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Table 5.1 Web Design Best Practices Checklist ( continued )

Multimedia (See Chapter 11)
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1. Each audio/video/Flash file used serves a clear purpose

❏ 2. The audio/video/Flash files used enhance rather than distract from the site

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3. Captions are provided for each audio or video file used (accessibility)

❏ 4. Download times for audio or video files are indicated

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5. Links to downloads for media plug-ins are provided
Content Presentation
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1.

Common fonts such as Arial or Times New Roman are used

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2. Techniques of writing for the Web are used: headings, bullet points, short sentences in short para-

graphs, use of white space, and so on

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3.

Fonts, font sizes, and font colors are consistently used

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4.

Content provides meaningful, useful, information

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5.

Content is organized in a consistent manner

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6.

Information is easy to find (minimal clicks)

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7.

Timeliness: The date of the last revision and/or copyright date is accurate

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8.

Content does not include outdated material

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9.

Content is free of typographical and grammatical errors

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10.

Content provides links to other useful sites

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11.

Avoids the use of “Click here” when writing text for hyperlinks

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12. If standard link colors are not used, all links use a consistent set of colors to indicate visited/nonvisited

status

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13. If graphics and/or media is used to convey meaning, the alternate text equivalent of the content is
provided (accessibility)
Functionality
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1. All internal hyperlinks work

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2. All external hyperlinks work

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3. All forms function as expected

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4. No JavaScript (see Chapters 11 and 14) errors are generated by the pages
Accessibility
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1. If image, Flash, or DHTML is the main navigation, clear text links are in the footer section of the page

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2. Color is not used alone to convey meaning

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3. Image tags use the alt attribute to configure alternate text replacement

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4.

Captions are provided for each audio or video file used

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5. Use attributes designed to improve accessibility such as alt , longdesc , title , and summary where

appropriate

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6. If the site uses frames, use frame titles and place meaningful content in the noframes area

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7. To assist screen readers, the html element's lang and xml:lang attributes indicate the spoken language

of the page.

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