From a users point of view, accessibility is one of the most important aspects of a modern website. An accessible website means that users who have learning difficulties, or may be impaired in a particular way, are still able to consume and enjoy the contents of the websites they visit. These users often use screen readers and other devices to digest the contents of a website.<\/p>\n
Not only that, but accessibility is also a good marketing and business move. Google and other search engines use accessibility as a key ranking factor for websites today.<\/p>\n
A professional web designer will consider this when crafting a website, so I\u2019ve put together some tips below for achieving this:<\/p>\n
The Language Attribute:<\/strong><\/p>\n Set a lang attribute to the language your website is presented in on the opening <html> tag. For example, <html lang=”en”>.<\/p>\n Alternative Image Content:<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s important that all images have alt attributes set on the <img> tag. This helps to describe, in text, what the image is – especially useful for those who can’t see images, or if an image doesn’t load.<\/p>\n Allow Zooming:<\/strong><\/p>\n Especially on mobile devices, don’t set\u00a0[user-scalable=”no”] on the meta viewport tag. It’s good practice to let a user have control over the web page, and they may want to zoom into a specific element they cannot see properly.<\/p>\n Use ARIA Attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Elements such as aria-label=”What this button does” come in handy for elements that do not have a clear text meaning behind them, such as a <button> that only contains an icon.<\/p>\n Avoid Low Contrast Text:<\/strong><\/p>\n Text on a background which causes it to have a low contrast is troublesome for some groups of disabilities and makes text hard or near impossible to read.<\/p>\n Use Tables Only For Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n Luckily, the days of using HTML tables for layouts are long gone. But it’s best to make sure you’re still only using HTML tables for actual tabular data, and nothing else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From a users point of view, accessibility is one of the most important aspects of a modern website. An accessible website means that users who have learning difficulties, or may be impaired in a particular way, are still able to consume and enjoy the contents of the websites they visit. These users often use screen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n