How to Create Accessible Websites

To add a website title navigate to Settings and then General and input your title under the Site Title section. This title will be a heading level 1 on the page.

• Use structure when selecting headings (not just font size)

• Typically, there is one heading 1 on the page, but there may be two if there is a heading one at the top of the page

• Do not start alt text with “picture of“ or “graphic of”

• Validate auto-generated alt text

• Include enough information for end user

• Exclude information found near the image (example: caption below image)

• Include alt text for images with hyperlink

• Alt text can vary for same image based on context

• Graphs/Charts and maps are more complex

• Ask content creator (person who wants to use the image) to write the alt text)

• Write link text where it is going, for example IT Accessibility

• Do not use “click here”, “learn more”, “read more”

• Do not underline text that is not a link because keyboard users may think it is a link that is inaccessible

• Use only data for tables

• Designate top row as the header for each column

• Add Alt Text to the table

• Tab through each cell to check for navigation (left to right and down)