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How to Avoid Screen Reader 'Noise Pollution'

Surely there can't be a skill to writing ALT text for images? You just pop a description in there and you're good to go, right? Well, kind of. Sure, it's not rocket science, but there are a few guidelines you need to follow.

Ten Accessibility Blunders of the Big Players

More and more countries have passed laws stating that Websites must be accessible to blind and disabled people. With this kind of legal pressure, and the many benefits of accessibility, the big players on the Web must surely have accessible Websites, right?

The Benefits of an Accessible Website, Part 1: Increase in Reach

Some organisations are making accessibility improvements to their websites, but many are seemingly not making the accessibility adjustments. Disabled people don't access their website, they say, so why should they care?

The Benefits of an Accessible Website, Part 2: The Business Case

Manchester United: Top of the Web Accessibility League?

Manchester United have received a lot of press coverage for the separate accessible version of their website. They've probably invested a lot of time and effort to make this separate website, which according to Trenton Moss is totally unnecessary.

Secret Benefits of Accessibility Part 1: Increased Usability

Web accessibility has so many benefits that I really do wonder why such a large number of Websites have such diabolically bad accessibility. One of the main benefits is increased usability, which, according to usability guru, Jakob Nielsen, can increase the sales/conversion rate of a Website by 100%, and traffic by 150%.

Secret Benefits of Accessibility Part 2: Better Search Ranking

One of the main benefits of Web accessibility is that a Website that's more accessible to people is also usually more accessible to search engines. The more accessible your site is to search engines, the more confidently they can guess what the site's about, giving your site a better chance at the top spot in the search engine rankings.

Seven Screen Reader Usability Tips

Simply ensuring that your Website is accessible to screen reader users is, unfortunately, not enough to guarantee that these users can find what they're looking for in a reasonably quick and efficient manner. Even if your site is accessible to screen reader users, its usability could be so poor that they needn't have bothered stooping by in the first place.

Ten Common Errors When Implementing Accessibility

Web developers often make the same errors as each other when implementing accessibility - find out what these are and how to avoid making these mistakes.

Improving Accessibility for Motor Impaired Users

The unique requirements for motor impaired web users can often be overlooked or poorly implemented. Motor impairments can be caused by a stroke, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a physical disability or even a broken arm. This group of users essentially have limited or no ability to use a mouse.

Print Stylesheet: The Definitive Guide

A print stylesheet will automatically make all your web pages print-friendly. Find out how to make one with this definitive guide.

Accessibility Audit vs. Accessibility Testing

Article outlining the difference between the two accessibility evaluation methods: The accessibility audit and accessibility testing.

New CSS Commands for Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 now supports a number of new CSS commands - find out what these are and how to use them.

The Future of Web Accessibility

Accessibility is currently in a great state of change - find out what the future hold for web accessibility and how this may affect your website.

WCAG 2.0: The New W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluated

WCAG 2.0, the second version of the W3C's accessibility guidelines are soon to be released - find out what accessibility experts at Webcredible think of these new guidelines.

Preparing your CSS for Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 has different (and better) support for CSS than any of its predecessors - find out what implications this may have for your website.

Beyond Guidelines: Advanced Accessibility Techniques

Find out how to go beyond the W3C accessibility guidelines and offer a truly accessible web experience.

无障碍性网站的益处 – 第一部分

残障人士法案要求所提供的服务不得歧视残障人士。一个网站被认为是一种服务，因而受这一法案约束，所以必须对每个人具备无障碍性。一些团体正在对他们的网站进行无障碍性改进，但是许多团体看起来没有采取行动。残障人士不会进入他们的网站，他们说，那为什么要在乎这些。

网络无障碍性：概述

网络无障碍性是关于使你的网站让所有因特网用户（残障用户和正常用户）易于获得，不管他们使用什么浏览技术。除了符合相关法律法规，具备无障碍性将让您的网站和商业受益良多。请参阅文章，《具备无障碍性的网站的益处 – 第一部分》和《具备无障碍性的网站的益处 – 第二部分》以了解更多关于网站的无障碍性的重要性。

Internet Explorer and CSS Issues

Internet Explorer has a number of CSS issues. Find out what these issues are and how to get around them, so your website looks the same in all browsers.

Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar

The Web Accessibility Toolbar will help you test any website for basic accessibility in just a few minutes - find out where you can get it from and how to use it.

Improving Usability for Screen Reader Users

Find out how to improve usability and accessibility for screen reader users.

The Problem with Automated Accessibility Testing Tools

Automated accessibility testing tools can be useful, but there are a number of disadvantages with relying on them.

Website Content & Usability

Writing for the web is totally different to writing for printed matter - find out how to write content for this medium with these eight guidelines.

Web Accessibility for Screen Magnifier Users

Discover how to improve both usability and accessibility for screen magnifier users using the Internet.

Web Accessibility and UK Law: Telling It Like It Is

Debunks four myths about web accessibility and the law for those involved in the design and development of UK-based websites.

CSS and Round Corners: Boxes with Curves

Discover how to make boxes with round corners, all through the power of CSS.

Tell Me What You Do!

Explaining what you actually do is the first thing your website should do, but many sites forget this most basic of information. Find out how to do this effectively and avoid leaving your site visitors in the dark.

Writing Effective ALT Text for Images

Simply inserting ALT text isn't necessarily enough to ensure accessible images - the text must also be effectively written. Find out how to achieve this...

Making Accessible Forms, Part 2

Learn more on how to make your online forms accessible in part 2 of this HTML form tutorial

CSS Hacks and Browser Detection

Learn how to use CSS hacks to send different commands to different browsers.

CSS shorthand properties

Master these CSS shorthand properties and shave kilobytes off your CSS documents!

