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Web Developer Guidelines
Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 3.9 - Core

All links to downloadable documents must contain the file type and file size in the link

DEECD Requirement

DEECD Guideline

A notation of the size and type of the downloadable document allows the user to know what the download implications are. For non-visual technologies this notation needs to be included in the hyperlink to make this information available.

Requirement

File type and size of a downloadable document must be included in the hyperlink.

Example

<a href="docs/manual.doc">Schools Manual <span class="filetype">(Word - 56KB)<span></a>

Checking Tool

View the web page in a browser to ensure that all hyperlinks that download documents have the file type and size specified and are contained within the hyperlink.

 

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