{"id":302,"date":"2017-12-01T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/digital-accessibility-initiative\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2021-08-31T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:57:52","slug":"how-to-create-accessible-web-pages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/digital-accessibility-initiative\/how-to-create-accessible-web-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Accessible Web Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a name=\"is\"><\/a>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p class=\"listintro\">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is developed through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/intro\/w3c-process.php\">W3C process<\/a>\u00a0in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"listintro\">The WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Web &#8220;content&#8221; generally refers to the information in a web page or web application, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listafterpul\">\n<li>natural information such as text, images, and sounds<\/li>\n<li>code or markup that defines structure, presentation, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"for\"><\/a>Who WCAG is for<\/h2>\n<p class=\"listintro\">WCAG is primarily intended for:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listafterpul\">\n<li>Web content developers (page authors, site designers, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Web authoring tool developers<\/li>\n<li>Web accessibility evaluation tool developers<\/li>\n<li>Others who want or need a standard for web accessibility, including for mobile accessibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related resources are intended to meet the needs of many different people, including policy makers, managers, researchers, and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"listintro\">WCAG is a technical standard, not an introduction to accessibility. For introductory material, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/wcag2faq.html#start\">Where should I start? in the FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"whatis2\"><\/a>What is in WCAG 2.0?<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20\">WCAG 2.0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a stable, referenceable technical standard. It has 12 guidelines that are organized under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/intro.html#introduction-fourprincs-head\">4 principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust<\/a>. For each guideline, there are testable\u00a0<em>success criteria<\/em>, which are at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/conformance.html#uc-levels-head\">three levels: A, AA, and AAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a short summary of the WCAG 2.0 guidelines, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/glance\/\"><strong>WCAG 2.0 at a Glance<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about web accessibility principles and guidelines, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/intro\/people-use-web\/principles\"><strong>Accessibility Principles<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The WCAG 2.0 supporting technical materials include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listspaced\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/quickref\/\"><strong>How to Meet WCAG 2.0<\/strong>: A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques<\/a>\u00a0is essentially the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/quickref\/\" class=\"novisuallink\">WCAG 2.0 checklist<\/a>. Most people use this quick references as the main resource for working with WCAG.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20-TECHS\/\"><strong>Techniques for WCAG 2.0<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0gives you specific details on how to develop accessible Web content, such as HTML code examples. The techniques are &#8220;informative&#8221;, that is, you do not have to use them. The basis for determining conformance to WCAG 2.0 is the\u00a0<em>success criteria<\/em>\u00a0from the WCAG 2.0 standard, not the techniques. Read more in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/wcag2faq#techs\">Techniques in the FAQ<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20\/\"><strong>Understanding WCAG 2.0<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has additional guidance on learning and implementing WCAG 2.0 for people who want to understand the guidelines and success criteria more thoroughly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more details on how these documents are related and how they are linked, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/intro\/wcag20\"><strong>The WCAG 2.0 Documents<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Technical document format<\/h2>\n<p>The WCAG, Techniques, and Understanding documents follow the\u00a0<acronym title=\"World Wide Web Consortium\">W3C<\/acronym>\u00a0format for technical reports, which has several sections at the beginning, including links to different versions, editors, abstract, and status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is developed through the\u00a0W3C process\u00a0in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally. 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