Making Accessible Forms, Part 1

Learn how to make your online forms accessible in this HTML form tutorial

The Secret benefit of search engine optimisation: Increased usability

Optimising a website for search engines can also improves its usability - find out why and how

Effective Site Navigation

Learn how to create site navigation so your users can find what they're looking for quickly and efficiently, ultimately increasing their satisfaction with your site.

The Secret Benefit of Accessibility, Part 2: A Higher Search Engine Ranking

One of the lesser-known benefits of web accessibility is the fact that a website more accessible to people is also more accessible to search engines. This article outlines the ways the two areas overlap.

The Secret Benefit of Accessibility, Part 1: Increased Usability

Web accessibility has a huge number of benefits, one the main ones being increased usability. This article outlines some of the ways accessibility and usability overlap and how enhancing a website's accessibility can automatically improve its usability too.

Ten CSS Tricks You May Not Know

With so many different ways of using CSS some important tricks and techniques may have passed you by. See how many of the ten you already know and maybe learn something new!

Why a CSS Website Layout Will Make You Money

Many of us know about the benefits of using CSS over tables for layout. But did you know doing so could also make you money? Sounds strange but this article explains why and how.

Separate Text-Only Version? No Thanks

In an attempt to make their sites accessible to all, more and more websites are now offering text-only versions of their sites. Find out why this is a really bad idea.

Writing Effective Link Text

Hypertext links are what connects web pages together and are at the very core of the Internet. As they're so important it's essential that your link text is effectively written and displayed - find out how.

CSS Design: the Basics

Learn the all-important basics of CSS design in this article that explains positioning and colour formatting effects.

CSS Navigation Menu

Use the immense power of CSS to make navigation buttons with pure HTML - not an tag in sight!

Does Keyword Location on Page Affect Ranking?

Find out the best position to place your keywords on web pages to optimise them for the search engines.

Ten Usability Blunders of the Big Players

Big companies with big sites, big userbases, and big wallets should lead the way in terms of accessibility. But major sites - from Amazon to Google – can and do make usability blunders. Learn from their mistakes with this quick round-up of prime offenders!

Web Accessibility Myths

Discover the truth about web accessibility. This article debunks seven accessibility common myths.

Applying CSS to Forms

Learn how to lay out and format your forms with the power of CSS.

The DRC Blew It

Review of the DRC's report into web accessibility.

How to Find Good Keywords

Learn how to find the best keywords for your website: ones which are heavily searched for but not being targeted by many other websites.

Linking Out Is Good

Linking out to external websites is a great thing - it can enhance your website's usability, credibility and search engine ranking.

Ten Accessibility Blunders of the Big Players

Article points out some major accessibility mistakes made by very large websites.

What Is Web Accessibility?

While the methods we use to create accessible websites can be complex, the essential principles are simple: consider the obstacles your site presents to users who approach it differently than you do, then remove as many of those obstacles as you can.

Beyond Web Usability: Web Credibility

If you've been developing websites on Mars for the past few years then you'll be forgiven for not knowing about web usability. You'll still be creating splash intro pages, having pages with massive download times and using more images than you can shake a stick at. Well, back in Earth these days have long gone and today web usability rules the web development world.

Build Up Links to Your Website

Link building is an essential part of any online marketing strategy. Learn how to in this article.

CSS and Round Corners: Making Accessible Menu Tabs

Learn how to make accessible Amazon-style navigation tabs.

CSS Trick: Same Link Text - Different Colours

Learn how to make multi-coloured link text - all within the same link!

Manchester United: Top of the Web Accessibility League?

Manchester United have got a separate accessible website for blind and disabled site visitors. This is not what web accessibility is about.

Planning a Usable Website: A Three-Step Guide

Learn how to involve usability from the start of the web design process.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO): the Basics

SEO is about making your website in such a way that it will appear higher in the search rankings. A website that's optimised for search engines can reap huge benefits on to your website and your business.

How To Sell Accessibility

You want to build accessible sites, but your clients don't see the need. How can you convince them to fork over the cash it'll take to ensure their site's accessible by all Web users? Trenton has the answers...

The Benefits of an Accessible Website - Part 2: the Business Case

The Disability Discrimination Act states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore falls under this law. Some organisations are changing their websites, but many are seemingly not making the adjustments. Disabled people don't access their website, they say, so why should they care? There are, however, two very good reasons as to why businesses should start taking these issues seriously: an accessible website will make you more money; an accessible website will save you money.

The Benefits of an Accessible Website - Part 1: Increase in Reach

Don't Submit Your Website to Any Search Engines

Submitting your website to every search engine is an incredibly time-consuming process. There are hundreds and hundreds of them out there - no doubt, you've come across the companies who'll submit your website to 1000 search engines for you. Search engine professionals know that the vast majority of these search engines have a very low usage rate and will drive hardly any traffic your way. In fact, it's only a handful of search engines that drive the majority of traffic from search engines to websites.

How Disabled Users Access the Internet

There's more to web accessibility than making your website screen reader-friendly. Find out more here!

Ten Basic Tests to Check Your Website for Accessibility

The Disability Discrimination Act says that websites must be made accessible to disabled people. So how can you check that your website is up to par? There are a number of basic tests you can make to address some of the main issues. The following list includes guidelines that provide a good start in increasing accessibility to disabled people

Ten Ways to Speed Up the Download Time of Your Web Pages

Do you like to wait for pages to download? Neither do your site users.

Web Accessibility and the Law in the UK: Is Your Website Legal?

Under the Disability Discrimination Act websites have to be accessible to disabled people. Read about your obligations.

Web Accessibility: The Basics

Learn all you need to know about web acessibility with this crash course!

Web Usability: The Basics

Learn all about web usability with this crash course!