Section
508 (0)
A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive
navigation links.This guide is derived from the book
Understanding Accessibility, Published by HiSoftware Publishing...
The Entire book can be viewed online in accessible HTML Help format.
1. Skip Navigation Links
Example one demonstrates how to use a
HYPERLINK to a BOOKMARK on your page to skip navigation links.
The current HTML has a set of navigation links
and main content. There is no method to skip the navigation links to
gain direct access to the content.
<p><a
href="http://www.hisoftware.com/">Home</a> | <a
href="http://www.hisoftware.com/press/">News</a> | <a
href="http://www.hisoftware.com/support/">Support</a></p>
<p>This is the pages main content... Section 508
(o) States that there needs to be a method to
skip the navigation links above
And allow the user to get directly to this content! </p>
The corrected HTML has a set of navigation
links and main content. The page satisfies paragraph (o) of the Section
508 Standards by creating a BOOKMARK where the content starts and then
by placing a Hyperlink to go to this bookmark before any of the
navigation links are encountered.
<p><a href="#test">Skip Navigation Links</a> |
<a href="http://www.hisoftware.com/">Home</a>
| <a href="http://www.hisoftware.com/press/">News</a> | <a
href="http://www.hisoftware.com/support/">
Support</a></p>
<p>
<a name="test"></a>
This is the pages main content... Section 508 (o) states that there
needs to be a method to skip the
Navigation links above and allows the user to get directly to this
content!
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