Professional SharePoint® 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007

9.6. Summary

This chapter introduced the concept of accessible Web sites. Creating accessible Web sites is not only something that should be considered to make the site more easily readable by users with disabilities. Accessible Web sites also offer positive economic and performance benefits, such as easier maintenance and better search capabilities. This chapter provided introductions to the most common Web accessibility guidelines: the WCAG 1.0, the WCAG 2.0, and the United States Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Section 508. Finally, the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS), backed by Microsoft and its partner HiSoftware, was introduced as a fantastic learning aid, in addition to offering reusable components for developers and designers embarking on creating accessible Publishing sites.