Web applications with respect to accessibility

This master’s thesis deals with problems of the web applications with respect to accessibility. At first it describes accessibility of the web pages. There are mentioned main reasons and initiatives for making accessible web pages. The first chapter is also aims to handicapped users. The handicapped users are separated to groups according to their handicap and impacts on accessibility of the web pages. The second chapter presents methodics of the accessible website, Czech and foreign rules and lawful orders. The foreign (WCAG, Section 508) and the Czech (Blind Friendly Web and Pravidla pro tvorbu přístupného webu) representatives of the rules are introduced in the next part of this chapter. The idea of the accessible web application – electronic shop - is presented in the third chapter. There are subscribed the conception of electronic shop, advantages and disadvantages and main functions. In the next part of this chapter there are mentioned the primary rules of the writing the source code of the web pages which are used during the creating of the accessible web application of the electronic shop. Closely there are introduced scripting language PHP, database system MySQL and Cascading Styles Sheets (CSS). The part of the master’s thesis is a mentioned accessible web application of the electronic shop. The presentation is placed on http://www.xandy.cz/tmp/ and presents the accessible web system with the respect to accessibility. Creation and description of this web application is mentioned in the last fourth chapter