[Accessibility_sig] PHP Accessibility

Jean Shepherd jean at jeanesweb.com
Tue Sep 26 23:08:00 CDT 2006


You called it:  the .alt class (which I will suggest they rename) 
does say, display: none.

At 03:30 PM 9/26/2006, you wrote:
>Can you post the css for the .alt class as well? This looks like a
>reasonable strategy on the face of it, maybe .alt is where the problem
>is? If they are using display:none, it would start to explain Jaws'
>behavior.
>
>Btw, PHP is a red-herring in this case. It's a very flexible
>server-side language and has no real bearing on the issue. If they are
>using a particular module or PHP-based products that might be a
>constraint.
>
>Sam
>
>On 9/26/06, Jean Shepherd <jean at jeanesweb.com> wrote:
>
> >  2. Although the navigation's now CSS, the code points to images located
> > elsewhere (bold and italics added):
> >  Code:
> >  <td class="nav" colspan="2"><a href="subpage.php?section=who"
> > class="nav1"><span class="alt">Who We Are</span></a></td>
> >  CSS:
> >  a.nav1 {
> >          display: block;
> >      width: 152px;
> >      height: 60px;
> >      background-image: url(images/who_we_are_full.gif);}
> >
> >  Result:  JAWS reads the word "graphic" aloud.
>
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