“Part 1: Making the prototype site both standards-compliant and usable. TMA 01 Part 2: Considering the accessibility of the prototype.”

The short report

(a) For pages to be standards compliant, pages use clean and logical HTML or XHTML for marking up content and using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for presentation.

XHTML 1.0 strict and CSS 2.1 increase the chances of reaching a larger audience and If the pages are compliant with said standards then the site displays correctly in all current and many obsolete browsers (crouchharbour, 2014).

If the pages are built using the correct standards then the code validates with W3C standards who are the main standards organization (crouchharbour, 2014). Their objective is to develop and revise standards that are intended to address usability needs, for example physical ability (w3, 2010).

For the OURC pages, the following diagrams and text describe changes made to reach the standards.

The diagram below shows the DOCTYPE declaration telling the browser which language the do…(short extract)