Web site accessibility optimization
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Here are some guidelines that provide a good start in increasing accessibility to your site visitors
Check images alternative text (text in ALT tags). Place the cursor
over an informational image, for example, the organisation logo. If does a
yellow box appear with a brief, accurate description of the image, for users
whose
browsers do not support images, this alternative text is what they will see
in place instead of the image.
Check if forms are accessible. Usually there is prompt text next
to each item in a form. Each one use descriptive text next to a box where your
site users will enter the information. When you click on the prompt text, does
a
flashing
cursor
appear in the box next to that text? If not, your forms are inaccessible.
Check if there is a site map. Site map is a good place how to make
a global web site navigation for your visitors an improve search engine placement
also.
Check that text on webpage can be resized. Does the text on your website
increase in size (in internet explorer go
to View > Font size > Largest.)? If not, then your website is inaccessible
to web users with poor visibility.
Can you navigate throught your web sites and animated sections (if any)
with the volume
turned off? Ensure your website supplies written transcripts,
so that deaf people can understand the message that your website is containing.
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