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Need help making your website accessible to those with disabilities? Our team of programmers and digital marketing strategists understand the WCAG 2.1 standards and have provided useful tips and tricks to for you to help make your website WCAG 2.1 accessible.

How to Make your PDF’s Accessible

Sara Mannix

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

Mannix Marketing

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 […]

Accessibility & SEO Build a Better User Experience

Sara Mannix

In recent years, Accessibility ie: WCAG and SEO have been at the forefront of an ongoing debate. How can we optimize our site for search engines, while also following community guidelines? Many marketers have concluded that the two conflict, fighting against each other. However, Mannix Marketing has found the opposite through our experienced team and […]

Did you receive an email saying that you willfully infringed on copyrights of an image?

Mannix Marketing

There are two types of notifications of image infringement, the bogus and the real claims. How do you tell the difference? The Bogus Claim The notification that is most likely bogus is the email notification with no real contact information telling you to click on a link and download the information yourself. It starts something […]

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How to Make a Hotel Website Accessible for the Disabled

Sara Mannix

*Please note: we are not lawyers and this is not legal advice. Your website needs to be accessible to people with disabilities or you could face a lawsuit—but what does that mean? Numerous local businesses are being sued as their websites are not coded to be read by screen readers and to be used by […]

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Audit Your Own Website with No Prior Expertise! [3 minute video]

Sara Mannix

Not sure how your website is doing? You can check yourself with these three simple online tests. It takes less than five minutes to test your site and you will know what needs to be done to your website and can share your issues with your digital marketing agency or web designer. These three tests […]

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Importance of Accessibility in Senior Living Websites

Dani Martindale

The American Disabilities Act (ADA) is a law guaranteeing that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else. In 2017, Winn Dixie in Florida lost a pivotal court case which established case law that websites must be accessible to people with disabilities. In April 2018, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released WCAG […]

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Newsflash: IRS Can Pay $5,000 for Website Accessibility Modifications

Mannix Marketing

*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 […]

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Is Your WordPress Navigation Accessible?

Mannix Marketing

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 […]

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Are Drop Down Menus WCAG 2.1 Accessible?

Mannix Marketing

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 My SEO Titles/Tags WCAG Accessible?

Mannix Marketing

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 […]

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WCAG 2.1 vs 2.0: What’s The Difference?

Mannix Marketing

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 […]