On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:06, Robert Koberg wrote: > One thing that should definitely be happening is validating the output. I > just checked: > http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/index.html
That site is not produced by Avalon-tigris ... yet. The avalon-tigris skin was rewritten from scratch to be simpeler to understand by xslt weenies (like me) who are pro css ;) > It fails on validating to HTML 4.01 transitional. Check at: > http://validator.w3.org/ Fixed the tigris skin to pass this. > It fails U.S. Section 508 Guidelines: > http://bobby.watchfire.com/ Some of these are subjective such as * Is there a clear, consistent navigation structure? * Make sure that all link phrases make sense when read out of context. * Use the simplest and most straightforward language that is possible. And thus can not be tested against in an independent way - it also usually directly relates to the content and not the style. The things that it actually fails are; 1. If there is a search feature, are there different types of searches for different skill levels and preferences? 2. Do you allow users to customize their experience of the web page? 3. Consider adding keyboard shortcuts to frequently used links. 4. Identify the language of the text. (1) can be fixed but isn't because out site is not yet indexed. I don't plan on fixing the others though ;) -- Cheers, Peter Donald ----------------------------------------------------------- Don't take life too seriously -- you'll never get out of it alive. -----------------------------------------------------------
