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King County Testing Checklist

King County
The Testing Checklist

From KCWeb, the King County Intranet

First, set your browser defaults to a non-white background and a non-arial, not-black font (in IE, Tools / Internet Options / General / Colors and Fonts). Also, set your monitor to 640x480 (Control Panel / Display / Settings). Make sure you have IE5, Netscape 4, and Lynx installed on your computer. Then begin testing, checking off each small-circle item below (or fill out this Word document).

  • Header code
    • Title is filled out appropriately (<title> Title Here </title>).
    • Keyword metatag is filled out (<meta name= "keywords" content="comma, separated, unique words, significant, tothis, document).
    • Description metatag is filled out (<meta name= "description" content="clear, concise description of the page").
    • Author metatag is filled out with e-mail address (<meta name="author" content="your.email@metrokc.gov").
    • URL metatag is filled out (<meta name="URL" content="page URL goes here").
    • Body tag follows template (<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" alink="#990033" vlink="#990033" link="#003366">).
    • King County nav bar code as per template (includes alternate text, link to .map file).

  • Footer
    • "Update" is filled out correctly and follows AP Style:
      • Month (spelled), Date, Year
      • Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. are abbreviated.
    • Text-based navigation bar follows template.
    • Disclaimer verbiage, link follows template.
    • Links work.

  • Content
    • White background.
    • Fits in 640x480.
    • Text is black, arial (headlines not included)
    • Text size is undeclared (preferred; exceptions include menus and captions)
    • Alternate text for all images (ADA compliances, see this).
    • No frames (ADA compliance).
    • Tables are composed linearly (ADA compliance; see this).
    • Links meet external link ho licy.
    • Page size under 50K (add file size and images for total).
    • Links to files over 50K contain warning (65K).
    • Links to non-HTML files contain warning (Word document).
    • King County has rights to use all images and other content.
    • Page/site does not violate King County ethics, including preferential treatment, conflict of interest. See the ethics website for details.
    • Links work.
    • Code works.
    • Content works (spelling, accuracy, freshness, etc).
    • Test in IE 4 or 5, Netscape 4, and Lynx

Updated: May 2, 2000