Our district is requiring WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance and we are showing errors in the newspaper theme.
Best practices required:
While creating website content it is crucial to consider accessibility. There are a few basic steps that should be followed in order to assure your content is accessible:
Add built-in Headings to document and do not skip numbers (e.g. jumping from Heading 1 to Heading 3)
Use built-in List options (e.g. bullets or numbers)
Add Alt Text for all links
Add Alt Text for all images
Defined Table Headers and simplified Tables as much as possible
Basically I installed wA11y – The Web Accessibility Toolbox plugin and it shows page errors. I added alt tags to my ads, but the comments section might benefit from an alt text “Number of Comments” and the arrow images alt text “advance forward” or “advance backward”. Those images are not in the media section, I assume this is template core related.
The other issue is the heading hierarchy. It jumps from H1 to H3.
I know this is the tip of the iceberg and I have just started looking into this, but I would appreciate your insight into compliant changes to the theme, perhaps in an update to all users. Thanks in advance.
Hi,
Our theme would not comply with those requirements, such as for example themes that are created with this is mind and dedicated to the accessibility profile.
There are no plans that I am aware of currently to make any changes in the theme in this matter.
If you plan to create a website for this purpose, instead of modifying a theme that may not be suited for this task, maybe look for a theme that has settings and options that can be used for accessibility.
That would be much easier since there will be no need for modifications to be made, and you can focus only on the special content.
If you choose to request a refund we will approve it, and you can search for a more specialized theme that is already built with this criteria in mind.
Thanks
