This is the fifth in a series of articles about accessibility
and office documents. As more and more information is now shared
with the general public via the World Wide Web (WWW), in this
article we’ll begin a discussion of web sites and accessibility.
In future articles in this series we’ll deal with specific
applications that can be used on line to communicate information
and how the needs of those using Assistive Technology (AT) must
be considered. This article is intended to discuss some of the
many accessibility issues regarding information that is shared
with the general public via web sites. It is not intended as a
primer on web site design, or the various coding languages that
are used in web site design (e.g., HTML, CSS, etc.). Rather it
is assumed that the reader is using some form of "editing"
software and/or some "design templates" to post information on a
publicly viewed web site. Many experts in the field of web
accessibility lament the fact that many well-designed and
published web sites can b