Best practices for usable, accessible content

1. Ten Content commandments
Best practices for usable, accessible content
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2. 1. Images

3. 1. Images

4. 1. Images:
Display for a reason

6. 1. Images: display for a reason

7. 1. Images: display for a reason

8. 1. Images:
Display for a reason

9. 2. Links

10. 2. Links:
Link to the Noun

11. 3. Section Headings

12. 3. Section Headings: Use the
section names

13. 3. Section Headings: Use the
section names

14. 3. Section Headings: Use the
section names

15. 4. HTML

16. 4. HTML

17. 4. HTML:
Keep it clean

18. 4. HTML:
Keep it clean

19. 4. HTML:
Keep it clean

20. 5. Alignment

21. 5. Alignment: Left

22. 6. Sub-headers

24. 6. Sub-headers:
Front-load key info.

25. 6. Sub-headers:
Front-load key info.

26. 7. Section Order

27. 7. Section Order:
Stick to one scheme

28. 8. Text format

29. 8. Text format:
Use HTML

30. 9. Text formatting

31. 9. Text formatting: Break up
walls of text

32. 10. Copy

33. 10. Copy: Cut it in half

34. 10. Copy: Cut it in half

35. Ten Content Commandments
1. Display images for a reason.
2. Make the link a noun.
3. Use section names.
4. Keep your HTML clean.
5. Align left
6. Sub-head sections with gerunds and imperatives.
7. Keep lists in one scheme.
8. Use HTML for online content.
9. Break up your wall of text.
10. Cut your text in half.

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