Introduction¶

You can choose to do automated accessibility testing with ACT (Accessibility Conformance Testing) rules. The evaluation tool that Acquia Optimize uses is QualWeb.

• ACT is an officially published testing standard. This testing standard is designed to ensure that web content conforms to the accessibility standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
• QualWeb is an ACT-based accessibility evaluation tool that uses open source rules to detect issues within the WCAG 2.1 set of criteria. It was developed by the University of Lisbon.
• Our implementation includes QualWeb rules to address A and AA conformance, integrated into the platform.

Advantages¶

1. Accessibility checking consistency with legal authorities: The QualWeb rules engine will ensure that we can provide harmonized scan test results in parallel with results from the monitoring bodies and digital authorities that use the QualWeb rules engine.
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2. Follow W3C official recommendations: The ACT method of testing consists of rules that have been officially published by W3C.

How to Enable QualWeb¶

This section gives instructions on how to enable QualWeb for scans on your domain(s).

QualWeb is an optional way to scan your website. You can choose to use the regular rules engine or the QualWeb rules engine during your initial setup.

Steps To enable QualWeb:

1. Click Admin Settings (gear icon) on the top toolbar. 

2. The Domain Settings page opens.
3. Click Action on the same row as the domain you want to edit.​
4. Select Edit Domain from the drop-down list.

5. The Domain Settings page opens.
6. Locate the Features section.
7. Click Accessibility to expand the menu.
8. Select the desired QualWeb option to use this rules engine, or select a WCAG level for the traditional rules engine.

9. Repeat for each domain as needed.

When the next crawl of your domain begins, your website content is analyzed with the QualWeb accessibility checks instead of the Acquia Optimize accessibility checks.

For more information about our accessibility checks, see the user guide articles:

• Accessibility Checks
• Visual Indication when you Change the Accessibility Guideline.

Additional resources¶

For more information, see the external websites:

• Understanding Test Rules for WCAG Success Criteria
• ACT
• QualWeb
• W3C
• WCAG 2.1 AA.