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Webmakers meeting, January 8, 2003

Outline

  1. Accessibility Part 1
    1. Do I need to be concerned? (Things to think about.)
    2. How do I start?
      1. Self-test
      2. Test with someone with a disability
      3. Clean up code - HTML Tidy
      4. Validate
      5. (Demo example of W3C Validator with test site)
      6. Accessibility in Dreamweaver
      7. Screen Readers
      8. Migrate to XHTML
      9. Review Accessibility Guidelines
    3. References


  2. Accessibility Part 2
    1. HTML Evolution: what's going away
    2. From HTML to XHTML in 5 steps
      1. Open with correct DOCTYPE
      2. Write all tags and attributes in lowercase
      3. Close all tags
      4. Close empty tags with a space and a slash
      5. Quote all attribute values


  3. Accessibility Part 3
    1. W3C General Guidelines for Accessibility
    2. References