What steps should web developers follow when creating an accessible web site?
• Know how users with disabilities interact with the web (http://www.washington.edu/doit/Video/www.html) • Understand W3C current technical standards for markup (HTML/XHTML) and stylesheet (CSS) and apply these standards in your design. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ http://www.w3schools.com/css/ http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/#p2 • Understand Section 508 Standards for Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications (1194.22) (link to document on web accessibility standards) and apply these standards in your design • Build the site to be standards conformant (e.g. XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS) • Choose a standards-conformant accessible authoring tools like Dreamweaver and use the standards support and accessibility features. • Validate conformance with the WC3 technical standards by using tools such as the W3C’s HTML Validation Service and CSS Validation Service Validate conformance with accessibility standards by using Web Accessibility Evaluation tools such as Hi Software
• Know how users with disabilities interact with the web (http://www.washington.edu/doit/Video/www.html) • Understand W3C current technical standards for markup (HTML/XHTML) and stylesheet (CSS) and apply these standards in your design. • Understand Section 508 Standards for Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications (1194.22) (link to document on web accessibility standards) and apply these standards in your design • Build the site to be standards conformant (e.g. XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS) • Choose a standards-conformant accessible authoring tools like Dreamweaver and use the standards support and accessibility features. If we dont have any employees who are disabled, do we still have to make our intranet accessible? Yes. Many disabilities are not visible and you therefore may not always know whether a person has a disability or not. California Government Code 11135 requires that the CSU makes its web sites accessible so that employees with disabilities will have com
