1. Introduction

1.1. Goals

This tutorial aims to guide you on the path to making your website compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards. It will provide you with a step-by-step guide, practical examples, and best practices to achieve this goal.

1.2. Learning Outcomes

By the end of this tutorial, you will:
- Understand what WCAG standards are and why they are important
- Know the basic principles of accessible web design
- Be able to implement WCAG standards on your website

1.3 Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is required. Experience with web development is beneficial but not necessary.

2. Step-by-Step Guide

2.1. Understanding WCAG

WCAG, or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, are standards developed to ensure websites are accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. Compliance is not only a good practice but often a legal requirement.

2.2. Principles of Accessible Design

WCAG standards are based on four principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust (POUR).
- Perceivable: The website's information and components should be presented in ways users can perceive.
- Operable: The website's interface and navigation should be usable.
- Understandable: The website's information and operation should be understandable.
- Robust: The website should be robust enough to be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.

2.3. Implementing WCAG

To implement WCAG, we need to adhere to specific guidelines under each principle.

3. Code Examples

3.1. Alt text for Images (Perceivable)

<img src="sample.jpg" alt="A description of the image">

The alt attribute provides a description of the image for screen readers.

3.2. Keyboard Navigation (Operable)

<a href="#" tabindex="0">Link</a>

The tabindex attribute makes an element focusable in the order defined by the value.

3.3. Clear Form Instructions (Understandable)

<label for="name">Enter your name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name">

The label element provides clear instructions to the user.

4. Summary

In this tutorial, we've covered the basics of WCAG standards, the principles of accessible design, and how to implement them. The next steps are to delve deeper into each principle, learn more guidelines, and practice implementing them on your website.

5. Practice Exercises

5.1. Exercise 1

Add alt text to all images on a webpage.

5.2. Exercise 2

Make all buttons on a webpage keyboard-accessible.

Solutions

5.1. Solution 1

<img src="sample1.jpg" alt="Description of image 1">
<img src="sample2.jpg" alt="Description of image 2">

5.2. Solution 2

<button tabindex="0">Button 1</button>
<button tabindex="0">Button 2</button>

Remember, practice is key to mastering web accessibility. Happy coding!