Re: Accessibility

Hi Hilary,

You probably meant to say that the "alt" attribute is required for all
images but should be left blank for decorative images.

Regards,
-Vlad
XStandard Development Team
Standards-based XHTML WYSIWYG editor
http://xstandard.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hilary Marsh" <[email protected]>
To: "cms-list" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [CMS] Accessibility


> I've collected some good links on my site:
>
> http://www.contentcompany.biz/resources--accessibility.html
>
> Some of the basic principles of accessibility are to use
> straightforward HTML whenever possible, always use alt tags for every
> image, don't rely *only* on color as a navigational cue, and avoid
> saying "click here."
>
> Best,
>
> Hilary
>
>
>
> At 5:10 PM -0400 8/4/04, cms-list wrote:
> >Can anyone provide some pointers on making web content more accessible to
> >people with disabilities?  I checked out a few sites but they were pretty
> >vague and mostly talked about making the information available on other
media.
> >  Just real high level concepts for me to research in greater depth
> >would be great.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >    -John
>
>
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