CITY OF FORT MYERS
Online Accessibility Policy
Overview
In keeping with its public-service commitments, and its obligations under the ADA, the CITY OF FORT MYERS will ensure that its media is accessible to people who have visual, hearing, motor or cognitive impairments.
Accessibility is a partnership between site producers like the CITY OF FORT MYERS and the creators of the operating system, browser, and specialist assistive technologies which many disabled users employ to allow them, for example, to view websites in easier-to-read colors, with larger fonts, or as spoken text. For more information please contact: webmaster@cityftmyers.com
CITY OF FORT MYERS online accessibility standards
All CITY OF FORT MYERS online sites must comply with a growing body of Accessibility Standards across commissioning, editorial, design & coding. Links to these standards can be found at: Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities.
1. Statement of commitment
1.1 The CITY OF FORT MYERS is committed to making its output as accessible as possible to all audiences (including those with visual, hearing, cognitive or motor impairments) to fulfill its public service mandate and to meet its statutory obligations defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1.2 Unless it can be shown to be technically or practically impossible, all content MUST be made accessible via accessibility best practices or available upon request.
2. Scope
2.1 These standards relate to all public facing CITY OF FORT MYERS websites.
3. Content
3.1 You MUST provide an accessible alternative to any potentially inaccessible content, including all plug-in content, UNLESS this can be proven to be technically or practically impossible.
3.2 An accessible alternative is defined as one that meets the information, educational and entertainment objectives of the original content.
3.3 If your content relies on Flash or other plug-ins, you MUST provide an HTML alternative that does not rely on Flash, other plug-ins or JavaScript.
3.4 All content and features delivered using JavaScript MUST be accessible with JavaScript switched off - see JavaScript Standards.
3.5 You SHOULD divide large blocks of information into manageable chunks e.g. use short paragraphs.
3.6 Lines SHOULD NOT be longer than 70 characters (for the browser default font setting) including the spaces in between words.
3.7 You SHOULD specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a document where it first occurs e.g. Information Technology Services (ITS).
3.8 You SHOULD use HTML text rather than images wherever possible.
3.9 When using buttons, such as in forms, you MUST use HTML text buttons rather than images UNLESS you have an existing exemption for use of a non-standard font or where the button is a recognized icon.
3.10 Information MUST NOT be conveyed by relying solely on sensory characteristics of components such as color, shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.
3.11 Users SHOULD be notified if their browser is outdates, or does not a specific component for viewing content.
4. Images
4.1 Content MUST make sense without reference to images or diagrams, UNLESS the subject matter can only be displayed via images.
4.2 You MAY support instructions with diagrams.
4.3 Where appropriate, you SHOULD use pictures and symbols in addition to text.
4.4 You SHOULD support your "calls to action" with icons.
5. Structure/function/layout
5.1 You MUST provide consistent navigation.
5.2 You MUST clearly define the different sections of the page and ensure consistent location of screen objects.
5.3 All text based content SHOULD be published on a plain solid background.
5.4 You MUST NOT break browser back button functionality.
5.5 Pop-ups MUST NOT appear without being intentionally opened by the user.
6. Movement
6.1 You MUST NOT cause an item on the screen to flicker.
6.2 You MUST NOT use blinking, flickering or flashing objects.
6.3 You MUST provide a mechanism to freeze any movement on the page UNLESS there is no alternative to the movement.
7. Meetings Audio/Video
7.1 Meeting minutes are available upon request via the Public Records Specialist in the City Clerk’s Office.
8. Frames
8.1 You MUST describe the purpose of frames and how they relate to each other if this is not obvious using the frame titles alone.
8.2 You MUST notify a user if their browser does not support Frames.
9. Forms
9.1 Forms MUST be navigable using the keyboard. In particular, you should beware of putting onChange instructions on a select box (dropdown list) using javascript.
9.2 You MUST provide a "submit" button for all forms. You MAY use an image to perform this function but if you do you MUST provide alt text for this image.
10. Documents
10.1 All downloadable documents including PDFs MUST be made available in alternative accessible formats, either HTML or Text.
10.2 All PDFs SHOULD comply with the PDF Accessibility Guidelines when possible.
11. Links
11.1 The CITY OF FORT MYERS is not responsible for the content or accessibility of third party sites outside the control of the CITY OF FORT MYERS.
11.2 Links should be clearly identified and accessible via keyboards and other assistive technology.
12. Accessibility options
12.1 Page layout MUST accommodate the enlarging of text. Users MUST be able to resize text (with the exception of captions and images of text) by 200% without the use of assistive technologies
12.2 You MUST use style sheets to control layout and presentation.
12.3 You MUST NOT use tables for non-tabular data/content, or presentational markup, e.g. font tags. For more on this see Semantic Mark-up Standards.
