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Boosting User Experience 10 Simple Tips For
Making Your Website More Accessible

• Your website is not just an attractive piece of
  real estate you have online. It is a powerful
  marketing tool that works 24/7 at explaining to
  the world what you have to offer and give them.
  But its effective only if the websites
  accessibility is accessibility is optimal for
  everyone to access. Otherwise, you may lose top
  clients because they cannot ?nd the site or
  interact because of the site design!
• And this is the segment of the market suffering
  from disabilities like motor, visual and
  cognitive disabilities. They, however, are your
  target audience, so just by tweaking your website
  for website compliance, you can tap into and
  monetize the segment. By boosting your website or
  mobile app accessibility, it gets more
  accessible and useful to generate more income.
  This is where ADA Site Compliance can help, as
  we are the 1 resource for ensuring ADA website
  compliance!
• What is web accessibility?
• Web accessibility ensures all web pages of a
  website are developed so that everyone, including
  people with disabilities, can access it. The
  goal is to provide an equal website experience
  for those with and without limitations. Website
  accessibility addresses these primary
  disabilities
• Visual disabilities include but are not limited
  to blindness, color blindness, and poor eyesight.
  It can also have di?culties reading text because
  of the sunlight and other similar situations.
• Auditory impairments include but are not limited
  to deafness and users who are hard of hearing.
• Motor impairments that include but are not
  limited to muscle slowness, loss of muscle
  control, and the inability to use hands.
• Neurological disabilities that include and are
  not limited to seizures, cerebral palsy, and
  epilepsy.
• Intellectual and cognitive disabilities that
  include but are not limited to developmental and
  learning disabilities like dyslexia and
  non-verbal learning.

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• Why make a website accessible?
• Not only will you reach a larger audience with an
  accessible website, but accessibility is also
  required by law in some industries and countries
  for the following reasons. A website should be
  designed to be accessible to
• Provide equal access to everyone
• Improve website navigation
• Provide multiple and equal avenues of interaction
  to communicate
• Prove your brand commitment to serving your
  target audience
• Protect your website from lawsuits and ?nes for
  inaccessibility
• How to make your website accessible
• If you want to learn how to make your website
  accessible, then you can get started with the
  help of these ten tips
• 10 Simple Tips For Making Your Website More
  Accessible
• The World Wide Web Consortium developed the Web
  Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
• 2.1 to create an international standard of web
  content accessibility. They remove and restrict
  digital access barriers for people, governments,
  and organizations through detailed requirements,
  success criteria, and techniques to follow for
  website accessibility!

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• Have a logical page layout
• A logical page layout with proper heading
  hierarchy, interactive elements placement, and
  relevant categories makes it easier for users to
  navigate and access the website's content. Using
  appropriate headings like H1, H2, and H3
  indicate different sections and aid screen reader
  users in accessing the content!
• Accessible navigation
• Accessible navigation means creating websites
  that are easy to navigate, with consistent fonts,
  colors, and designs. Descriptive text for links
  is important for accessibility, as it helps
  screen reader users and people using other
  assistive technologies understand the purpose of
  the link. Writing helpful and informative error
  messages is also essential to avoid confusion and
  frustration for users. Error messages should be
  speci?c and use plain language, without overusing
  them!
• Keep it simple
• To keep your website user-friendly, eliminate
  unnecessary elements and opt for a clean layout
  with plenty of white space, a two or three-color
  scheme, and two fonts. Purposeful graphics that
  are clickable and insightful are also bene?cial.
  Ensure adequate color contrast, so visitors with
  visual impairments can read content. To aid
  users with poor sight, consider alternative means
  of determining text beyond just color. For
  example, use colored buttons with appropriate alt
  tags for screen readers!
• Mobile-friendly and responsive website
• Make a mobile-friendly and responsive website to
  improve web compliance and digital marketing.
  Over 50 of web tra?c comes from mobile devices,
  so a mobile-optimized website is essential to
  avoid visitors abandoning your site.
  Additionally, Google crawls desktop and mobile
  websites, so a mobile-friendly site can improve
  your online visibility. Optimize all desktop
  information for mobile devices and place buttons
  in the center of the screen for quick access
  using thumbs. The layout should be designed for
  single-touch interaction using one or two hands!

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• Make use of accessible website forms
• Website forms are essential for conversions and
  lead generation, so it's crucial to ensure a
  user-friendly experience for everyone. Marking
  all form ?elds, using larger label sizes,
  contrasting colors, and simple controls like
  text boxes and checkboxes can help increase form
  accessibility. Avoid using placeholder text as
  labels and provide helper text above the form
  ?eld for users to understand what to write!
• Readable site text
• The right website text enhances the website
  users experience. This is why font choice plays
  an integral part in ensuring the readability of
  the text. Some users may ?nd reading text with
  curved lines challenging, as the font may be too
  wide or narrow because of the lines. Always let
  users enlarge or zoom too small text to read it
  comfortably if they ?nd it di?cult!
• Do not use color for displaying critical
  information
• There is always the chance of people suffering
  from color blindness visiting your site. So
  having important data like graph data in forms
  and error ?elds in different colors only make it
  di?cult for users with low vision or impairments
  to read the data. Instead, it is better to
  describe the data in a graph using components
  like colored labels and patterns to make them
  easily distinguishable to the visitor!
• Ensure there is an option for keyboard website
  navigation
• This tip suggests adding an option for keyboard
  navigation on your website to ensure
  accessibility for users with physical
  disabilities. Users should be able to navigate
  interactive elements using the tab key and
  activate functionality elements like forms,
  links, and dropdown menus using the enter or
  space buttons. A logical tab order and visual
  focus indicators can make the process even
  smoother. Testing the keyboard navigation is
  important to ensure it works properly and
  indicates where the user is on the page!
• In conclusion, improving website accessibility is
  essential for creating an inclusive and
  user-friendly experience for all visitors,
  including those with disabilities. By following
  the ten tips outlined in this guide, you can
  make your website more accessible and compliant
  with WCAG guidelines. However, it's also
  important to periodically check your website's
  accessibility using tools and professional web
  developers. At ADA Site Compliance, we can help
  ensure your website is accessible and provide
  support to maintain compliance!

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