CSS Analysis Of A Selection of FE College Web Sites In The RSC Eastern Region

A pilot survey of the CSS compliance of the home pages of a sample of FE Colleges in the RSC Eastern Region has been carried out. The survey makes use of the W3C CSS compliance checking tool.

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Findings

A summary of the findings is given in the following table.

Table 1: Findings
  Project Compliant? Style Sheet Used? Errors Comments Try It
1 Epping Forest College Y Y 0 errors Only 1 CSS declaration used Check
2 East Norfolk Sixth Form College Y Y 0 errors   Check
3 West Hertfordshire College - N     Check
4 Paston College - N     Check
5 Barnfield College N Y 5 errors found   Check
6 North Hertfordshire College Y Y 0 errors   Check
7 Thurrock & Basildon College N Y 8 errors   Check
8 Dunstable College - N     Check
9 Bedford College Y Y 0 errors   Check
10 RSC Eastern Y Y 0 errors   Check

The information in the table was collected on 9th June 2003.

Notes

Please note the following:

Summary

A summary of the findings is given below.

Table 2A: Stylesheet Available
Yes 5 70%
No 3 30%
Table 2B: Compliance
Compliant 5 71%
Not Compliant 2 29%