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* HiSoftware:  Web Site Quality Report - Deprecated Elements and Attributes
 
 
 

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The World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org) has provided a list of HTML elements and attributes that are considered deprecated.  The W3C recommends that these elements and attributes not be used, mostly because they force styles and design upon a user instead of using style sheets that allow a user to override the default style.  Users interested in passing the W3C WCAG 1.0 checkpoint 11.2 guideline need to pass this custom check.

A listing of these elements and attributes can be found at:

http://www.w3c.org/TR/REC-html40/index/elements.html and http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/attributes.html

Since style sheets are recommended as an alternative to the elements or attributes below, a listing to the style sheet specification is provided.

  1. Download the Deprecated Elements and Attributes Report (ZIP file)

  2. Download other Custom Reports

This Custom Report can be downloaded for use with AccVerify, AccRepair, and AccMonitor. Simply Extract the files into the C:\Program Files\HISC\AccVerify Pro\Test Suites or C:\Program Files\HISC\AccMonitor\Test Suites directories to use. For those using the custom check development environment you can store in any folder as long as all files are in the same folder.

Elements and attributes tested for as part of this test:

  • APPLET:  The Applet element should not be used at all in your page.

  • BASEFONT:  The <BASEFONT> element should not be used at all in your page.

  • BODY:  When using the <BODY> element, you should not use the "alink", "background", "bgcolor", "link", "text", or "vlink" attributes to set the page, text or hyperlink colors.

  • BR: When using the <BR> element, you should not use the "clear" attribute in the break element.

  • CAPTION:  When using the <CAPTION> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • CENTER:  The <CENTER> element should not be used at all in your page. Use style sheets for centering instead.

  • DIR:   The <DIR> element (Directory List) should not be used at all in your page.

  • DIV: When using the <DIV> element, do not use the "align" attribute to format the grouping.  Use style sheets instead.

  • DL:  When using the <DL> element, do not use the "compact" attribute to format the list.  Use style sheets instead.

  • FONT:   The <FONT> element should not be used at all in your page.  You should not set the font color, size or other attributes of the font tag directly. Instead, use style sheets.

  • H1:  When using the <H1> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • H2:  When using the <H2> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • H3:  When using the <H3> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • H4:  When using the <H4> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • H5:  When using the <H5> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • H6:  When using the <H6> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • HTML: When using the <HTML> element, do not use the "version" attribute, instead use a DTD (Document Type Description) for describing the HTML to which the page complies.

  • HR:  When using an <HR> element (Horizontal Rule), do not use the "align" , "width", "noshade", or "size" attributes.  Use Style Sheets instead.

  • IFRAME:  When using the <IFRAME> element (Inline Frames), do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • IMG:  When using an <IMG> image element, do not use the "align", "border", "hspace" or "vspace" attributes.  Instead, use style sheets for alignment of the image.

  • INPUT:  When using the <INPUT> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • ISINDEX:   The <ISINDEX> element should not be used at all in your page.

  • LEGEND:  When using the <LEGEND> element, do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • LI:  When using the <LI> element (List Element, found in numbered and bulleted lists), do not use the "compact", "type" or "value" attribute, instead use style sheets for the design of the list.

  • OBJECT:  When using an <OBJECT> element, do not use the "align", "border", "hspace" or "vspace" attributes.  Instead, use style sheets for alignment of the object.

  • OL:  When using the <OL> element (Ordered list), do not use the "compact", "type" or "start" attribute, instead use style sheets for the design of the list.

  • P:  When using the <P> element (paragraph), do not use the "Align" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • PRE:  When using the <PRE> element (Preformatted Text ), do not use the "Width" attribute, instead use style sheets for alignment.

  • SCRIPT:  When using the <SCRIPT> element (), do not use the "language" attribute to state the scripting language.

  • TABLE:  When using the <Table> element, do not use the "align" or "bgcolor" attributes to align or set the color of the table.  Use style sheets instead.

  • TD:  When using <TD> elements (Table Data), do not use the "width", "height", "nowrap" or "bgcolor" attributes to design the table.  Use style sheets instead.

  • TH:  When using <TH> elements (Table Header), do not use the "width", "height", "nowrap" or "bgcolor" attributes to design the table.  Use style sheets instead.

  • TR:  When using <TR> elements (Table Row), do not use the "bgcolor" attribute to design the table.  Use style sheets instead.

  • MENU:   The <MENU> element (Menu List) should not be used at all in your page.

  • STRIKE:   The <STRIKE> element (strike-through text) should not be used at all in your page.

  • S:   The <S> element (Strike Through Text Style) should not be used at all in your page.

  • U:   The <U> element (underlined text style) should not be used at all in your page.

  • UL:  When using the <UL> element (Unordered list), do not use the "compact" or "type" attribute, instead use style sheets for the design of the list.