Watchfire Bobby WAI Content Accessibility Guidelines

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Skip to report URL tested: http://www.coolcumber.co.uk/accessible/, March 4, 2004 11:35:42 AM EST
Watchfire Bobby Core v4.0.1, WAI Content Accessibility Guidelines 1999/05/05, Support Level: AAA

Note: To ensure that the marked up report is readable, all stylesheets and scripts are removed. The page may not appear as expected.

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This site is compliant with the following accessibility/validation standards.

Welcome To Scottweb Design
Scottweb Design is a professional web design company based in Hertfordshire, offering high-quality websites and development services to clients across the UK.

Scottweb Design specialise in producing accessible, approved, standard compliant and validated web design. We offer a website design service, to meet the Bobby Section 508/AAA and WAI Content Accessibility Guidelines AAA, the highest level.

Is your website ready for the Disability Discrimination Act, 1995 (DDA)?
If it's not give us a call, we can probably help you and provide you with a quote for gaining accessibility accreditation. We achieve this by using validated CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), (X)HTML and good design.

Web sites that are designed to be as accessible as possible, are also very likely to appear high within all search engine rankings. Accessible web design means designing web sites that are easy to navigate, load quickly and have a clear and straightforward layout.

Our approach is simple - listen to what you want, show you similar work we have done before, tell you what we can do for you and give you an honest price. The result is that most of our business in 2003 came from referrals!

Scottweb Design - Hunters Reach, Cheshunt, Herts. EN7 6HQ - Tel: 01992 63505

About this report
. If the Priority 1,2 and 3 issues listed below do not apply to your page, then it qualifies as Bobby AAA Approved and you are entitled to use the Bobby AAA Approved icon. To obtain the icon and learn how to place it in your page, visit the Icon Guidelines page on the Watchfire web site

Priority 2 Accessibility | Priority 3 Accessibility
Follow the links in guideline titles for detailed information about the error.

Priority 1 Accessibility
Priority 1 User Checks
User checks are triggered by something specific on the page; however, you need to determine manually whether they apply and, if applicable, whether your page meets the requirements. Bobby A Approval requires that all user checks pass. Even if your page does conform to these guidelines they appear in the report. Please review these 4 item(s):

If you can't make a page accessible, construct an alternate accessible version.
If style sheets are ignored or unsupported, are pages still readable and usable?
If you use color to convey information, make sure the information is also represented another way. (9 instances)
Lines 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 57, 62, 67
If an image conveys important information beyond what is in its alternative text, provide an extended description. (6 instances)
Lines 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
The following 2 item(s) are not triggered by any specific feature on your page, but are still important for accessibility and are required for Bobby A Approved status.

Identify any changes in the document's language.
Use the simplest and most straightforward language that is possible.

Priority 2 Accessibility
Priority 2 User Checks
User checks are triggered by something specific on the page; however, you need to determine manually whether they apply and, if applicable, whether your page meets the requirements. Bobby AA Approval requires that all user checks pass. Even if your page does conform to these guidelines they appear in the report. Please review these 5 item(s):

Make sure header elements are not used only for bold text.
Add a descriptive title to links when needed.
Check that the foreground and background colors contrast sufficiently with each other. (9 instances)
Lines 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 57, 62, 67
Mark up any quotations with the Q and BLOCKQUOTE elements.
Do not create a blinking effect with animated gif images. (5 instances)
Lines 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
The following 7 item(s) are not triggered by any specific feature on your page, but are still important for accessibility and are required for Bobby AA Approved status

Make sure that all link phrases make sense when read out of context.
Is there a site map or table of contents, a description of the general layout of the site, the access features used, and how to use them?
Make sure your document validates to formal published grammars.
Group related elements when possible.
Is there a clear, consistent navigation structure?
Use the latest technology specification available whenever possible.
Where it's possible to mark up content (for example mathematical equations) instead of using images, use a markup language (such as MathML).

Priority 3 Accessibility
Priority 3 User Checks
User checks are triggered by something specific on the page; however, you need to determine manually whether they apply and, if applicable, whether your page meets the requirements. Bobby AAA Approval requires that all user checks pass. Even if your page does conform to these guidelines they appear in the report. Please review these 4 item(s):

If this document is part of a collection, provide metadata that identifies this document's location in the collection.
Consider specifying a logical tab order among form controls, links and objects.
Use the ABBR and ACRONYM elements to denote and expand any abbreviations and acronyms that are present.
Consider adding keyboard shortcuts to frequently used links.
The following 5 item(s) are not triggered by any specific feature on your page, but are still important for accessibility and are required for Bobby AAA Approved status.

Is there distinguishing information at the beginning of headings, paragraphs, lists, etc.?
If there is a search feature, are there different types of searches for different skill levels and preferences?
Are there navigation bars for easy access to the navigation structure?
Do you allow users to customize their experience of the web page?
Is there a consistent style of presentation between pages?