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13 Tips For An Accessible Site

There are quite few “Top 10 Tips” around but I don’t seem to be able to get my favourite accessible design tips below 13. So here, for a change, is a baker’s dozen of tips to keep in mind when creating an accessible site or page.

WCAG 2.0 Almost Ready

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group announced the publication of WCAG 2.0 as a W3C Candidate Recommendation on 30th April. WCAG 2.0 is part of a series of accessibility guidelines and techniques developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The document explains how to make Web sites, applications, and other content accessible to [...]

Julie Howell at E-Access ‘08

Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie, will deliver the keynote speech at Headstar’s E-Access ‘08 conference in London on 23rd April 2008.
Now in its forth year, and described by Headstar as “bigger and better than ever“, E-Access ‘08 will provide delegates with a unique opportunity to hear about [...]

PAS 78 To Become Full Standard

Released in March 2006, Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78 - “Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” - was developed in order to tackle some of the confusion surrounding web accessibility. It is not a replacement for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) but is a non-technical document which aims to assist site owners [...]