Have the credit you deserve! Display our web site awards for disabled friendly designs
We here at Shopping Site Listings are 100% behind W3C and Bobby recommendations which, in the UK, become a legal requirement in October this year.
Unlike pretty much every other web site out there we don't award these to anyone. We need you to submit your site to us and we will check it against Bobby and W3C and see how well you do. Only if you pass can you display our award. We will NOT be handing these out unless you pass the checks! We know how much extra work and thought is involved in creating a disabled friendly web site.
WARNING!
These images are ©2003-2004 and all rights are reserved. You do not have permission to use these images on your website unless authorised by ourselves!
Please contact us, if you think your site deserves one of these awards
Here are the links you will require to check your site:
- http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
- http://validator.w3.org/
- http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator-uri.html
To win this award....
You need to pass Grade "A" on Bobby on 90% or more of your web site. In most cases passing Grade "A" involves making sure your images have alt tags. Even spacer gif's need to have a alt=" "
This will require some work but by passing this check you have shown you are aware of disability issues and were prepared to help make the internet more accessible.
Once we have given you the green light use the following code on your web site:
<a href="http://www.shopping-site-listings.com/awards/website-award.htm"> <img src="http://www.shopping-site-listings.com//images/disabled-friendly.jpg" alt="This web site has passed our disabled friendly checks" width="109" height="93" border="0"></a>
Or you can right click and save the image and add it to your own site manually.
To win the double award...
You will need to pass either Bobby Grade "A" and "AA".
Grade "AA" on Bobby is where most sites run into problems and is normally harder to fix than the "AAA" grade on Bobby. The most common being the fixation to have a web site anchored at certain pixel widths and heights. Not only does this cause problems for the disabled but you run the assumption everyone is running the same browser. You'd be surprised how quickly your fixed width design fall apart in other browsers!
This is an excellent award because it shows you really do care about accessibility issues and have taken the time to think through how the site will be designed. If you can get your site to this level it's worth trying for the award below as well because you're very close to a 100% accessible web site already. If you win this award you've done well!
Once we have given you the green light use the following code on your web site:
<a href="http://www.shopping-site-listings.com/awards/website-award.htm"> <img src="http://www.shopping-site-listings.com/images/disabled-friendly2.jpg" alt="This web site has won our double award for having a very disabled friendly design!" width="216" height="93" border="0"></a>
Or you can right click and save the image and add it to your own site manually.
To win our highest award
To win this award 90% or more of your web site must pass all the grades "A", "AA" and "AAA" on Bobby as well as being W3C HTML and CSS compliant.
This is not an easy award to win and takes a lot of time and effort to win this award. Less than a handful of websites are currently displaying this award!
If you win this award is shows you are seriously aware of disability issues and are very professional in the way you design a web site.
Once we have given you the green light use the following code on your web site:
<a href="http://www.shopping-site-listings.com/awards/website-award.htm"> <img src="http://www.shopping-site-listings.com/images/highest-award.gif" alt="This web site has won our highest possible award for excellence in having a truly disabled friendly design! " width="93" height="93" border="0"></a>