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A list of blog articles

  • Are Accessibility Overlays a Good Investment?

    Accessibility overlays promise to fix your website’s accessibility issues with just one line of code. Sounds brilliant, right? For business owners and developers under pressure to meet compliance deadlines, these …

  • Magento Accessibility: Creating Stores Everyone Can Use

    Here’s a sobering fact: the average Magento homepage contains around 85 accessibility errors. That’s 85 barriers between you and potential customers. If you’re running an Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento) or …

  • How to Use Accessibility Bookmarklets for Better Testing

    You can’t always spot accessibility issues just by looking at a web page. The hidden problems – missing alt text, broken heading structures, poor keyboard navigation – these slip through …

  • How to Achieve ADA Compliance for Your Shopify Store

    Picture this: A Shopify merchant spends $400 on a premium theme. Months later, they’re slapped with a lawsuit. The settlement? $10,000. The cost to fix their store? Another $40,000. This …

  • Managing Content Visibility With aria-hidden

    Web accessibility is often overlooked in the hustle of development, but its importance cannot be overstated. One common issue many screen reader users know all too well is hearing the …

  • What You Need to Know About EN 301 549

    Remember how GDPR transformed the way organisations handle data privacy worldwide? EN 301 549 is doing the same for digital accessibility right now. This European standard sets out accessibility requirements …

  • Making Accessibility Work in Your Marketing Strategy

    Accessible marketing creates content and campaigns that everyone can use and enjoy effectively, including people with disabilities. However, the mistake many professionals make is that they treat accessibility as a …

  • How to Perform a Comprehensive WCAG Audit

    If you have a business, chances are you don’t want to exclude potential customers.  Unfortunately, if you’re not making your website accessible, that’s precisely what’s happening.  People with disabilities are …

  • ADA Video Compliance Checklist

    Videos deliver information quickly and effectively. According to James McQuivey, PhD, a single minute of video can communicate as much as 1.8 million words, making it an incredibly powerful business …

  • How Keyboard Traps Impact Web Accessibility

    Imagine trying to navigate a website where you can enter information but can’t move to the next field. Or perhaps you’ve opened a dropdown menu but can’t escape it. Frustrating, …