AccVerify

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AccVerify

• How To Use It

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Purpose of Software

• ADA Compliance Review
• Link Verification

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How Often Should It Be Run?

• The frequency that you run the report will depend
  on a number of factors
• Size of site
• Frequency of changes to site
• Number of people contributing to the site
• Rule of thumb
• Link check reports should be run and links
  corrected monthly.
• Accessibility checks should be run and corrected
  quarterly.

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Will e-Michigan be checking up on you?

• YES
• e-Michigan will run our own reports periodically
  which will be used to verify how well you are
  maintaining your site.
• These reports will be sent to the Site
  Administrators for corrective action.

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How To Run A Report

• Complete Report (ADA Link Verification)

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Access the Software

• Start gt Program Files gt HiSoftware AccVerify gt
  AccVerify Professional

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The AccVerify Screen
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Create a Project

• For each report you will run regularly
• File gt Project gt New

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Project Name

• Enter the Project Name
• Specify the type of project Internet Based
  (Automated Crawler)

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Project Settings
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Enter the URL for the Project

• If there is a start file, enter it (usually not
  in Michigan.gov)
• Check the Run accessibility checks box
• Check the Use default file types radio button

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File Selection Tab

• Check the Start Automated Browse File Selection
  when project is opened check box.

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Authentication Tab

• Enter any authentication information that may be
  required (generally not needed if a Michigan.gov
  site)

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Browse Options

• Check all the check boxes
• Set the number of levels to crawl
• The fewer the levels, the faster the report will
  complete, but the less of your site will be
  verified.
• The greater the levels, the longer it will take,
  but the more of your site will be done.
• To get your whole site, generally no more than 5
  levels are needed for a very large site.

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Exclude Directories Tab

• Click Get Robots

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Browser Emulation Tab

• Select a browser to emulate, if desired. If none
  desired, select AccVerify

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Filter Tab

• Enter any desired filters - Usually none

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Save

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Saved Project

• Project is saved in the left panel

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Change Settings

• Settings can be changed at any time
• Project Settings take you to the screen you just
  completed
• Other Rules or Settings will allow you to change
  other things

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Settings to Exclude Un-needed Elements

• Exclude Good Pages
• Only Include Failures not warnings
• Site Quality Settings
• Do this from Report Settings

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Exclude Good Pages

• Select the Report Detail tab
• Under the Report Detail Options select the second
  radio button Show only Failures or Warnings

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Only Include Failures

• Under Checkpoint Detail, Check the second radio
  button
• Uncheck the items you dont want to see reported.
  Make sure to keep Failed items checked.

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Site Quality Settings

• Under the Advanced Tab select Site Quality
  Settings
• Uncheck the boxes for reports you dont need to
  see

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Run a Report

• Run a Report From Existing Project

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Select a Project

• Selecting the Project in the left panel

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Open The Project

• From the File menu select Project gt Open Project
  project name

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Report Settings

• Change any of the parameters you wish

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Report Group Tab

• Specify a location to save the resulting report

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Report Will Run

• Download and analyze files
• Run a verification

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Special Reports

• One Button/Category Only
• Marketing URLs
• Non-Michigan.gov Sites

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One Button or Category
Things to DoButton

• In the Domain field simply enter Michigan.gov.
• In the Start File field paste the rest of the
  path for the start page of the button.

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Marketing URLs
/lawlibrary

• In the Domain field simply enter Michigan.gov.
• In the Start File field paste the actual
  destination path for the page NOT the Marketing
  URL .

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Non-Michigan.gov Sites

• Use the URL for the site you want to test.

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Results (Examples contain all results report
settings are default)
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Run Link Report

• Link Verification Only

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Link Validation Utility

• From within AccVerify
• Tools gt Link Validation Utility

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Link Validation Utility

• From Start Menu
• Start gt Program Files gt HiSoftware Link
  Validation Utility gt Link Validation Utility

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Close Evaluation Mode
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HiSoftware Link Validation Utility
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Settings

• Before you start a report, you need to set up the
  default settings.
• Click Settings gt Options.

