WAP Site Development Check List

Structure and Page Information

  • Use Correct encoding - UTF-8 by default
  • Sends correct XHTML doctype
  • NO frames, no pop-ups
  • Minimum external resources (CSS, images,etc.)

    • Design and CSS

  • Target resolution?
  • Is high color contrst maintained?
  • Usable with background images off?
  • No nsted tables, no tables for layout
  • Textual representation of all non text element (images, media, etc.)
  • No pixel-based designs, use relative masures like em
  • CSS for design
  • No extraneous CSS code
  • Works with CSS off
  • Uses lists for structure- o1, u1, d1

    • Images

  • No images without alt tag
  • Tested with images turned off
  • Image size according to device size
  • Image size specified in XHTML
  • Image resizing on the server , not at client
  • No spacer images
  • No image maps

    • Navigation and Links

  • No navigation bar in the header
  • Most important links at the top
  • Home, Contact, and few more important links in footer
  • accesskey for important links in the page
  • No more than 10 links on a page
  • Clear, action-oriented label on eacch link
  • Site search in footer if needed
  • Google sitemap prsent

    • Content

  • Maximum 5 scolls long
  • Important content at top
  • Clear and concise language for content

    • Markup

  • Is the markup valid?
  • No redundant markup; must be tidy
  • Total page size(including markup, images, CSS) less than 20K/li>
  • XHTML is semantic, .g. no h2 before h1
  • Uses XHTML code for formatting, aided by CSS
  • Minimal form element, espcially select boxs

    • Objects, Security, Caching, Etc.

  • Works without cookis
  • Cache-Control header as per application need
  • Phone numbers are linked to invoke call