An accessibility checklist?

[Susie]

I scanned through the accessibility archives, but didn't really see what I'm looking for. If I missed it, could someone point me to the right place? Anyway, I am looking for a checklist of basics that I should include in a site that needs to be accessible. I'm working on a site for a UK charity organization and it's a requirement of theirs. I know I could do some reading and research, but that will take a bit and I'm really pressed for time. So, is there a checklist floating around out there that you guys know about? :cool:

[jlhaslip]

Only thng I can suggest is find a vaidator and run a page against it to see what it checks for.

Most of them supply a checklist of the results.

 

http://www.contentquality.com/

[Susie]

Thanks a lot for that link.

[LSW]

How to Meet WCAG 2.0: A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques

 

Techniques for WCAG 2.0

 

For England you will need to be aware of the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) and PAS 78 which is a British guideline to web accessibility.

[Susie]

Thanks, Kyle. I'll take a look!

[Cad]

Hello, Susie.

 

It's also worth checking http://www.webbie.org.uk/webbiefordesigners.htm, which is a page on the WebbIE site. On that site, you can download the WebbIE browser itself, and the site also contains LOADS of other helpful advice AND lots of helpful links.

 

I thoroughly recommend it!

[falkencreative]

Here's another one to glance at: http://cameronmoll.com/archives/2008/06/web_accessibility_checklist/

[Wickham]

Accessibility is vital for web forms and here is a useful tutorial/checklist:-

 

http://www.accessify.com/features/tutorials/accessible-forms/

[MacRankin]

Hi everyone

 

I am currently making some notes for myself, mostly because of LSW's recent downbeat comments about the state (or lack) of accessibility around the web, still.

 

Fortunately, I have come across a rather helpful article (from one of my favourite websites) entitled, 'How to Author a Super Accessible Website'. Trouble is, I know next to nothing about this area (or any other area, really), and want to incorporate a mix of LSW's and whomever's useful contributions into that (typed out) mix, so that I can better understand this area.

 

So far, I've only got to the 'Perceivable' guideline 1.1 stage of 'Text Alternatives', and though I might have only incorporated the thoughts of LSW and what his understandings of what the 'Alt' tag should mean, I know that at this point it barely touches the tip of an iceberg.

 

Lately, I have found a better way, myself, in which to work through things, and that is to do a little bit every so often. And so, that is why I will not be learning all there is to learn about web accessibility in one sitting. Also, I am trying to work my way back into all this web page building activity. It's going to be a long, slow and thorough process, mostly because the way I learned how to build web pages in the past was to dip in and out of every available markup / code that would quickly help me to incorporate whatever piece of meaningful, and or, dynamic feature a website might best employ. But, that is not the way to learn. Hence, I am re-learning yet again, but this time trying to understand things in the way they work, so that I can ultimately become a better web page builder.

 

Anyway, enough of that. When I have finished one part of some of my understandings into this area I will (hopefully) perhaps, post it on this very thread, maybe?

[valeria]

Accessibility is vital for web forms and here is a useful tutorial/checklist:-

 

http://www.accessify.com/features/tutorials/accessible-forms/

 

Thanks for the link. It is really helpful.