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Settings

• Under Crawler Scope choose URL Path Only
• Under Returned URL Scope choose All Links

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Settings

• Click the Exclusions tab
• Choose the Robot.txt radio button.

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Settings

• Click the Output tab
• Select Group by Status.

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Settings

• Click on the Filter tab
• select Only Show Failed Links in the Report
  from the drop-down menu.
• Click OK at the bottom of the screen.

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Enter Information

• Starting URL
• Number of Levels
• Click Start

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URLs for Buttons Marketing URLs

• In the Starting URL field enter the complete,
  actual URL for the Button or Marketing URL

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Results Appear While the Report is Running
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Finished Report

• Summary
• Site Map
• HTML Report

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Save Report

• File gt Save As Project

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Name Report

• Name it
• Click OK

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How To Interpret The Report

• Complete Report (ADA Link Verification)
  (Examples contain all results report settings
  are default)

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Overall Summary
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Accessibility Reports - Summary
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Summary - Continued
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Statistics Summary
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Statistics Summary - Continued
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Passed Files

• Select a file

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Read the Report If desired
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Failed Files

• Select a file from your site

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Read the Report
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Report Continued
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Report Continued

• Included in the error report is a Source Listing
  so you can locate the Warnings and Failures to
  see if they need corrections and where and how to
  correct them.

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Site Quality Reports File Type

• Lists the various types of files that are not
  HTML or images and the links to those files

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Link Phrase

• Shows you a list of files with the phrase Click
  Here. Please verify that this phrase is not used
  alone as a link in your site, except in a theme
  page where you have no control

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NOSCRIPT Missing

• Shows pages that have a SCRIPT element but do not
  include a NOSCRIPT element. NOSCRIPT elements are
  necessary whenever a SCRIPT is being used for ADA
  compliance

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Title Element Errors

• Shows pages that either do not have Title text or
  multiple pages that have the same title text.
  Please note that some pages are the same content
  ID with different category IDs. This does not
  need correcting.

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How To Interpret The Report

• Link Validation Report (Examples contain all
  results Options gt Filter settings are default)

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Results in the Link Validation Utility

• Note that the page in which the link is located
  is not available

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HTML Report

• When the Scan is complete you will be able to get
  an HTML Report by clicking on Report

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HTML Report

• The HTML Report Groups the errors by type of
  error.

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Status 12007

• Error 12007 Internet Name Not Resolved
• Must be corrected The URL is incorrect
• It displays the originating page(s) of each link

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Status 12045

• Error 12045 Invalid Certification Authority
• Must be checked

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Status 401

• Error 401 Unauthorized
• Must be checked probably ok

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Status 404

• Error 404 Not Found
• Must be corrected
• BROKEN LINKS
• BROKEN IMAGES

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Status Failed

• Error Failed Bookmark Not Found (or other
  error)
• Must be checked and, if applicable, corrected

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Status Interrupted

• Error Interrupted Time Out
• Must be checked

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Status N/A

• Error N/A - Mailto
• Ignore

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Status No

• Error No Server Specified in URL
• Must be corrected

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Other Errors Codes

• 12002 - time out - the system didn't have time to
  check the error before the network timed out
• 12029 - is a firewall issue - the link it is
  trying to verify is behind a firewall that it
  cannot cross
• 12031 - it lost the connection to the server for
  some reason - treat it as a timeout
• 405 - relates to a form - check to make sure the
  form is working
• 500 - Internal server error - if it is one of
  your pages - there is a problem with the page. If
  it is a link to another site - the link is
  broken.
• Error - is undefined - check them out

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Summary

• Run Reports Regularly
• ADA Compliance needs to be done right away and
  once a quarter
• Link checking needs to be done at least once a
  month
• Make Corrections Each Time
• Over time, the number of errors will reduce

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Questions??