Validation

The following are useful links for validation web page design and accessibility. This site has passed all the below assessment tools.

Cynthia Says Cynthia Says will perform an accessibility check for you using a friendly Yes/No report format. Your goal should be to see only Yes or N/A on your page report.

Lynx Viewer Lynx Viewer (Alternate site) Use this service to see how your page looks in a text only viewer. This will also give you an idea of the order in which your page will be read by a screen reader (table linearization). Lynx viewer will convert your table cells into paragraphs that will be read in the order they are defined in the HTML code.Your goal should be to have your text read in a logical order with the main navigation on or near the top of your document.

Vischeck Use this site to test for color accessibility. Your goal should be to have your color scheme not interfere with readability or access to content.

Other Links of Interest

Web Page Analyzer A free service that lets you calculate the page size and download time of a web page.

Mark-up & CSS Validation

Validating your HTML markup or CSS code means checking your work to see if it conforms to current standards. Writing valid code ensures your pages will function as you intend them and are acessible to all.

W3C MarkupValidation Service This service will validate your style sheets. It checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.

W3C CSS Validation Service This service will validate your style sheets. It checks Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML documents or standalone for conformance to W3C recommendations.