3</a>] [<a href="glossary.htm">Glossary</a>]</p>
</DIV>

What is the reason for using MAP? Which site did you find that on? I'm
curious why that was suggested.

Joel

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From: "Glenda Watson Hyatt" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "Kynn Bartlett" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >; "WebAIM accessibility forum"
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Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:21 PM
Subject: error with MAP


> I'm using MAP for a navigation bar, as suggested by one of the web
> accessibility sites.
>
> Here is my code:
>
> <!-- Navigation Bar -->
> <MAP title="Navigation Bar">
> <P CLASS="navbar">[<a href="toc.htm">Contents</a>] [<a
> href="question1.htm">Question 1</a>] [<a href="question3.htm">Question
> 3</a>] [<a href="glossary.htm">Glossary</a>]</p>
> </map>
>
> However, I get this error when validating the code:
>
> <MAP title="Navigation Bar">
> Error: required attribute "NAME" not specified
>
> Where did I go wrong? Should title be NAME?
>
> This is rather urgent as the Simplified Web Accessibility Guide goes to
> print today. Help.
>
> Cheers,
> Glenda
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