Image Alt-text
Image and link alt-text is extremely important to the visually impaired who cannot see either the picture or the link text (link text is what appears on the page). Often the alt-text is the only clue to these … Read the rest
Style and Consistency – Part 1 – Links
Style and consistency on your web pages are very important issues when publishing your finished web page. I am going to take a portion of a web page and highlight some of the things you need to review before publishing … Read the rest
Hyperlinks with Images Rather than Link Text
A common occurrence is to have a hyperlink that uses an image rather than Link Text. In these situations, the alt text for the image and link must appear in the <img> tag’s ‘alt’ attribute. There are many cases where … Read the rest
20 Things That Are Not Cool!
I am not talking about the fact that it is summertime in Florida or how you feel when you lose electricity due to a storm and your air conditioning does not work. No, I am talking about the OCPS websites … Read the rest
A Quick Web Accessibility Checklist for our Content Editors
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
Quick Notes on Site Content and Accessibility Issues for March 28, 2019
As I have been going through many of the district and school sites, I have noticed several reoccurring problems.
Use External Link References Rather Than Duplicating Pages
I’ve seen several cases were the content for a page was duplicated exactly, … Read the rest
A Tooltip Reminder
Today’s post is just a brief reminder that all links must have reasonable alt-text to help vision challenged visitors to our sites navigate with the existing links. It will discuss two basic types of links: Page/document links and Email links.… Read the rest
Adding ToolTips to Email Hyperlinks
One of the requirements for accessibility is that hyperlinks have tooltip text that appears when the user either hovers over the link text or is read to the user if a screen reader is being used. However, when that hyperlink … Read the rest
How to Check Your PDF for Accessiblity?
There has been a great deal of concern about accessibility recently. Even Microsoft has focused on accessibility in many of their more recent application updates. However, how do you as an individual ensure your PDF documents are accessible without having … Read the rest
Adding Email Links on a Web Page
Most webpage editors know how to add a basic email link on their website. But let’s start with an example content line that says the following:
If you have any questions concerning any of the OCPS guidelines, please address them … Read the rest