Something we have been talking about within Schoollink is standards compliancy. If we are writing W3C and 508 compliant pages, then no one can complain if our border or whatever looks wrong in Netscape. Also we can then add standards compliant imagery to our site, which makes us look good, and, as far as 508, could be a bit of a PR piece. The following links are those which I have found useful as I have researched standards, and been trying to become compliant on my own page.
This first one is just very useful. It will spider through the site you feed it, and check out all the links. It will even tell you if the link is a redirect. Link validator (checks all the links on your site): http://validator.w3.org/checklink This is a W3C service to check your site against the current HTML standard. HTML 4.1: http://validator.w3c.org This is a W3C service to check your site against the current CSS2 standard. CSS: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator-uri.html This is called Bobby, and can be used to test your site for 508 compliancy or the Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C disabilities standard). 508: http://www.cast.org/Bobby/ In answer to your question about scripts it works something like this, if you have a script and it actually writes information to the page, or it is used in a visual way to communicate then you need to make sure that you have a way to communicate that to a page reader (text) and also, in the case of sound, if you are using voices for directions or whatever you need to make sure that is mirrored in the text of the page. Tim Heald ACP/CCFD :) Application Development www.schoollink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Government Websites ? > > > Marc > > > > I believe it was on here that I heard about a new > > law regarding government websites and javascript. > > Can someone please let me know where I can get > > more information regarding that law or rule etc... > > > > I know you're talking about America, so it might be a law, but I > would have > thought it was more likely to be some kind of "rule" to do with > accessibility/usability than a law... > > I would look up information on accessibility and the US > government. Have a > look around Bobby (http://www.cast.org/bobby/) too. That might help shed > some light. > > Sorry I'm not much help. > > Regards > > Stephen > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
