While the following is not a complete list of DOs and DONTs, it is a quick list adapted from a SiteImprove document on Web Accessibility
Page Structure
If you have a simple page, you may not think of page structure … Read the rest
Year End Web Site Review
The 2019-2020 school year is essentially over. Now is a good time to review your school or department web site. Did it do everything you hoped it would? If not what could you do different to change that? Are you … Read the rest
ADA and Tables
A few quick guide to ADA requirements for tables:
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Every table must have a caption (title). In HTML, it looks like this:
<table Border=”0″><caption>Cups of coffee consumed by each teacher per week</caption>
This is not the same as text that … Read the rest
Monsido Accessibility Level AA Errors with Links
Last time, I looked at the Level A accessibility errors related to links. This time, I am moving up to the Level AA link issues. To be compliant at the AA level of WCAG, you must first be compliant at … Read the rest
Tackling Accessibility Errors with Monsido – Part 1
The new Monsido Accessibility reports break down errors into three major categories:
- Quality Assurance – Includes broken links and misspellings.
- Accessibility – These are the common ADA issues.
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – These issues affect the overall performance of
Alt-Text in News Articles
Recently the question has come up how to place alt-text on the image displayed by news content pages in the Data Summary portlets. There is no property line for this image called: Alt-Text.
The ‘trick’ here is to remember that … Read the rest
Hide Pages Under Development
When a page is being developed, if it is a new page, do not simply create the page and publish it without placing content on it. This results in a page that looks incomplete to visitors to the site.
After … Read the rest
Dates and Spelling Within Documents and Titles Do Matter
When you include a date in a document such as the school supply list shown below and that date is for a past year, there is always doubt as to whether that document still applies because nothing has changed or … Read the rest
Changes to School Sites
This is a quick post specifically for school of a change being made to your sites (some sites are completed, but others will be completed next week).
Item 1: The district has added a second advertising line using a new … Read the rest
SchoolMessenger Webinar Recording – 10/8/2018
Anyone who attended the live training webinar on October 8, 2018 should have received a link to the recorded session. Since then, we have downloaded the video and published it on our OCPS servers so that everyone, even those … Read the rest