Are text-only pages required for particular web pages or for all web pages? Is there a template for text-only pages that address navigation?
There was a point in time in the history of accessibility standards where the text-only version of a web site was the end-all, be-all, and magic bullet solution. That time is definitely past; and, having a separate text-only site is generally not a very good idea. The W3C actively discourages the use of text-only sites because more accessible, simpler alternatives are available. People with visual impairments generally do not trust text-only web sites because in the past, when web sites have been updated, the text-only sites frequently were overlooked. So, most people rarely use text-only sites. If you put a style sheet switcher on the site your users can have the ability to switch the style sheet or turn the style sheets off through the browser. If your agency has a really strict policy about placing cookies out there, there are versions of that code that do not use a cookie. And, there are alternatives to fix a simple java script that will allow you to change a cookie and hold it dur