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| Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet
Information and Applications Detailed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template |
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| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
| (a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). | Support. ALT and TITLE tags are used for images. | We develop descriptions that explain a design or task element coded into a page. Put your cursor over the left-most cell on this Webpage and read the information. This implementation of a background graphic shows you that creativity can be applied to your site while still ensuring its 508 compliance. For users who turn off graphic displays, this page presents with white space at the left of the text. |
| (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | ALT and TITLE tags are used for images. | Most of our clients want creative but straight- forward
displays of their information. We are capable of presenting multimedia
in a conforming display and have created Java-script slideshows for
non-profit groups that used both ALT tags and offered viewers a
non-Java slideshow. To view an accessible slide show, use this image
link  . |
| (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | Support. | We avoid using color to present information. When we
do, we use >Heading Tags where appropriate. >Emphasis Text color where appropriate. >Comment and explanatory text where appropriate. >We also use graphic images to convey information. The icon for the Cambria County Historical Society above is an example. It is a link which changes the active window. |
| (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. | External style sheets are used, and sites are readable without them. | To view our Products and Services page without styles, trigger this link: Product Page-No style sheet |
| (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. | Support. | Server-side image maps are not used on accessible sites. We use a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor to turn a GIF, JPEG or PNG image into a clickable map by designating polygons, circles and rectangles within the image and specifying a URL for each to link to. If we slice an image, we provide ALT text to describe what the link activates. Client-side image maps, which are now available in virtually all web browsers, can render the URL without the help of a special program on the server. |
| (f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. | All client-side image maps include alternative text. | See (e) Above. |
| (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Support. | Row and column headers are identified with SCOPE tags. |
| (h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers. | Support | Complex tables contain ID, AXIS, and HEADER tags within cells. |
| (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation | Support | Frames are avoided whenever possible, but are properly titled when used. |
| (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Support | We create and use animation and motion in client websites, including animated GIFs and Macromedia Flash movies. We do provide alternative displays that avoid animations and flickering when the site requires accessibility. |
| (k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes. | Support | This technique would be used only as a last-resort. Although we routinely provided text-only sites as an addition to regular sites in past years, we find that with today's technology and applying creativity to the display suffices to meet criteria. We can create text only sites when it is absolutely required to meet accessibility standards. |
| (l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology. | Support | Scripted interface elements are also available as traditional links or text. For example, our site uses a script to disable the Right-Click function, another to include the date of modification, and yet another to cause roll-over effects. Each of these scripts is supported by a <noscript> element and an explanatory Comment in the coding describing the action caused by the script. |
| (m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l). | Support | We provide a link to obtain the downloadable element. The two most common plug-ins we use are Flash and Adobe Reader which we directly link to their download page. |
| (n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. | Support | Form elements are marked with LABEL and NAME tags. Phone numbers may also be hidden, readable only by assistive technology, to provide live support for persons with disabilities. To see an accessible form created recently by CeeMe.Com, use this link: Web Order Confirmation Form |
| (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Support | Skip links are coded to be barely visible to sighted users. A site map or quick-links are offered for all users and normally placed on the Home page. |
| (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Support | Timed responses are normally not used. |