Web Design Unit B

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Describes techniques for helping your web content

User agents

Programs and devices that interpret web documents

Understandable

You need to make sure that when you insert certain language in your website you the definition should be included

Numeric character reference

a character number code

Viewport meta element

a meta element with the same name attribute set to a value of viewport

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

a version of HTML that conforms to the rules of another language

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)

a version of HTML that conforms to the rules of another language and needs additional code

Attribute

additional code within an opening element tag that specifies information about the element

Validation

an automated process of comparing your code to HTML5 code

Viewport

an imaginary window that the browser looks at the website through

Bug

an incorrectly written code

User-scalable

whether a user is allowed to zoom the page or not

Robust

you should code your website according to web standards

List five semantic elements

comment First p element h1 element h2 element second p element

Perceivable

some people have auditory problems and have programs that read it for them

Character references

specifically formatted codes that represent characters in the HTML document character set.

the two pieces of information you need to use an attribute

the attribute name and the value you are assigning to the attribute

Minimum-scale

the lower limit on the scale of the viewport

Initial-scale

the scale of the viewport when the document opens

HTML semantic values

they indicate the meaning of their content

Debugging

finding and removing the bug

Div element

it is used as a parent element for other elements on your page that function together

Operable

You have to make sure that your website can be used by people who search the web differently