Introduction

Watch this short video for a review of ADA Compliance and web editing / formatting that we’ll be using to create an accessible website.

Table of Contents:
ADA Compatibility in City Website Editing

Following Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines for website accessibility is important to creating not only a website that’s accessible to users with vision or hearing impairments, but also creating a site that easy to use for all.

The following guides demonstrate best practices for creating City of Columbus web content.

Descriptive Page Titles and Subheads
Describe Images Properly / Text on Images
Text Formatting Best Practices
Link / Button Formatting Best Practices
Audio / Visual Media
PDFs
Social Media

Background on Screen Readers and ADA Accessibility

The video below provides a quick look at how a screen reader works, and why creating properly formatted pages is important.

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