Categories
frames podcast web

Frames and Accessibility

What there is to know about HTML Framesets and Accessibility, and the old question “should I use frames?” I say no!

Download Web Axe Episode 13

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If you must use frames, here some good code to help:




Business Documents Library



</p> <h1>Library of Business Documents</h1> <p></p> <p><a href="noframesmenu.html">View a list of business documents</a></p> <p>


Categories
fun

Where Are We?

Check out the Web Accessibility Enthusiasts mapper on Frappr! Add yourself to the map and see where the accessibility gurus are located in the world. You can also add pictures, tags, etc.

Categories
podcast semantic text web webaim

Text, text, text!

Topics include proper use of HTML tags, such as headings, quotes, lists, and some lesser-known tags, such as and

.

Download Web Axe Episode 12

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Code:

My Web Page


not

My Web Page

I really like tacos.


not

I really like tacos.

As Harry S. Truman said, The buck stops here.

Categories
code dom javascript podcast web

Unobtrusive Javacript (and the DOM)

Ah, Javascript. The wonderful scripting language that creates lots of cool stuff on your web page. But how do you make it Accessible?

Download Web Axe Episode 11

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This is an example of a javascript “listener” which opens a link in a new window (using a function) if the rel in the a tag is “external”.

window.onload=function(){
setOnClick();
}

function setOnClick() {
if(!document.getElementsByTagName) {
return;
}
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=anchors.length; i !=0; i--) {
var a=anchors[i-1];
if (a.rel.indexOf("external") != -1) {
a.onclick = function(){newWin(this.href,'popup1',700,400);
return false;}
}
}