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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

Chapter 2. Understanding Accessibility

In this chapter we will examine some other aspects of good user-interface design such as usability. We will look at accessibility as an important component of an holistic approach to web development, as well as what makes good websites and a positive user experience.

We will look at other useful methods for ensuring that your sites are both accessible and usable, such as involving users in the development process through user testing, and if that is not possible, alternatives such as personas are examined.

We will also look at important initiatives to raise the bar in accessible web development such as WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).

What Will Joomla! Not Do?

While creating accessible websites with Joomla!, it is also important to understand the limits of the technology.

Joomla! will not magically transform anything the developer or author throws at into structured and accessible content. Although, sometimes we may wish this happens! We often...