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“Web accessibility? Sounds like a technical thing! I think I have to learn programming for it, right?”

Well, the answer to this relies on a few factors. Here we will take a Look at each one to help you figure out the answer for yourself.

Adobe Dreamweaver is one of the most popular web authoring tools in the market. Among its many functionalities, this software offers features for enhancing the accessibility of your site. Not only are these features easy to do, but they could also help a lot in making it easier for persons with disabilities to use your site.

Please keep in mind that the following techniques are only some of the examples of ways to improve the accessibility of your site through Dreamweaver. As you develop your site using this software, you may find other functions and methods useful to accessibility.

Furthermore, these accessibility procedures apply to Dreamweaver CS4. They also apply to older versions such as Dreamweaver CS3, although certain modifications may exist.

After we have created a skip navigation for your site, I would like to talk about skip navigation in Drupal.

Here, we will discuss Drupal versions up to Drupal 6, because there may be some changes in Drupal 7. We will be talking about Drupal 7 later this year.

The problem is that many web developers want to have a skip navigation on their site, but most of the Drupal themes don’t have such a feature.

There are, however, many themes which are accessible, or can be made accessible with little adjustments. But there is a way to create a skip navigation link in all themes.

Even though you may be done developing your site, you can still make it accessible for persons with disabilities. It is true that web accessibility experts recommend implementing accessibility at the initial stages of web development.

However, there may be instances when you just recently heard of web accessibility after you have completed your site. Also, you may have heard of web accessibility, but have set it aside for a while, and now you have seen its importance.

In many cases we can see web sites linking to a text-only version. Both Section 508 and WCAG allow the use of text-only alternatives, as opposed to making a site accessible by default. While it seems to be very appealing in certain cases in order to take a shortcut to full accessibility, it appears to cause much more trouble than good. Besides, it is also not elective to use a text-only version, it is an option in certain circumstances.

Webcredible has noticed that governmental types aren't all that bright when it comes to technology (Barack Obama and Al Gore excepted) and has developed a highly accessible content management system for those in power at all levels.

Social-networking websites and those based on user-generated content are “effectively locking out” disabled users, charities have said.

In the UK there are estimated to be 1.6 million registered blind people, 1.5 million with cognitive difficulties and six million that have dyslexia.

Besides looking at the functional requirements of a content management system (cms), it is also important to consider picking one which will be accessible for people with disabilities. Often times, the accessibility of a CMS increases its usability as well. This article will provide suggestions on finding an accessible cms which will provide the necessary functional requirements.