Category: articles

Here are some good web accessibility tips in an article from the American Foundation for the Blind, How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers. Although the article aims at blog sites, the rules can be applied to any site.

The main points of the article are:

• Choose an Accessible Service
• Describe Your Images
• Avoid the Dreaded “Click Here” or “More…”!
• Put Your Blogroll on the Right-Hand Side
• Check the Comment Form—Is It Labeled Properly?
• Use Flexible Font Sizes
• Don’t Force Links to Open in New Windows

PS:
The next podcast coming soon. Web Axe two-year special!

Creating an accessible web site can be challenging. Retro-fitting a web site for accessibility is even tougher. Now try upgrading a humongous, corporate site full of new and old pages. Where to begin? Fortunately, Accessites.org has posted an article by Mel Pedley to help tackle this problem: 5 Steps To Reworking A Legacy Site

Here are some good web accessibility tips in an article from the American Foundation for the Blind, How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers. Although thepoints are for blogs, but can be applied to any site.

The main points of the article are:

• Choose an Accessible Service
• Describe Your Images
• Avoid the Dreaded “Click Here” or “More…”!
• Put Your Blogroll on the Right-Hand Side
• Check the Comment Form—Is It Labeled Properly?
• Use Flexible Font Sizes
• Don’t Force Links to Open in New Windows

Here are some good articles relating to web accessibility:

• Gmail Settings Now Accessible in Basic HTML View
• Video–From the Mouth of a Screenreader
• RadioShack’s Accessibility Initiative
• Bringing Accessibility into the Development Process
• Who’s responsible for accessibility?