Website Owner's Manual

Chapter 7. Ensuring access for all

In this chapter

Identify the cowboys

• Learning from history
• Understanding the consequences of poor code
  • Coding for multiple browsers
  • Bloated code
  • Hard-to-maintain code
  • A culture of redesign
• Learning a better way to build websites

A matter of style

• Improving printing
• Capturing the emerging market
• Responding quickly to change

Never turn away users (or Google)

• Handling the expense of accessibility
• Achieving increased traffic with minimal effort

Exceed your legal obligations

Create an accessibility policy

• Establishing your long-term accessibility goal
• Having a roadmap for overcoming common problems
  • Poorly described images
  • Badly labeled links
  • No alternatives to media
  • Reliance on JavaScript ...