[Surelutions offers website design and more in Chelsea, Michigan]

Surelutions

Graphic Design and Website Development Services
Located in Chelsea, Michigan and serving clients locally and nationwide.

A Note About Accessibility

If it looks good, why does my website source code matter?

All Surelution's websites begin in xHTML and CSS. Our 'behind the scenes' code uses current standards, and is streamlined and accessible. While it may not matter to most users, this attention to detail is nonetheless very important, and often overlooked by other website design companies.

Why is good coding important?

  • Your website is highly accessible to search engines.
  • Your website can be viewed by users on PCs, Macs, cell phones and a variety of screens and browsers.
  • Your website is fully readable to users with assistive devices, such as screen readers.
  • Your website's code is standardized and functional. This is important if you ever decide to have your website edited by someone else.

In additiona, there are website accessibility laws that apply to goverment agencies. These may or may not apply to your privately owned website (yet). But do you really want to turn away potential customers just because they aren't viewing your website on the same computer you are?

Is It the LAW?

508 Law discusses the Rehabilitation Act and how it applies to websites and other electronic communication:

"In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily... " [visit www.section508.gov to read more]

For further information:

Introduction to Web Accessibility at the World Wide Web Consortium.

What are web standards and why should I use them? at webstandards.org

 

 

 

 

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