[CEUD-ICT] Single vs. Multi-page documents (Was: Tools for conversion of Ms Word documents to HTML)

[Eoin Campbell]

The main reason many websites split relatively short articles into
multiple pages is driven by commercial considerations: it increases the
number of page views to show advertisers, and also increases the opportunity
to sell ads in the high-value locations.

In a non-profit context, the real issue is to meet WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint
12.3: "Divide large blocks of information into more manageable groups
where natural and appropriate".

It seems obvious to me that splitting a long report into chapters on separate
pages, and long chapters into sections on separate pages, is an appropriate
approach to take.
cf. http://universaldesign.ie/it-accessibility-guidelines/web/guidelines/priority-2/2-8

Of course, a single, downloadable, accessible, complete copy of a report should
also be made available, for example, in PDF format.


fomarcaigh at gmail.com wrote:
> I'm with Barry on the multi-part pages. It's bad on How Stuff Works
> <http://science.howstuffworks.com/terror-alert-level.htm>
>  - but at least there you can select the print version to get all the text
> on one page.
> 
> That arstechnica approach - with no single-page option - is really annoying.

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Eoin Campbell
ecampbell.xmlw at gmail.com