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Further Details

General concepts and techniques • Why make your site accessible? • Analysis: what makes a site inaccessible? • Up to date standards and technologies • Browser and platform compatibility Legal issues • Case studies • Legal requirements Coding for accessibility • Developer tools • Doctypes: XHTML v HTML • Deprecated elements • Writing efficient and meaningful HTML Building pages with CSS • Separating content from presentation • The cascade, inheritance, specifity • Fonts, colours and other properties • Non-tabled page layouts • Using lists for navigation • Columns and other layout techniques • Styles for print Navigation • Clear navigation structures • Link titles - identifying link content • Specifying keyboard shortcuts for links • Using the tab key for navigation • Adding a ‘Skip Navigation’ option • Building a Site Map Validation • WAI guidelines • UK Government guidelines • Bobby, Web Exact and other resources • Manual checks – Accessibility checklist Assistive technologies • Screen readers • Braille displays Text • Specifying language and encoding • Scalability – ensuring readable text • Acronyms and abbreviations Images • Alt tags – providing alternative content • Using background images – text replacement • Animated gifs Tables • Using headers and titles for data tables • When to avoid tables Forms • Associating labels with form elements • Building in keyboard access for forms Accessible design • Building for usability • Fluid vs fixed design – allowing for scalability • Colour schemes – contrasting colours • Using alternatives to colour for mark-up Multimedia & scripting • Working with Flash, video or audio content – providing alternatives • Issues with JavaScript and other browser scripting languages • Mouse events – providing keyboard based alternatives

Guide price

£545 (reductions for block bookings as standard)