Browse tips by design principle
Here the tips are grouped by design principles proposed by the W3C. Your weblog should be:
- Perceivable. You should ensure that all content can be presented in forms that can be perceived by everyone.
- Operable. You should ensure that the interface elements in the content are operable by everyone.
- Navigable. You should facilitate content orientation and navigation.
- Understandable. You should make it as easy as possible for people to understand your content and controls.
- Robust. You should use technologies that maximize the ability of your content to work with current and future web browsers, assistive technologies, and other programs.
Perceivable
- Day 12: Using color safely
- Day 18: Giving your calendar a real caption
- Day 19: Using real table headers
- Day 21: Ignoring spacer images
- Day 22: Using real lists (or faking them properly)
- Day 23: Providing text equivalents for images
- Day 24: Providing text equivalents for image maps
- Day 25: Using real horizontal rules (or faking them properly)
- Day 26: Using relative font sizes
- Day 30: Creating an accessibility statement
Operable
- Day 13: Using real links
- Day 15: Defining keyboard shortcuts
- Day 28: Labeling form elements
- Day 30: Creating an accessibility statement
Navigable
- Day 9: Providing additional navigation aids
- Day 11: Skipping over navigation links
- Day 14: Adding titles to links
- Day 16: Not opening new windows
- Day 27: Using real headers
- Day 29: Making everything searchable
- Day 30: Creating an accessibility statement
Understandable
- Day 7: Identifying your language
- Day 8: Constructing meaningful page titles
- Day 17: Defining acronyms
- Day 20: Providing a summary for tables
- Day 30: Creating an accessibility statement