Join Morten Rand-Hendriksen for an in-depth discussion in this video Installing browser development tools, part of Using Accessibility to Improve SEO.
When building websites, it's important to have the right tools handy and…know how to use them.…For the grunt work of the building process, the standard developer tools found…in all modern web browsers will do just fine, but when it comes to accessibility…and SEO, it could be good to have some extra help.…There are some great developer tools available for some web browsers that can…be used to assist in accessibility testing, so before we go any further, let's install them.…In this course I'll be using Firefox as my main browser, because I've found that…this browser and its available tools work the best for this particular process.…
Several of the modern browsers, in particular Firefox and Chrome, have the…ability to add on Add-ons or plug-ins.…For Firefox, you find Add-ons by going to addons.mozilla.org, and this is where we'll start.…For accessibility testing, I want to install two tools, one that's called the…Developer Toolbar, and one that's called Firebug.…To install them I open Firefox, I go to addons.mozilla.org, and from here, I can…
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12/6/2011- Understanding the benefits of accessibility and SEO
- Evaluating screen readers for Windows and Mac
- Installing browser development tools
- Comparing sites that are SEO-friendly and SEO-unfriendly
- Defining a language for a page
- Creating better semantic markup with HTML5
- Marking up images and links properly
- Creating an accessible menu with an unordered list
Skill Level Intermediate
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Goodbye
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