Revisions
I have made the following revisions from Module 5:
- Made text alternatives for images more descriptive
- Got rid of "junk text" in navbar in case someone is using a screenreader
- Eliminated the flashing background, which may cause seizures if people click around too quickly. Eliminated a couple other unnecessary animations.
- Eliminated the unnecessary link to my student page (the fading animation could cause accessibility issues)
- Eliminated base target="_blank" --propagating windows is bad form, and may make it difficult for some users to navigate.
- Made entire menu boldface
- Removed extraneous numerals from navigation bar
- Radically altered color scheme to enhance readability. Resized some elements after seeing that my divs were overlapping in lighter color scheme
- Checked my content against W3C's Priority Level 1 Checkpoints and determined it meets basic standards.
- Following alterations, validated CSS at w3.org
- Ran HTML validator; made revisions. No graphic offered, but all pages were eventually marked valid
- Added a skipnav element as advised
- Tested site across browsers. Some elements, such as buttons, work even better than I'd hoped in Firefox and Edge. The only element which seems to malfunction is the final helicopter div. Added compatibility keyframes... and it works. Nothing, however, can make the animation work in mobile except using chrome browser. This is something I will need to assess before completing my final project.
- Considered Dublin Core metadata... [Read more]
Dublin Core Metadata
From this module's assignment, I have copied the following Dublin Core metadata tags:
After reading about metadata and how it's used, I find myself paranoid about web scraping. Frankly, I could have taken more time to fully understand it, but I spend a while on my modules, and I cut myself off from reading more... my ignorance is worsening my paranoia. I don't want to make this page more available than it already is.
As such, I am not including metadata this time, though I recognize its utility.
About the veterans' website, I don't know if they want their site indexed. It will be relevant to ~300 veterans, but they already have a mailing list...I'm not sure it's necessary? And there's personal information in their newsletters (though my uncle already took precautions: removing e-mails and home addresses).
Is there a way to prevent random hits, but keep it accessible for the people who actually have a reason to visit? I'd be grateful for feedback on the subject.
Certifications
