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Publish Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:33:00 GMT


We have from today, 23rd August 2009 made a change to our Rayfields Accessibility Website www.rayfields.co.uk/. We have streamlined our website group and merged the accessibility articles and tutorial resources into our accessible web design website www.breakofday.co.uk.

Accessify Forum 6th Birthday
Publish Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:27:00 GMT


Today (Thursday 6th August 2009) is the 6th birthday of the Accessify forum, Rayfields Accessibility would like to wish all at Accessify all the best!.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 is now a Recommendation
Publish Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:30:00 GMT


On 11 December 2008 W3C announced a new standard that will help Web designers and developers create sites that better meet the needs of users with disabilities and older users. Drawing on extensive experience and community feedback, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 improves upon W3C's groundbreaking initial standard for accessible Web content, applies to more advanced technologies, and is more precisely testable.
Rayfields Accessibility will be advising our clients and ensuring all new or updated sites meet the new standard in 2009.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 is a Proposed Recommendation
Publish Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:50:00 GMT


The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has published the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 as a Proposed Recommendation, and published updated Working Drafts of Understanding WCAG 2.0, Techniques for WCAG 2.0, and How to Meet WCAG 2.0.
WCAG defines how to make Web sites, Web applications, and other Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Comments are welcome through 2 December 2008. Read the announcement, Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents, and about the Web Accessibility Initiative.

Latest site tested
Publish Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT


Latest site
Rayfields Accessibility and breakofday.co.uk consulted with the client, resulting in a site redesign and test.

New blog launched - DIYbydesign.co.uk
Publish Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT


New Blog
Rayfields Accessibility and Breakofday.co.uk have launched a blog as an area to expand discussion on Web design and accessibility issues.

New Article - The Web, what's in a colour?
Publish Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT


New Article
This article looks at colours on the Web and it's importance.
How getting it right or wrong can make all the difference.

New @ Rayfields Accessibility
Publish Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:20:00 GMT

New site - New services

The Rayfields Web site has been re-designed and new testing and consultancy services added.

New:- Choose from 3 levels of Web site testing, Basic, Advanced and Premier.

New:- Support services. Bespoke forms, skip link code and accessible Web design.

Watchfire WebXact and Bobby Online products will no longer be publicly available
Publish Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:20:00 GMT

The IBM company Watchfire has withdrawn WebXact and Bobby from the public doamin. Watchfire say,"As of February 1, 2008 the Watchfire WebXact and Bobby Online products will no longer be publicly available. As an IBM Company, Watchfire will continue to invest in accessibility through the IBM Rational Policy Tester Accessibility Edition solution (previously WebXM Accessibility Module)." For more information, visit the Watchfire Web site.

Accesskey and Tabindex articles - What are they
Publish Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Two updated articles have been added to Rayfields Accessibility Consultants article index today, the first is about the html tag accesskeys and the second is about the html tag tabindex. Both articles explain what these tags are, how and where to use them, who could benefit from them and the pros and cons of each tag. Both articles come to a conclusion about using them in todays Web sites.

New Article added
Publish Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT

We have uploaded another article, this time we look at text and image captcha's. The purpose of a captcha is to allow genuine users the ability to submit a form, whereas spammers, robots or automated methods should fail to be able to send a form because they are unable to work out the answer.

Articles update
Publish Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:34:00 GMT

Due to the amount of spam forms we received we have implimented measures to combat this, as a result the articles/tutorials have new URL's. Please follow the link on the old pages article/tutorial to their new location or via the updated article index page.

Accessibility News
Publish Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:30:00 GMT

The 1st October 2007 saw the DRC merge into the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The DRC is no longer a stand alone commission and from now you should go to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Web site. www.equalityhumanrights.com/

Case Study : Scottish Information Commissioner
Publish Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:45:00 GMT

The Scottish Information Commissioner Web site www.itspublicknowledge.info was re-launched on the 5th July 2007. Rayfields Accessibility provided testing and consultancy services. Testing sites under development allows Web site commissioners and developers to address accessibility and usability issues before sites go live.

The myths about accessibility - Don't believe the hype
Publish Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:30:00 GMT

The aim of this article is to dispel the most common myths about accessibility and Web sites. The myths listed within the article are just some of the reasons people give for not incorporating accessibility into their designs.

Fixing errors returned by the W3C Validator - W3C validation made easy
Publish Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:30:00 GMT

Many people are put off validation due the amount of errors returned on a page, but this article explains that it isn't always that bad. Simply by fixing a few errors can eliminate them all. Happy validating!

Making forms accessible - Practical ways to ensure your forms are accessible and useable
Publish Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:30:00 GMT

Forms play an important part in any Web site. They can be used to allow your visitors to contact you, to order items or so you can collate information. If these forms are not usable or accessible your user will not be able to have this interaction with you. This article will explain some key points in making forms accessible. There will be sample code included so you can put this into action today!

How to implement CSS Skip links - option 2 (Advanced level)
Publish Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:11:00 GMT

This tutorial follows on from the CSS skip links intermediate level and explains how to add and style your skip links so they only appear on focus and not visible all the time distracting and confusing visitors. The tutorial leads on from the article introducing skip links. All the code and step-by-step instructions are included.

How to implement CSS Skip links - option 1 (intermediate level)
Publish Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:55:00 GMT

This tutorial explains how to add and style your skip links. The tutorial leads on from the article introducing skip links. All the code and step-by-step instructions are included.

CSS Skip links - What are they
Publish Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:17:00 GMT

An article on the introduction of skip links, these are a WCAG requirement for priority 3 AAA compliance. This article gives details of implementation and links to our tutorials for a step-by-step guide on coding and including them into your HTML document.

The code within the code
Publish Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:41:00 GMT

An article on the introduction into accessibility discussing what is accessibility and how to get started building accessible Web sites. The article includes information and links to various resources.

Rayfields Accessibility Feed
Publish Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:07:00 GMT

Rayfields Accessibility RSS Feed provides information on Web Accessibility issues and news. Including articles and tutorials produced by Rayfields on Web site accessibility and usability matters, helping provide solutions for building standard compliant Web sites and implementing Web accessibility features.