I am using the new html 5 tags on my site to give it more semantics. In addition to this should they all be given the corresponding role?
Knowedge Base: html
How do I know if my websites structure is layed out correctly?
My page looks good visually, but am not sure if it’s structure is layed out properly, or if I used the right elements. How am I supposed to know, or is there not ‘one right way’ to do it?
How do you fix a “suspicious link text” warning in the Wave Scanner?
I ran my page through the wave scanner in chrome and got ‘suspicious link text’ as a warning. My question is this… how specific do I need to make the text? If I go over the top and make it super specific it goes away but seems very bloated. Is there another way I can get rid of this warning?
Does my site need to be usable if the CSS and javascript doesn’t load?
I’ve always wondered this but never really known for sure. Let’s say none of my CSS or javascript loads. Do the site still need to be usable? I know a lot of really big sites are useless without CSS and javascript so I’m betting the answer is no but don’t know for sure.
How do I change the order the elements on my page are given focus?
When I tab through the elements on my site with the keyboard everything is almost perfect except for a couple case where it looks like the order is messed up. How can I change the order the elements on my page are given focus when I tag through everything?
Is there a form element meant to provide instruction?
I know how to add labels to form inputs to ‘label’ what they are. I am wondering if there is something similar for describing what a field is in more details? I want to there to be little text under a text field but don’t know if there is a specific element I should use… thanks!
How do I add alt text to background images?
How do I add alternative text to describe background images? Or do I not need to worry about that?
What is an orphaned form label?
When using the Wave Scanner to repair my website I saw the warning “Orphaned Form Label”, with the description was “a form label is present but it is not correctly associated with a form control”. What is this?