[vip_students] Re: Gina Mc Namara's website
- From: "tony sweeney" <deirton711@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:47:38 -0000
Aedan,
Well done for response!
Gina looks like that she will take all this onboard from these posts.
Encouragement to do the right thing re accessibility that's for sure!
Haven't looked at it for a bit but the world wide consortium site should help
too.
www3.org.
Best,
Tony Sweeney
----- Original Message -----
From: Aedan O'Meara
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:50 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Gina Mc Namara's website
Hi Gina,
Firstly, every link can have what is called "Alt text" or alternative text
which is attached to the link. Your html editor should give you this option
when you are constructing the page.
Repositioning the links is not the answer.
Screen readers cannot make any sense of graphic buttons or links so they are
designed to readout the alt text of that link instead.
Therefore you should make the alternative text as meaningful as possible.
At the moment all we are getting from Jaws is "nav 01" or nav 03", etc.
Secondly, yes, I was referring to the bottom of the page. There is
unnecessary duplication of the site provider there.
Kind regards
Aedan.
-----Original Message-----
From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gina McNamara
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:38 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Gina Mc Namara's website
Hi Aedan
Thanks for your feedback. I am still learning as I go.
Just to clarify, with the navigation links, what do you mean by Alt text?
Would it be easier if I put them across the top of the page?
At the buttom of the page there is the logo of the website provider, is that
what you mean by the location?
Best wishes
Gina
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Aedan O'Meara <aomeara@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Gina,
Two things:
You have 7 nav links that are not labelled for what they are in the
Alt
text.
Secondly, there is a unnecessary repeat of the web site location at
the
bottom of the page.
The script is fine.
Kind regards
Aedan.
-----Original Message-----
From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gina
McNamara
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:26 AM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Gina Mc Namara's website
Hi Everyone
Check out my new website. www.ginamcnamara.com
<http://www.ginamcnamara.com/>
<http://www.ginamcnamara.com/>
There is information relation to disability advocacy, links to
audioview and
much more.
I have just set it up and I need to get feedack as to how accessible
it is
for people as I want to sort that out too!
Regards
Gina
--
Gina Mc Namara
Disability Advocate
Email Address: ginamcn@xxxxxxxxx
Skype Address: ginamcnamara
Website: www.ginamcnamara.com <http://www.ginamcnamara.com/>
<http://www.ginamcnamara.com/>
--
Gina Mc Namara
Disability Advocate
Email Address: ginamcn@xxxxxxxxx
Skype Address: ginamcnamara
Website: www.ginamcnamara.com <http://www.ginamcnamara.com/>
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