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 ======Creating Meaningful Display Text for Hyperlinks====== ======Creating Meaningful Display Text for Hyperlinks======
  
-To make a hyperlink accessible, you need to ensure that the display text is meaningful, clear, and direct. We want to remove all the ''http : // www. // //.com///etc'' text from a link. It is very annoying for a screen reader to read out all those letters and dashes. We also want to avoid terms like ''here'' or ''click here'' as they hold no meaning to someone using a screenreader. Click where? We need to use meaningful text, for example [[https://nnels.ca/|NNELS Website]]+To make a hyperlink accessible, you need to ensure that the display text is meaningful, clear, and direct. We want to remove all the ''http://www.WebsiteName.com/etc/etc'' text from a link. It is very annoying for a screen reader to read out all those letters and dashes. We also want to avoid terms like ''here'' or ''click here'' as they hold no meaning to someone using a screenreader. Click where? We need to use meaningful text, for example [[https://nnels.ca/|NNELS Website]]
  
  
public/nnels/etext/links.txt · Last modified: 2023/03/23 14:21 by rachel.osolen