Training Course Links
Using standard markup
- The learning curve of web standards
- Web Standards Project
- Article: Web Site Accessibility and Web Standards - Get More Visitors and Make More Money
- Webstandards.org: Advantages of using Web Standards
- Powerpoint presentation: advantages of web standards
- The Web Standards Group
- W3C AQ - How to achieve Web standards and quality
- W3C: Why should I care if my document is in correct HTML?
- DOCTYPE templates from Webstandards.org.
- HTML 4. Transitional Document Type Definition
- XHTML 1 Transitional Document Type Definition
- What is the box model and what is the box model hack?
Validation
Designing with stylesheet
- CSS Zen Garden
- Behind the scenese of Garden Party - thoughts by Bobby Vandersluis about creating non-boxy CSS designs
- CSS Accessibility and Standards links
- 900 sites that use CSS for layout
- CSS Beauty - well designed CSS sites.
- Listutorial: Step by step CSS list tutorial
- Layout Gala: 40 CSS layouts
Accessible Javascript
- Accessible pop-up windows
- The perfect Pop-up (creating accessible pop-up windows)
- WebAIM: Creating Accessible Javascript
- Jim Thatcher: Scripts and Applets
- ITTATC - Javascript accessibility information
Disabled people and the web
- British Dyslexia Association
- TechDis Accessibility Research Papers
- Designing web pages for dyslexic readers
- Dyslexic.com - accessibility statement and guidelines
- Attractive, Accessible Web Sites by Ian Lloyd
- How Disabled People Use the Web
Tools and utilities for checking sites
- Xylescope: CSS analysis tool
- Lynx Viewer: http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html. This service allows web authors to see what their pages will look like (sort of) when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser.
- Web page backward compatibility viewer: http://www.delorie.com/web/wpbcv.html.
- Web page purifier: http://www.delorie.com/web/purify.html. Find out how your web page looks on Web tv.
- Any browser.com - site viewer
- Any browser.com - screen size test
- World Wide Web Email browser
- The WAI list of filter and transformation tools
- Websites to try with keyboard, screen reader or text only browser.
- List of tools and resources compiled by the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- Firefox Web Developers Toolbar
- Web Accessibility Toolbar for PC
- Html Validator for Firefox
- Firefox keyboard access
Reference links
- 25 free web accessibility tools
- Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
- Accessible Web Design Tutorial website
- Instructions for the tutorial website
- Visit the Accessify Forum to discuss issues related to accessible web design.
- WAI Web Content Accessibility Curriculum
- Accessibility issues with PDF documents.
- Adobe Acrobat Accessibility
- Accessible Design: useful tools and validators
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Bookmarklets useful for checking sites
- Check for valid markup.
- 640x480
- 800x600
- 1024x768
- Change to Grayscale
- Alt attributes - show all
- Alt attributes - images missing alt attribute
- Disable stylesheets
- Enable stylesheets
- Images list
- Links - titles and hrefs
- Check page with WAVE
Day two exercise
Access audit of tutorial website.
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