Demo of accessible links

Some top tips for links

You must read the Web content style guide for full guidance about links.

1. Make sure the text for the link is descriptive so the user knows where they are going.
   Bad link: Get info about our courses
   Good link: Find out about the School of Art's postgraduate courses
     
2. Never use generic text for a link such as: Click here, See more, Find out more.
   Imagine if you only had the links on a page read out to you. You would want to know where the links are going before you select them.
   Bad link: Find out more
   Good link: Find out more about submitting your application form
   
   
3. Never use the term 'click' because not every user uses a mouse, and it is not appropriate for touch screens.
   Use 'select' instead.
   
   
4. Only add the hyperlink on the descriptive text, never on the lead-in words or follow-up words.
   Bad link: Read and understand our guidance for making cupcakes like a boss.
   Good link: Read and understand our guidance for making cupcakes.

6. Never link a whole sentence. 
   
   
7. Do not link a single word or make the link so small that it is hard to see or difficult to highlight with a mouse.
   Bad link: See policy number 1 for further guidance.
   Good link: See policy number 1 for further guidance.

8. Do not use naked URLs as a text link - these are hard to read by all users, and screen readers will read the whole thing out (including the punctuation and separator characters).
   Bad link: See the draft for the accessibility statement at https://ljmu.sharepoint.com/:w:/t/WebContentTeam/EYzDB5w3C_BNnbkBz-pwjj0BAWLSX3etcUbpfxCU26Dvpw?e=nerUak.
   Good link: See the draft for the accessibility statement.
   
   
9. Do not include the space or punctuation before or after the link text in the hyperlink.
   Bad link: See the draft for the accessibility statement. 
   Good link: See the draft for the accessibility statement.