ADA Compliant Website

1. ADA Compliant Website  5 Things You Must Do To Have An ADA Compliant Website    1. Partner with An ADA Website Compliance Agency    Mention ADA compliance to most web developers and you’ll probably encounter a blank stare or             two. First and foremost, find a developer familiar with the web platform or framework that your               website uses and ask about how their development and design workflow addresses accessibility               and compliance. If they tell you that they understand all of the complexities of building a compliant                 website, we highly recommend auditing them by using a company that specializes in website             accessibility.    2. Audit Your Website Code    The judicious next step is to run a technological audit on your website. The audit will scan your site                   and identify all the elements and code that does not currently meet web accessibility standards for                   ADA compliance. The results will give you an itemized list of the work required so that you can set                 your budget properly. Each site configuration has varying levels of remediation difficulty. Your ADA               audit cost could range broadly from hundreds of dollars for a basic remediation to tens of thousands                 for a full site audit and remediation.                                                                                                                                                                                 

2.     3. Determine Your Compliance Scope of Work    At this point, your developer or design agency can use the audit report to gauge the overall level of                 effort it will take to remediate the website and provide an estimate. Your developer will sit down and                   work out a budget, timelines, proposed deliverables, and some compliance expectation             management.    If the task list is so vast that this compliance approach is not feasible for your company. At the very                     least, you’ll understand where you sit with ADA website compliance and can plan to address it soon.                 Some critical compliance work is better than no changes at all.    For others, full ADA compliance and remediation is a must, because of company size, sales strategy,                   audience or legal counsel.                                                                                                                         

3.     4. Put in The Work    Once the project has been properly road mapped, it’s time to get to work remediating your website.               Your developer will begin to work through the various compliance deliverables and communicate                 how these changes will positively affect your site’s visitors experience. Below are some common               ADA issues and the resolutions:    The images on your site must have alt. text tags associated with them in the event they do not                   render on a device or the user is visually disabled and is unable to see the image. The alternative text                     will clearly describe what that element is for a visitor’s screen reader. Without that tag, screen                   readers will not understand what information is being presented.    If the chosen colors on your site for essential elements, like buttons or icons, do not have enough                   contrast, then it is hard for some impaired visitors to discern what the buttons are and what they do.    If lists or forms on your website do not have proper labels, this makes it impossible for screen                     readers to translate them for visually impaired visitors. A good example is a shipping and billing               information form for an e-commerce site.    5. Stay Up-To-Date on Compliance Standards Post-Launch    ADA website compliance is not a one and done task. Compliance standards change and must be                   followed and will evolve just as your website grows and changes. There are guidelines and                 regulations all website owner must adhere to. It is generally not difficult, but often requires web                 developers to change their workflows. For example, loading images up to your e-commerce site will             always need the alt tags mentioned above.    ADA website compliance has numerous benefits. It gives your website a competitive advantage and               may lead to more transactions, offers a better overall experience across browsers, provides valuable                 information for Google, Bing and other search engine results, helps the site reach a wider audience,               reduces your SEO and PPC spend and the likelihood of expensive ADA litigation.    Questions about ADA website compliance? Need to remediate your business’s website? ​ADA Site           Compliance​ is here to help!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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