disabilities

Making your web site accessible

Keep in mind the needs of disabled visitors when you are designing your web site, especially for those who are blind or partially sighted

Besides keeping your web site focused, it is also import to consider accessibility. Some of the people who visit your web site will be suing different monitors that yours or running it at a different resolution. More importantly, however, some users will have poor eyesight or even completely blind. How do you ensure that your web site is user-friendly to people with these limitations?

You might need to make some changes to the way you code your site to sthat you don’t alientat this group of users. It is possible that they may be using a screen reader which reads the words out loud. Some screen readers are more advanced than others but in all cases you should do your part to help your web visitor. Stick to the guidelines given here as well as clean HTML and CSS and your web site should be more accessible. Continue reading

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