Situation: We need to ensure that the code produced by the Sharepoint ‘Edit Image’ control ensures that the code generated is XHTML 1.0 compliant and in line with W3C accessibility conditions. In particulare we need to ensure that an ALT text is provided and style controls are disabled. Complication: Standard sharePoint web parts contains Layout … Continue reading How to customise the ‘EDIT IMAGE PROPERTIES’ in SharePoint 2007 to ensure accessibility
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Firebug – Great tool to debug CSS, Javascript, XHTML
The Firebug extension for firefox is a great extension which allows you to inspect the CSS, Javascript and XHTML of a web page. The tool is a very powerful addition for any front end development and debugging work. In particular the ability to inspect and highlight areas and their relevant CSS is very powerful. Live … Continue reading Firebug – Great tool to debug CSS, Javascript, XHTML
Sharepoint 2007 is not XHTML compliant or Accessible
Currently working in a role where I'm supporting the XHTML integration of static designs into Sharepoint 2007 via .Net user controls. The project aspires to produce XHTML 1.1 Strict compliant code that adheres to WCAG AAA accessibility guidelines. Unfortunatley the good folks at Microsoft have not co-operated and we are therefore working to overload, hack … Continue reading Sharepoint 2007 is not XHTML compliant or Accessible