Web Accessibility Checklist

Checklist to verify the web page content if it is accessible or not

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Do not use a <table> for layout.
Do not use <br> tags, or to create whitespace. Use CSS instead.
The visual presentation of text and images of text on all pages has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.
You need to be able to resize (ie: zoom in) up to 200%, without loss of content or functionality.
Ensure pages work on mobile devices (by changing the viewport size).
All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard.
A mechanism is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages.
Web pages have unique titles that describe topic or purpose.
The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text.
Headings must be meaningful and used to create a hierarchical structure. (Heading levels should not be skipped.).
Focus is always visible when using keyboard.
All form elements must have an associated label.
Language of the page and content must be programmatically determined.
All pages that contain tables to convey relational data markup are using either scope or id with headers.
Use WET’s form validation.
All pages must validate: Use the Markup Validation Service.