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Accessible Headers with Graphics

The issue is that a lot of web sites use graphical images for headings. But images don’t use heading tags (H1, H2, etc.) which create the semantic code we all want, which are ideal for screenreaders, SEO, etc.

So the “image replacement” technique uses valid code and CSS to display header images within a heading tag. The challenge is to solve the screen reader problem, and it must also address the “images off, CSS on” problem (ponder that one!), and to reduce the need for empty elements (like SPAN, DIV, etc.).

Download Web Axe Episode 23 (Accessible Headers with Graphics)

[Transcript]

Links:

Sample Code:

Sample CSS:
#header {
position: relative;
width: 750px;
height: 100px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
overflow: hidden;
}
#header span {
position: absolute;
background-image: url(../images/headerback.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 750px;
height: 100px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
overflow: hidden;
}

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Hiding Labels and Sub-Headers

[Editor’s note: see more recent article by Dennis, When and How to Visually Hide Content]

There are certain instances when a label or header should be used, but wouldn’t necessarily need to be seen in the layout, such as a label for a phone number and a header for a menu. Dennis discusses when and how this would be done.

Download Web Axe Episode 22 (Hiding Labels and Sub-Headers)

[Transcript]

The CSS:

.hidden {
position:absolute;
left:0px;
top:-500px;
width:1px;
height:1px;
overflow:hidden;
}

The XHTML:

Phone number:
(


)


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Links:

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Quick–But Important–Tips

Going over some simple but important techniques for web accessibility including text links, heading tags, close links on popups, and dropdown menu (select) links.

Download Web Axe Episode 4

[transcript]

References:
Checkpoint 7.4 and 7.5
Checkpoint 10.1