From the course: Accessibility for Web Design
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Page structure
From the course: Accessibility for Web Design
Page structure
- We've already talked about heading structure and page titles. Using good, clean markup on the rest of your page is an extension of that same concept. Use meaningful markup in a logical order. You should use HTML markup the way it was designed to be used. Choose the most meaningful semantic markup possible. That will ensure that the visual structure of your brilliant design is conveyed to someone that can't see it. Look for opportunities to understand and use HTML5 elements like the header element, the footer element, the aside, article, paragraph, main, nav, button, use table for tabular data like our shopping cart and the order summary. Use description lists, ordered lists, and unordered lists. They're all elements that convey meaning. The least meaningful markup we have in HTML are spans, divs, and sections. Use those in cases where there's no other appropriate element. But for things that are meaningful,…
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