Accessibility Statement

We are committed to ensure that this website is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please send us a mail as we are continually striving to improve the experience for all of our visitors.

Standards compliance

  1. All pages on this site are Section 508 compliant.
  2. All pages on this site follow priorities 1 & 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
  3. All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict.
  4. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup.

Structural markup

Web pages on Geekministry.com include 4 different areas:

  1. A header bar
  2. A "side bar" that includes the main navigation
  3. A main content area
  4. A footer

When CSS (Cascading Styles Sheet) are not applied to a document (or when using a screen reader), the 4 areas are read in the above order.

Images

  1. Unless they are purely decorative items, all images used on this web site have suitable alt attributes.
  2. Content should be usable/accessible with images "off" (disabled).
  3. Links in the main navigation bar on this site are accessible to non-visual browsers.

Links

  1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
  2. All external links on this site opens in a new window

Forms

This site does not have any forms on it.

Scripts

  1. We are using non obtrusive client-side scripts.
  2. Content of this web site is usable without JavaScript support.

Pop up windows

  1. In visual browsers, unless Javascript is disabled, all links to external resources will open in a new window. The title attribute of these links says "(opens in new window)".
  2. Browsers with Popup Blockers should be able to access these external documents.

Accessibility references

  1. W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
  2. W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
  3. W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
  4. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.

Accessibility Services

  1. Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
  2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
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Related resources

  1. WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
  2. Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.

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