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Hi Everyone--
Bill Havens sent me a question about form validation and the MSU web
accessibility policy that I wanted to share because it was a good
one--and contains a helpful link to WebAIM. He said it was okay to share.
Thanks, Bill!
Mike
Hi Bill--
The webaim page does a great job describing how to deal with form
validation, with one exception: It is not necessary for validation to
work with JavaScript turned off under the MSU web policy.
Client-side validation will be easier for persons with disabilities
because errors can be detected, announced and repaired immediately.
Best regards,
Mike
On Jun 16, 2009, at 10:26 AM, "Havens, Bill" <[log in to unmask]
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> Mike,
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> We are in the process of getting our web forms compliant with the
> accessibility initiative in the Office of Financial Aid here at MSU.
> Currently I have a major hurdle to climb when it comes to making our
> forms accessible when doing “Form Validation”.
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> Can you tell me what the best practice is for doing this? I’ve found
> a good article on this at:
> http://webaim.org/techniques/formvalidation/ but I want to be sure
> that this approach is the best one, before we begin changing the way
> we have done form validation. In the past, we have used VBscript and
> JavaScript to do form validation.
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> Any help or information would be very appreciated.
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> Thank you,
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> *Bill Havens*
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> Systems Analyst
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> Michigan State University
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> Office of Financial Aid
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> 517.353.8485
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