We finally solved the navigation problem. Though the number of users who have CSS-enabled but javascript disabled is small, untangling this dead-end was a priority for us because it is one of the basic guidelines for good accessibility.
The Solution
The current navigation needed javascript to function, so we wrapped a <script> tag around it and had it generated via a document.write. We added a <noscript> underneath it that called a server-side include for a non-javascript version of the navigation. Clicking on the roles without javascript enabled now brings you to separate websites housing the links you’d get from the slidedown menu.
It took a while to shift pieces of code for reusability’s sake, but I’m glad we got this out of the way.
