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Summary of html best practices
Navigation Features
- Name of the website using the h1 element
- Unique title on each web page using the h1 element
- Headings (h2-h6) used to indicate major sections of the web resources
- All form controls have associated text label elements
- Data tables use caption, th, id attributes, header attributes to indicate headers for data cells
- Link text indicates the target of link
Landmark Roles
- banner: Header
- main: Main content
- search: Search
- navigation: Navigation bar
- The navigation landmark role is used to indicate navigation bars
- contentinfo: Footer
Images and Graphics
- Decorative images are included as background images
- Informative images have alt text
Styling
- Use CSS for styling text
- Use CSS for layout and positioning content
- Use sufficient color contrast for low-vision users to be able to read the page content.
Automation
- No new windows are opened without notification of user through link text
- All functionality is available through the keyboard