Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

noframes

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an alternative presentation or page.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 2
6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an alternative presentation or page.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 2
6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an alternative presentation or page.

Requirement

NOFRAMES section must contain text equivalent of FRAMES section.

Error

NOFRAMES section may not contain a text equivalent of FRAMES section.

Short Description

This error is generated for each NOFRAMES element.

How To Determine

Question	Does this NOFRAMES section contain a text equivalent of the FRAMES section?
PASS	NOFRAMES section contains a text equivalent of the FRAMES section.
FAIL	NOFRAMES section does not contain a text equivalent of the FRAMES section.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check the contents of each NOFRAMES element.

Expected Result

1. Each NOFRAMES element is expected to contain a text equivalent of the FRAMES section.

Failed Result

1. Create a NOFRAMES section that contains a text equivalent of the FRAMES section.

Examples

Pass Examples

NOFRAMES section is equivalent to FRAMES section.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #35 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>

<frameset>
	<frame src="frame1.html"/>
	<frame src="frame2.html"/>
</frameset>

</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

NOFRAMES section is equivalent to FRAMES section.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #35 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>

<frameset>
	<frame src="frame1.html"/>
	<frame src="frame2.html"/>
	<noframes>Content of the frames.</noframes>
</frameset>

</body>
</html>