General Guidelines.

In simple terms, six key concepts to developing accessible Web pages

1. Create HTML and CSS pages that conform and validate to existing standards. [W3C Validation Service] [HTML-Kit and Tidy]
2. Use HTML to convey meaning and place the layout and presentation in cascading style sheets. [TopStyle] [HTML Validator]
3. Provide for keyboard-only (or voice) navigation and easy design-based orientation.
4. Use HTML features to provide information about the purpose and function of elements (alt & title attributes, table elements).
5. Provide alternative methods to access information in scripts, applets, and multimedia.
6. Be wary of common pitfalls that can reduce the accessibility of your site.
   • ASCII art
   • Blinking text and marquees
   • Link names that don't make sense out of context
   • Links that aren't separated by printable characters

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Ed Gellenbeck & John Creech

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