Day 22 # Why Semantic HTML is important? Because semantic HTML uses elements for their given purpose, it’s easier for both people and machines to read and understand it. Semantic elements = elements with meaning. A semantic element clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer. Examples of non-semantic elements: <div> and <span> - Tells nothing about its content. Examples of semantic elements: <form> , <table> , and <article> - Clearly defines its content. Semantic markup is a way of writing and structuring your HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) so that it reinforces the semantics , or meaning, of the content rather than its appearance. In a broader sense, it means that your site architecture separates presentation from content ; essentially saying that HTML is used for structure, and CSS is used for the style of your web design. Semantics and ac...
Day 5# 30 days of Accessibility testing Day#5 Read the 12 guidelines of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0.) Write a short post on one of them The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (known as WCAG 2.1) are an internationally recognized set of recommendations for improving web accessibility. They explain how to make digital services, websites, and apps accessible to everyone, including users with impairments to their: • vision - like severely sight impaired (blind), sight impaired (partially sighted) or color blind people • hearing - like people who are deaf or hard of hearing • mobility - like those who find it difficult to use a mouse or keyboard • thinking and understanding - like people with dyslexia, autism, or learning difficulties WCAG 2.0 is based on 4 design principles: • Perceivable - Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive. • This means that users must be able to perceive the inform...
Day 24 # L earn about accessibility law in your country UK Most public sector websites and mobile apps do not currently meet accessibility requirements. For example, a recent study found that 4 in 10 local council homepages failed basic tests for accessibility . Common problems include websites that are not easy to use on a mobile or cannot be navigated using a keyboard, inaccessible PDF forms that cannot be read out on screen readers, and poor color contrast that makes the text difficult to read - especially for visually impaired people. You may be breaking the law if your public sector website or mobile app does not meet accessibility requirements. The accessibility regulations came into force for public sector bodies on 23 September 2018. They say you must make your website or mobile app more accessible by making it ‘perceivable, operable, understandable and robust’. You need to include and update an accessibility statement on your website. The full name of the accessibility re...
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