Making Accessible Websites for the UN

• GUIDELINES
• Introduction
• Page Design: Visual Elements
  • Alternative Text
  • Do Not Rely on Colour Alone
  • Colour Contrast
  • Use Markup Rather Than Images
  • No Flickering, Blinking or Moving Content
• Page Design: Coding
  • Documents Readable Without Style Sheets
  • Frames
  • Create Valid Documents
  • Controlling Layout and Presentation
  • Layout Tables
  • Using Relative Units
  • Identify the Main Language
• Textual Content
  • Changes in the Natural Language
  • Simple and Clear Language
  • Data Tables
  • Titles
  • Lists
  • Quotations
  • Metadata
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Navigation
  • Meaningful Link Titles
  • Sitemap
  • Avoiding Pop-ups and Links Opening in New Windows
  • Consistent Navigation
  • Logical Tab Order
  • Provide Information About Documents
  • Skip Links
• Scripts and Forms
  • Programmatic Elements
  • Accessible Dynamic Content
  • No Auto-Refresh
  • No Client-Side Automatic Redirects
  • Labels and Forms
  • Device Independence
• Accessible Alternatives
  • Up-to-Date Equivalents
  • HTML Alternatives for Non-W3C Technologies
• Validation Procedures

Validation Procedures

The validation procedures use the Firefox add-ons:

• Web Developer Toolbar
• Juicy Studio Colour Contrast Analyser

Other tools with similar functionalities could be used successfully to complete the evaluation.