The AllWebMenus Accessible Menu (508, WCAG) Add-in adds the following functionality to AllWebMenus for creating
accessible CSS menus, with Section 508, WAI, WCAG, DDA compliance.
Through the "CSS Menu" Genre option you
can create powerful accessible
menus, with keyboard navigation,
support for screen readers such as JAWS,
etc.
A perfect solution for US, UK,
Australian government sites or other
websites that require accessible
standards.
The "CSS Menu" Genre option creates menus
with CSS code almost
entirely. Very little javascript exists for
supporting enhanced functionality, like
advanced positioning options, etc. Still, if
javascript is disabled the menus will be fully
functional through graceful
degradation.
The "CSS Menu" Genre option uses the <UL><LI>
population method, which is an SEO friendly method
since the menu links are represented by standard
<A> tags within the page. Search engines index them automatically whenever they crawl a page that contains the related <UL><LI> HTML code.
Example:
<ul id="awmULLI-menu">
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="item1.html">Item 1</a></li>
<li><a href="item2.html">Item 2</a>
<ul>
<li>Item 2.1
<ul>
<li><a href="item_211.html">Item 2.1.1</a></li>
<li><a href="item_212.html">Item 2.1.2</a></li>
<li><a href="item_213.html">Item 2.1.3</a></li>
<li><a href="item_214.html">Item 2.1.4</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="item_22.html">Item 2.2</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="item3.html">Item 3</a>
</li>
</ul>