CITY OF FORT MYERS
Online Accessibility Policy
Overview
In keeping with its public-service commitments, and its obligations under the ADA, the CITY OF FORT MYERS will ensure that its media is accessible to people who have visual, hearing, motor or cognitive impairments.
Accessibility is a partnership between site producers like the CITY OF FORT MYERS and the creators of the operating system, browser, and specialist assistive technologies which many disabled users employ to allow them, for example, to view websites in easier-to-read colors, with larger fonts, or as spoken text. For more information please contact: webmaster@cityftmyers.com
CITY OF FORT MYERS online accessibility standards
All CITY OF FORT MYERS online sites must comply with a growing body of Accessibility Standards across commissioning, editorial, design & coding. Links to these standards can be found at: Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities.
1. Statement of commitment
1.1 The CITY OF FORT MYERS is committed to making its output as accessible as possible to all audiences (including those with visual, hearing, cognitive or motor impairments) to fulfill its public service mandate and to meet its statutory obligations defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1.2 Unless it can be shown to be technically or practically impossible, all content MUST be made accessible via accessibility best practices or available upon request.
2. Scope
2.1 These standards relate to all public facing CITY OF FORT MYERS websites.
3. Content
3.1 You MUST provide an accessible alternative to any potentially inaccessible content, including all plug-in content, UNLESS this can be proven to be technically or practically impossible.
3.2 An accessible alternative is defined as one that meets the information, educational and entertainment objectives of the original content.
3.3 If your content relies on Flash or other plug-ins, you MUST provide an HTML alternative that does not rely on Flash, other plug-ins or JavaScript.
3.4 All content and features delivered using JavaScript MUST be accessible with JavaScript switched off - see JavaScript Standards.
3.5 You SHOULD divide large blocks of information into manageable chunks e.g. use short paragraphs.
3.6 Lines SHOULD NOT be longer than 70 characters (for the browser default font setting) including the spaces in between words.
3.7 You SHOULD specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a document where it first occurs e.g. Information Technology Services (ITS).
3.8 You SHOULD use HTML text rather than images wherever possible.
3.9 When using buttons, such as in forms, you MUST use HTML text buttons rather than images UNLESS you have an existing exemption for use of a non-standard font or where the button is a recognized icon.
3.10 Information MUST NOT be conveyed by relying solely on sensory characteristics of components such as color, shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.
3.11 Users SHOULD be notified if their browser is outdates, or does not a specific component for viewing content.
4. Images
4.1 Content MUST make sense without reference to images or diagrams, UNLESS the subject matter can only be displayed via images.
4.2 You MAY support instructions with diagrams.
4.3 Where appropriate, you SHOULD use pictures and symbols in addition to text.
4.4 You SHOULD support your "calls to action" with icons.
5. Structure/function/layout
5.1 You MUST provide consistent navigation.
5.2 You MUST clearly define the different sections of the page and ensure consistent location of screen objects.
5.3 All text based content SHOULD be published on a plain solid background.
5.4 You MUST NOT break browser back button functionality.
5.5 Pop-ups MUST NOT appear without being intentionally opened by the user.
6. Movement
6.1 You MUST NOT cause an item on the screen to flicker.
6.2 You MUST NOT use blinking, flickering or flashing objects.
6.3 You MUST provide a mechanism to freeze any movement on the page UNLESS there is no alternative to the movement.
7. Meetings Audio/Video
7.1 Meeting minutes are available upon request via the Public Records Specialist in the City Clerk’s Office.
8. Frames
8.1 You MUST describe the purpose of frames and how they relate to each other if this is not obvious using the frame titles alone.
8.2 You MUST notify a user if their browser does not support Frames.
9. Forms
9.1 Forms MUST be navigable using the keyboard. In particular, you should beware of putting onChange instructions on a select box (dropdown list) using javascript.
9.2 You MUST provide a "submit" button for all forms. You MAY use an image to perform this function but if you do you MUST provide alt text for this image.
10. Documents
10.1 All downloadable documents including PDFs MUST be made available in alternative accessible formats, either HTML or Text.
10.2 All PDFs SHOULD comply with the PDF Accessibility Guidelines when possible.
11. Links
11.1 The CITY OF FORT MYERS is not responsible for the content or accessibility of third party sites outside the control of the CITY OF FORT MYERS.
11.2 Links should be clearly identified and accessible via keyboards and other assistive technology.
12. Accessibility options
12.1 Page layout MUST accommodate the enlarging of text. Users MUST be able to resize text (with the exception of captions and images of text) by 200% without the use of assistive technologies
12.2 You MUST use style sheets to control layout and presentation.
12.3 You MUST NOT use tables for non-tabular data/content, or presentational markup, e.g. font tags. For more on this see Semantic Mark-up Standards.