ChromaTherapyLight guidelines for guest writers

Disclaimer -
Not intended
for medical advice,
consult your doctor.

ChromaTherapyLight

Invitation to submit your page. Guidelines for guest editors - submitting your topic page about color and light.

Invitation to submit topic page.

Your Thoughts?

I hope you find ChromaTherapyLight.com interesting and informative.
If you are an expert on a lighting related topic, I encourage you to contact me, to share your words of wisdom with curious minds.
If you enjoyed your visit, have corrections, or additions to ChromaTherapyLight.com, please send me an email with your suggestions for changes, topics, and improvement.

Please submit your copy following these guidelines.

All formatting will match the existing website.
Maximum two pages, if you need more space, create another topic.
Photos credits and descriptive Alt Text are required.

Learning Objectives

Place three or four learning objectives at the top of each topic page. State a question - encourage reading further, do not provide the answer. Consider what question would be asked for search engines to direct visitors to your topic page.

Add Embedded links

When the topic is too long
Needs more detail
Click through to a different topic page

Picture Size and Background Color

Photo size

Horizontal 700 x 500 (preferred formatting)
Vertical 500 x 700 (only if necessary)

Photo description is the Alt Text

Alt text is required for the visually impaired, those who cannot see the image, technology is available that will read the 'alt text' to the visitor. In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology (EIT) accessible to people with disabilities. Although not required on this website, it is standard practice for good web design.
Search engines will use 'alt text' for photo identification.
Pinterest will use 'alt text' for the description.
include in the 'alt text' - Page Title + Description of photo + www.ChromaTherapyLight.com will be added at the end.

Web Accessibility - Developing with Empathy

TAB key is used for keyboard navigation.
For WCAG Usability Checklist view this PDF.

For a detailed lesson on accessibility, visit Udacity free courses including this one: Web Accessibility
Developing with Empathy
Making a page work properly with screen readers, and managing input focus ... enable navigating the interface with a range of assistive devices. Finally, you’ll learn styling techniques that help users with partial vision navigate your pages easily and reliably.
Some statistics on disability for the US:

Around 2% of the population has some kind of vision disability (i.e. are blind or have significant difficulty seeing even with glasses)
Around 50% of the population has some kind of clinically significant refractive error (a visual impairment which may be corrected with glasses if mild enough)
Around 8% of males and 0.5% of females have some form of color vision deficiency
Around 2% of adults have a hearing disability
Over 4% have a cognitive disability (difficulty remembering, concentrating, or making decisions) [3]

https://www.udacity.com/course/web-accessibility--ud891

Footnotes

Footnotes on this website are shown as a number following the text surrounded brackets, like this [1]
Link to each quoted source should be listed on each page - in this footnote section at the bottom.
https://www.udacity.com/course/web-accessibility--ud891