Macromedia® DreamWeaver® MX Unleashed By Matthew Pizzi, Zak Ruvalcaba
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Appendix A. Accessibility
By employing the techniques of accessible Web design, you can ensure that your users with disabilities won't be shut out from accessing your Web site. These techniques are described in the Web accessibility standards.
The World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines define the technical considerations for creating accessible Web sites. The WCAG checkpoints provide you with a blueprint for your accessible Web site and have been adopted (in modified form) by the United States government in the form of the Section 508 requirements.
Dreamweaver MX enables you to apply these accessibility standards to your new Web designs or to existing Web sites. Accessible templates and prompts for accessibility attributes let you design for accessibility from the start, and integrated site reports can spot accessibility problems in one HTML document or on an entire site. Complete reference to accessibility rules is available at any time through the Dreamweaver MX reference window.
Creating an accessible Web site shouldn't be an extra chore it should be part and parcel of your good Web design practices. The special accessibility functions of Dreamweaver MX help make these important practices quick and easy to apply!
