Site testing, metadata, and site accessibility resources
Site Testing Resources |
Mozilla Firefox browser - Offers built in compatibility checks in a Internet browser. Allows for quick and thorough accessibility, HTML and CSS compatibility testing. |
Dr. Watson - Offers link validity, download speed, search engine compatibility, link popularity, word count, and spelling check. |
NetMechanic - Fast link verification service allows users to check up to 20 pages of a Web site. Sends a report by email. |
Web Site Garage - Service station for Web sites includes performance diagnostics and browser compatibility tests. Check out the free monthly tune-up. |
AnyBrowser.com - Your Source for Browser Compatibility Verification Improve your web site, check your HTML, browser compatibility & check for dead links. Improve ranking on search engines, increase hits & traffic |
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HTML Clinic - Meta Tags - Explaining meta data and a free online Meta Tag Creator! |
Web Site Garage - Meta tag information and meta tag generator. |
How To Use HTML Meta Tags - Search Engine Watch Article describes use of meta tags and metadata to control a Web site's summary information in search engine results. Find links to resources. |
WDVL - META Tagging for Search Engines Learn what tags are and how to use them to get search engines to list your site. Includes links to other references as well. |
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Designing More Usable Web Sites Helpful index lists links to resources for creating accessible Web sites, including software and Web-based services. |
Bobby - HTML Checker Web-based checker analyzes HTML for accessibility for people with disabilities. Simply enter the URL, and Bobby creates a report. |
The Validator - From the Web Design Group (WDG). It uses the same engine as the W3C HTML Validator but produces easier to understand error messages. It also supports a wider variety of character encodings than the W3C validator. |
HTML Help - From the Web Design Group (WDG). Use this site as a reference for a wide range of HTML related topics. |
W3C Validation Service - checks HTML documents for conformance to W3C HTML and XHTML Recommendations and other HTML standards. |
W3C CSS Validation Service - checks Cascading Style Sheets for conformance to W3C Recommendations and standards. |
The Wave - A tool that helps people perform those tasks that require human judgment (e.g. "Does this ALT text a functional equivalent for this image?" "Does this reading order make sense?"). |
TOM - will convert graphical web pages into text-only pages, or hybrid text and graphics web pages. Tom is a web accessibility development tool, developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
PDF to HTML Converter - Converts Adobe PDF documents on-the-fly to HTML, and returns the document immediately in your browser application. |
Usable Web Collects links to sites covering usability and accessibility on the Web, and organizes them by topic. |
Information about the Federal Section 508 compliance |
WAI Quick Tips Reference Card - An introduction to the key concepts of acccessible web design. |
WAI Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 |
WAI Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility |
