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Guidelines

for Indian Government Apps & Websites

The organisation and navigation scheme of the content in the website should
be either categorised by subject (topic, tasks, services, life events), by audience
group, by geographic location, or by any combination of these factors. Web
information managers should analyse the wants and needs of citizens and other
intended target groups when organizing the content of Government websites.

6.8.1 It must be possible for a visitor to reach the Homepage from any other page in
the website.

6.8.2 Navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple Web pages within a set of
Web pages MUST occur in the same relative order each time they are repeated,
unless a change is initiated by the user. (Ref. WCAG 3.2.3)

6.8.3 Navigation items of the same type should look and behave the same way. For
example, if a set of pages on one topic has subtopic links in the left navigation
bar, pages on other topics should also have subtopic links in the left navigation
bar that look and behave identically.

6.8.4 Links to under construction pages MUST be avoided as far as possible.

6.8.5 Each page MUST be a standalone entity in terms of ownership, navigation and
context of content.

6.8.6 List of all levels between the homepage and current page should be provided on
each page (as breadcrumbs).

6.8.7 Navigation to external websites should be enabled in such a manner that the
external website opens in a small sized browser window. This is to ensure that the
context remains on the screen for the visitor.

6.8.8 Web pages and applications often have content that is repeated on other pages
or screens (for example navigation links, heading graphics, banner frames etc).
A sighted user can ignore the repeated material by focusing on the main content
area but it is not possible for a person using a screen reader as the content is
read sequentially. Therefore Web pages MUST provide a mechanism to bypass
blocks of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages. This may be done
by providing a link at the top of each page that goes to the main content area.
(Ref. WCAG 2.4.1)

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