Gloucester County Public Schools
- Date Accessed: August 9, 2003
- URL: http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/
- Content: Links and identification information are available on the homepage.
Web Standards
- HTML 4 or XHTML validation: DOCTYPE! was not included. Failed validation as HTML 3.2 or 4.0.
- Text-Browsing: Page shrinks considerably; only the links at the top of the page are accessible: WebMail Login, Web Calendar, etc. Other areas of the site are inaccessible.
- Proprietary Code: Considerable amount of Javascript used for pull-down menu structure
- Editor Used: n/a
- Number of lines of code:663
An enormous amount of bandwidth could be saved by deleting the comments belonging to the scripts.
Usability Concerns
GCPS uses the menu metaphor again for navigation. This makes the entire suite of links contained within inaccessible to users who are not using Javascript. Also, the slide-over function required for second-tier links are difficult to enact. The target area for clicking is the word, it should be the entire menu "button." Target areas for the image map are better for school links, but some titles are difficult to read with white text. ImageMap does not use ALT attributes.
There is no content on this page.
Accessibility Concerns
Drop-down menus are in accessible to screen-readers and text-only browsers, thus cutting off the rest of the site to these users. Google search area is novel, but may lead visitors away from your site. ImageMap for school links is useless to text-editors, and formatting of page with [INLINE] graphics and text is difficult to view.
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