The WAC's Top Ten Tips for Developing an Accessible Web Page

1. Organize the information well.

2. A site with animations, Flash, frames, or complex layout should provide a “Text Only” alternative.

3. Highest contrast between text and background should be used.

4. Text size should as large as possible. Font size 12 & 14 may be too small, depending on the font used.

5. Leading (the space between lines of text) should be 25-30% of the font size.

6. "True Type" fonts (those with TT next to them in your font listings) tend to be proportioned and spaced for easier reading with the exception of the more complicated or decorative fonts.

7. Tables:
a) Use relative sizing: size tables and table cells using percents not inches (e.g., 95% instead versus 11 inches).
b) Avoid nesting tables (putting a table inside a table). “Split” a cell into several rows or columns if needed.

8. Make links descriptive, not just "click here" (e.g., “Web Accessibility Center” versus “Click Here for WAC”).

9. Provide a text tag (ALT tag) for all pictures, photos, graphics and decorative fillers. Make sure the tag is descriptive (e.g., “Photo of Brutus Buckeye” versus “brutus.jpg” or “photo”).

10. Punctuate. Punctuation is important at the end of headings, links and contact information. Screen “Readers” for the blind pause at punctuations -- text with no punctuation will sound like a run-on sentence.