If your website is not accessible you could be breaking the law, but more importantly you could be shutting out both customers and search engines.
Accessibility in website terms means making sure your website is available to everyone. There are accessibility guidelines (WCAG), they are mostly technical requirements but do require several manual checks. The main two areas that website accessibility fall into are human and technological.
- Human
Your website should usable by all, regardless of ability. This is not limited to people with physical disabilities, it can be as simple as making sure that text is big enough to read. It also includes writing in a way that is easy to understand and using colours that contrast suitably with the background. - Technological
Website content should be viewable on all browsers and devices. This does not mean it has to look the same in every version of every web browser, or be the same on a mobile phone as on a PC, just that content can be viewed.
If you would like to learn more about accessibility, either to improve an existing website or to have a new accessible website developed, please contact us.