Joomla! Accessibility Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Why be Accessible?
Chapter 2: Understanding Accessibility
Chapter 3: Understanding Disability and Assistive Technology (AT)
Chapter 4: Creating Accessible Content
Chapter 5: Creating Accessible Templates
Chapter 6: Using XStandard to Create Accessible Content
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Why be Accessible?
  • Defining Accessibility
    • Understanding Your Users
    • Dealing with Change
    • Think Different
  • What Are the Benefits of Accessibility?
  • Accessibility Legislation
    • Irish Legislation
      • Accessible Procurement
  • Laws and Public Policies in Other Countries
    • UK Legislation
    • The US and Section 508/504
      • So What's the Big Deal with 508?
    • The European Union (EU) and e-Accessibility
      • eEurope Action Plan
      • e-Inclusion Policy
      • European Policy and the Future
  • So What Does It All Mean to You?
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Understanding Accessibility
  • What Will Joomla! Not Do?
  • Usability
    • User Testing
    • Using Personas
      • Building Personas
  • Understanding Accessibility
    • Being Accessible Doesn't Hurt
  • WCAG 1.0
    • Differences Between WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0
      • Principle 1—Content Must be Perceivable (P)
      • Principle 2—Interface Elements must be Operable (O)
      • Principle 3—Content and Controls must be Understandable (U)
      • Principle 4—Content Should be Robust Enough to Work with Current and Future Technologies (R)
    • Understanding WCAG
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: Understanding Disability and Assistive Technology (AT)
  • Blindness
  • Visual Impairment
    • Glaucoma
    • Macular Degeneration
    • Retinopathy
    • Detached Retina
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Cognitive Disabilities
  • Assistive Technology (AT)
    • What is a Screen Reader?
    • Screen Magnification
    • Switch Access
    • How Do Switches Work?
    • Mouse Emulation
  • Useful Tools for Developers
    • Web Accessibility Tools Consortium (WAT-C)
    • Mozilla Web Developer Toolbar
  • Sitting Comfortably? Then we'll Begin
    • Exercise 1—"No Frills" Browsing
      • If You are Using Firefox
      • Internet Explorer
  • Mouse Free Zone
    • The Acid Test
    • Finally—Was It Good for You?
    • Try it yourself
    • Exercise 2—Turn Off Your Display
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Creating Accessible Content
  • Describe What it is, Not How it Looks
    • All the (X)HTML You Need in Two Minutes
  • Using Headings to Communicate Structure
    • Time For Action—Let's Add Some Content
    • What Just Happened?
    • Time for Action—Adding Headings with WYSIWYG
    • What Just Happened?
    • Time for Action—Adding Headings by Editing the HTML
  • Add Frequent Headings to Assist the Screen Reader
  • How to Use Different Levels of Headings

• Another Important Element
  • Lists
  • Time for Action—Adding Lists
  • What Just Happened?

• Make Images Accessible
  • Description Anxiety
  • Time for Action—Adding Alternate Text to an Image
  • Choosing Good Alternate Text for Images
  • What is Good Alternate Text?
    • Ignoring Purely Decorative Images
    • Charts, Graphs, and Infographics
    • Describing Photographs
  • Time for action—Using longdesc

• Good Link Text Assists Accessibility
• Creating Accessible Tables
  • The Trouble with Tables
  • Time for Action—Create an Accessible Table (Part 1)
  • Time for Action—Create an Accessible Table (Part 2)
  • Time for Action—Create an Accessible Table (Part 3)
  • Does Joomla! Have Good Table Manners?

• Summary

• Chapter 5: Creating Accessible Templates
  • Understanding How Joomla! Templates Work
    • Separation Anxiety—Layout Tables, HTML, and CSS
      • Joomla! 1.0 Used Tables for Layout, So What's the Problem?
      • Why Are Tables Bad for Layout?
  • Building a Standards-Compliant Joomla! Template from Scratch
    • What Modules Do I Need?
    • Color scheme
      • Ensure Good Color Contrast for Your Site
    • Icons and Graphics
    • Create a Mock Up If Possible
      • Roll Your Own Accessible Joomla! Template
    • Using Dreamweaver
      • Set Up FTP Server Connection to Your Local Host
      • Create a Template for Your Template
      • A Few More Steps, Before We Get Going with Coding Our New Template
      • Selecting Your Template
      • Choosing the Correct DOCTYPE
    • XHTML Rules
    • Just One More Thing
      • Putting It All Together
    • Basic Template Layout
      • CSS Scaffolding
      • My CSS Layout
      • Just Before We Add Any Content Modules
    • Adding Content Modules
    • Module Options
    • Finishing the Template
  • Advantages of Joomla! Templates
  • Editing Joomla! Templates
    • Resizable Text
    • How to Make Sure That Text Will Resize
  • Without a Mouse
  • Highlighting Links
  • Some Basic Link Styles
  • Skip Navigation
  • Accessible Templates
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Using XStandard to Create Accessible Content
  • Choosing Your Editor
  • The XStandard Interface
    • Styles Menu
    • Tool buttons
    • View modes
      • Browser Preview
      • Screen Reader Preview
      • Help
      • Context Menu
  • Removing The "Noise" From Markup
    • Using Correct Markup
      • Relative Values
  • Decorative Versus Non-decorative Images
  • Data Tables
    • Create a Table
    • Edit Tables Using the Table Properties Dialog Box
    • Edit Tables Using the Context Menu
      • Abbreviations
      • Screen Reader Preview
    • What is Screen Reader Preview?
      • Using the Screen Reader Preview
      • Interface Accessibility
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Summary

• Index

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