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Joomla! Accessibility

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Joomla! Accessibility

Overview of this book

Understanding how to create accessible websites is an essential skill these days . You may even be obliged by law to create websites that are usable by the widest audience, including people with a range of disabilities.This book looks at what accessibility is and the various reasons, such as legislative or legal, as to why you really need to understand accessibility and then create websites that can be used by everyone. This book therefore examines the diverse range of user requirements that need to be considered for humans to successfully use web technologies.If you have no experience of being around, or working with, people with disabilities then it can be very difficult to successfully design user interfaces that cover their needs. This book will show you how you can both understand some of the various needs of people with disabilities and the technology they use to interact with computers and the Web.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
Joomla! Accessibility
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface

Summary


I really hope that you have enjoyed this brief introduction to accessibility, found it useful, and now feel more confident about using Joomla! to build more accessible websites. For more, keep an eye on the Joomla! forums and don't be shy about posting any queries you have.

If you would like to lean more about accessibility and have some other questions that you would like to ask, I recommend two great online forums where your query will be answered by the planet's best accessibility advocates and developers. They are the WebAIM mailing list (http://www.webaim.org) and the Accessify Forum (http://www.accessifyforum.com/).

Both are great resources with lots of capable contributors who will always be glad to help.