{"id":66,"date":"2023-03-02T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:35:03","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/accessibility\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Effective Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The text in a link needs to describe what the user will encounter when they follow said link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By using proper descriptive text for your link, you will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Help people with a motion impairment by letting them skip links that they are not interested in, avoiding the keystrokes needed to visit the referenced content and then returning to the current content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aid people with cognitive limitations from becoming disoriented by multiple means of navigation to and from content they are not interested in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow people with visual disabilities to determine the purpose of a link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"examples-of-bad-links\">Examples of Bad Links <\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>The following should never be used, as they do not provide enough context for the user.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The URL of the destination written out:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Housing Options Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/reslife\/housing-options\/\">https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/reslife\/housing-options\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generic text such as but not limited to:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read More<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn More<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Here<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"examples-of-effective-link-text\">Examples of Effective Link Text<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apply.monmouth.edu\/portal\/first-year-appointments\">Schedule an Appointment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"tel:+17325713456\">Call Admission<\/a> (Links to a telephone number)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:admission@monmouth.edu\">Email Admission<\/a> (Links to an email address)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:fyadvisor@monmouth.edu\">Email fyadvisor@monmouth.edu to schedule an appointment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monmouth offers a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/reslife\/housing-options\/\">housing options<\/a> for students, including suite-style buildings and traditional corridor-style residence halls for first-year students, and apartment-style living for upper-class students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monmouth University\u2019s accessible guidelines website has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/accessibility\/images\/\">guide on how to write alternative text for images<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The text in a link needs to describe what the user will encounter when they follow said link. 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