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Resources and Articles Contributed by PWAG Gurus

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Here is the list of articles and best practices tips written and shared by PWAG members. They were originally posted in the Official PWAG Yahoogroup. They are now available here.

General Web Design and Accessibility

• How to Write a Good Alt Text - Written by Jojo Esposa Jr.
  - Simple tips on how to put ALTernate Text Attribute in your Web Site
• Fixing Extra Padding Rendered by IE7 - Written by Lemuel Cabia
  - Problem of IE7 inserting extra padding-top when applied to an element inside a cleared DIV that comes after floated DIV
• Making Accesskeys in Firefox 2.0 Work - Written by Lemuel Cabia
  - How to make accesskeys run in the latest version of Firefox
• Why use CSS to separate content from presentation? - Written by Lemuel Cabia
  - Insights on why the need to remove presentation from the codes
• Is Flash really "needed"? - Written by Ms. Mel Pedley
  - Insightful discussion thread on Flash animation
• CSS Distance Units - Written by Lemuel Cabia
  - Discussion on which is the preferred unit for stylesheet property values for text sizes
• How does a screen reader reads labels? - Written by Ms. Mel Pedley
  - Response on putting labels on inputs in forms
• Tables vs Divs - Collectively written by PWAG members
  - Responses to the thread query "Table vs Div" of Jimuelle Isais
• Collection of Web Accessibility Quotes - Gathered by Jojo Esposa

Web Accessibility Tips

• Web Accessibility Tip #1: Descriptive Hyperlinks
• Web Accessibility Tip #2: Descriptive Titles
• Web Accessibility Tip #3: Embedding Standards Based Flash Video
• Web Accessibility Tip #4: Skip to Content Link
• Web Accessibility Tip #5: Put LABEL on Input elements in Forms
• Web Accessibility Tip #6: Make the language in your website easy to understand

Best Practices

• Why Web Accessibility is Important - Written by Jojo Esposa Jr.
  - Excerpt from Jojo Esposa's Lecture during Webmasters' Interface Seminar, May 18, 2006 in Cebu City
• What are the accessibility needs of disabled persons? - Posted in Bob Reyes' Turfsite Manila Blogsite

Issues and News Items on Disabilities

• Strike Two for the Philippines on Accessible ICT - Written by Ms. Nelia De Jesus
  - Good news about web accessibility initiatives in the Philippines
• Disabled Deprived of Access to Many Top Web sites - Shared by Rey Mendoza
• Web Accessibility Groups NOT Sharing their Best Practices with Designers? - Shared by Jojo Esposa Jr.
  - A steaming hot PWAG discussion thread based on the GAWDS link
• Internet Cafe Opens for Disabled Users - Shared by Rey Mendoza
• Philippines Signs and Ratifies UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (UN-CRPD)- Shared by Ms. Nelia De Jesus
  - Subsequent activities honoring the Philippine ratification of UN-CRPD
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Overview - Shared by Carmen Zubiaga
  - Presentation of Venus M. Ilagan, Immediate Past Chairperson and Representative for International Relations of Disabled Peoples’ International, at the program to celebrate the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held at the SM Mall of Asia in Manila, Philippines on 12 May 2008

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Analysis of Philippine Laws Pertaining to Disabilities

• Can we be sued if we don't make our web site accessible? - Written by Jojo Esposa Jr.
  - Read this short analysis on the Magna Carta for the Disabled Persons or Republic Act 7277.
• Similar Court Actions Taken by Other Countries - Written by Ms. Mel Pedley
  - Comparison of legal actions taken from the US, UK and Australia
• UN-CRPD Treaty Enforces Accessible Websites - Written by Sir Leo Valdes

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Utilities: Web Accessibility Tools

Here are the selected list of accessibility tools links shared by PWAG members from the Accessibleweb Yahoo E-group.

• Interesting Accessibility Tools - shared by Rey Mendoza
• Working with Others: Accessibility and User Research - shared by Rey Mendoza
• Google Web Analytics - shared by Lemuel Cabia
• Emulator for Web Browser Compatibility - shared by Lemuel Cabia
• Free Online Web Accessibility Service - shared by Sonny Villafania
• Web-based program gives the blind Internet access - shared by Darius Del Rosario
• Site Checker - shared by Monica Esguerra

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