[Surelutions offers website design and more in Chelsea, Michigan]

Surelutions offers website design and web services, graphic design, domain and web hosting.
Located in Chelsea, Michigan and serving clients locally and nationwide.

A Note About Accessibility

“If it looks good, why does my website source code matter?”

Surelution's websites begin in xHTML and CSS. We also offer Content Management System built sites, such as Wordpress or Joomla. No matter which you choose, we make sure our website code uses current standards, and is streamlined and accessible. While it may not matter to most users, our expertise and attention to detail is nonetheless very important, and often overlooked by other website design companies.

Some companies offer "Instant Websites!" which use pre-designed templates that the user can simply log in and edit. Yes, this is fast, simple and cheap. However, from coding standards, these websites are a mess. So what? Read on...

A website with 'GOOD' coding has many advantages:

  • Your website is highly accessible to search engines.
  • Your website can be viewed by users on PCs, Macs, cell phones and a variety of screens and browsers.
  • Your website is fully accessible to users with assistive devices, such as screen readers*.
  • Your website is easy to update and expand.
  • Your website's code is standardized and functional, and will continue to work as technology advances
  • You will not be "stuck" with your current webmaster. This important if you ever decide to edit your site in-house or outsource it to someone else.

*There are website accessibility laws that apply to government agencies. These may or may not apply to your privately owned website (yet). But do you really want to turn away potential customers just because they are viewing your website on different type of computer or device than you are?

Is It the LAW?

508 Law discusses the Rehabilitation Act and how it applies to websites and other electronic communication:

"In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily... " [visit www.section508.gov to read more]

For further information:

Introduction to Web Accessibility at the World Wide Web Consortium.

What are web standards and why should I use them? at webstandards.org

 

 

 

 

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