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zc290549 · #1 09-14-2006, 02:25 PM

Hello Great BV Family,

I'd like share this article with you...Marketing, design, accessibility and user experience are all important contributors to a site's success.

After I enter my URL www.mornington-motel.com I find some Good / bad points like This website appears to be in violation of the British Disability
Discrimination Act.

I'd like BV HQ, programs and community but also I need your help how clean this bad points from my site about British Disability Discrimination Act. I am so new in your great BV family.

You can test your site here www.sitescore.silktide.com

Thanks BV and all members for your support God Bless You All!

Regards,

Zlatko
Mornington, Australia
www.mornington-motel.com

bill2006 · #2 09-14-2006, 03:05 PM

Interesting,
Google and Yahoo are experimenting with websites that will make the internet available/accessible to the handicap or people with disabilities. Examples are options for larger text, voice activated controls and even braille keyboards to help identify named images. Pretty cool technology.

As to the legalities, if this is a concern, consult a lawyer.

allstarfaces · #3 09-14-2006, 03:10 PM

i dont think this is against the law tio be honest i think this is more of an advertising stunt than anything to promote the british disc .... etc so i cant see how it can be illegal or enforced as there is millions of websites exactly the same as for needing biger text etc windows xp has voice and magnifier etc so use win xp extras

Bethers · #4 09-14-2006, 04:17 PM

I'm not familiar with the British specialties - I do know that what you do and some options you use to build your website will make a difference on how well they fit into these patterns. Like - did you use the alt tags on ALL your pictures? If not, that alone would make your website not conform.

zc290549 · #5 09-15-2006, 05:49 AM

Hello Bill, Allstarfaces and Beth thanks for your response. Beth I didn’t not use alt tags because I just learn about design my background is telecommunications can you give me some idea about alt tags for photos.

Regards,

Zlatko
www.mornington-motel.com

bill2006 · #6 09-15-2006, 07:36 PM

The idea behind tag on images-for handicapped- is that computers can translate to braille keyboards so sight impaired, not only the blind, can identify what is on the page. Let's say you are describing your beaches and have a picture of a sunset, they will then know that the site has a picture and not a blank space.

Personally it tells me something about the place. Doesn't have to be long, one word "sunset" is enough.

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