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Learn the Top 10 most important tips to help make your site more accessible.

Top 10 Tips

  • 1. Use CSS for page layout
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  • 2. Use relative measurements for font
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  • 3. Associate table cells with the table column and row "id" attribute
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  • 4. Provide a "skip" link to bypass repetititve page content such as a navigation menu
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  • 5. Make link names more informative than "click here"
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  • 6. Provide high color contrast for students with low-vision impairments
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  • 7. Use the "alt" attribute for images and "longdesc" for graphs and charts
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  • 8. When designing a form, ensure that the prompt precedes the input selector
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  • 9. Segment long lists using structured and consistent headings
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  • 10. Validate your site
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