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Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 3.5 - Core

The text displayed in all mailto: links must be the email address

DEECD Requirement

DEECD Guideline

A hyperlinked email address allows the user to go directly to their email program to send an email instead of separately opening their email program and copying and pasting the email address.

Requirement

All email addresses on the web pages must be hyperlinked with the mailto: protocol. The text that becomes the hyperlink must be the email address and not the person's name.

Example

<a href="mailto:edline@edumail.vic.gov.au">edline@edumail.vic.gov.au<a>

Checking Tool

  • View all email addresses in a browser to ensure that the displayed email address is the hyperlink.
 

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