Category: Accessibility & Legal

When creating a website for your business, it is important to consider if it is accessible to all of the individuals who may use it. By making your site accessible, you can reduce likelihood of lawsuits, improve your SEO, and provide an overall better user experience to any visitors. Learn how you can make your website accessible to all today!

If you received a letter stating that your website is not compliant with the American Disabilities Act, you are not alone. 4000 cases were filed in 2021, and that number keeps going up every year. After you receive a letter stating your website is not accessible, what do you do next? There are three things […]

Do you use PDF’s for board meeting notes, forms, downloadable documents and want to add them to your website? First you need to make them accessible so that people of all abilities can easily view them. Please note, PDF’s are not always the best choice as they are hard to read on mobile devices as […]

How to write Alt Text for WCAG 2.1 Compliance and Screen Readers… unfortunately, it’s more complicated than you think.  We created these guidelines for our own website clients to help them understand the complexities of Alt Text, how it impacts screen readers, when to write alt text and when not to write alt text, how […]

*Please note: we are not tax experts or legal consultants and this is not legal advice. We advise you to talk to your tax advisor for confirmation. If you have a website for your business, you’ve more than likely heard the term “website accessibility” thrown around lately. Recently, several small local businesses have received demanding […]

Is your WordPress website’s navigation accessible? Website accessibility is a growing industry trend, and when you’re evaluating how accessible your website is, navigation is a great place to start. Navigation is the backbone to your website: can visitors of all abilities, education, and devices find the content they’re looking for and keep track of their […]

Do you utilize a Drop Down Menu on your website? If you do and you’re aiming for WCAG accessibility, it’s crucial you compare your Drop Down Menu’s usability to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 protocol. Why are Drop Down Menus not accessible? Drop Down Menus, or “Fly-Out Menus” as WCAG refers to them, can […]

Are your website’s titles and tags accessible? Website accessibility is on the forefront of everyone’s minds recently in regards to plug-ins and navigation, but many fail to realize that SEO tactics must conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as well. SEO practices like keyword stuffing or making multiple H1 headers have become industry standard […]

Is your website accessible? WCAG 2.1 is the newest edition of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You may be familiar with its predecessor, WCAG 2.0, which was released in 2008 and outlines twelve guidelines to make your website content more accessible for people with disabilities. In April 2018, The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), released […]