NLB promotes Web accessibility
Howard Lake | 6 July 2002 | News
The National Library for the Blind is promoting accessibility to Web site owners and designers.
The National Library for the Blind (NLB) has produced a guide to Web site owners and designers to help them design accessible Web sites for blind and partially-sighted users.
With support from Barclays, the project includes extensive guidelines on a Web site at www.visionary-design.org. In addition, the NLB has published a leaflet listing ten tips to make your Web site more accessible.
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Tips include:
- use the ALT attribute to describe graphics and other non-text items
- use style sheets to control screen appearance
- provide a text site map
- warn users about new windows or pop-ups
Visit the NLB’s Visionary Design site.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.