Introduction

This option on the left menu in Acquia Web Governance

Navigation

1. Log in to your Web Governance account.
2. Select the domain that you want to work with.
3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible.
4. Click Accessibility.
5. Select Issues by Page. 

Handle Issues by Page

This section provides instructions on how to view and handle failling accessibilty checks by page. There are two types of issues sorted by page, automated checks and assisted checks. The instructions to handle issues of each type are as follows:

How to fix automated checks

This category contains the failed checks found by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.

1. Log in to your Web Governance account.
2. Select the domain that you want to work with.
3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible.
4. Click Accessibility.
5. Select Issues by page. 
6. Click on a page with a failing check.
7. Select the Automated Checks tab.
8. Click on the check that you want to work with to view code snippets on the page that failed the check.
9. Fix the issue in the HTML code. 
   Web Governance includes the Accessibility Guide, a series of documents that provide a deep dive into each check. In the corresponding Accessibility Guide article for the check, you can find information about why it is important and how to fix it. The link to the Accessibility Guide article that corresponds to the failing check is at the top of the page.
10. To view the issue on the page, select Extension. This opens the page in the Web Browser Extension.
11. After the issue is fixed, click the vertical dots to open the menu and select one of the following options:
    • Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the issue is fixed on the selected page. This removes the error from the results list for the page. If the issue is not fixed properly, it is flagged again on the next scan.
    • Mark as fixed on all pages: Use this option when the issue is fixed on all pages where it occurs. This removes the error from the results list for the page. If the issue is not fixed properly, the next scan flags it again.
    • Ignore on this page: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This option instructs the scanner to ignore the check on this page.

How to fix assisted checks

This category contains checks that the program was unable to verify. Issues of this type are potential errors, and a human must make the final evaluation.

1. Log in to your Web Governance account.
2. Select the domain that you want to work with.
3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible.
4. Click Accessibility.
5. Select Issues by page. 
6. Click on a page with a failing check.
7. Select the Assisted checks tab.
8. Click on a failing assisted check.
9. Review the issue. For more information, read How to review an accessibility issue.
10. Fix the issue in the HTML code. 
    Web Governance includes the Accessibility Guide, a series of documents that provide a deep dive into each check. In the corresponding Accessibility Guide article for the check, you can find information about why it is important and how to fix it. The link to the Accessibility Guide article that corresponds to the failing check is at the top of the page.
11. To view the issue on the page with the Web Governance Browser Extension, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
12. Click the vertical dots to open the menu and select one of the following options:
    • Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option after you fix the issue. This issue is not flagged again for this page by subsequent scans.
    • Mark as fixed on all pages: Use this option when the issue is fixed on all pages where it occurs. This removes the error from the results list for the page. If the issue is not fixed properly, the next scan flags it again.

Frequently asked questions

How to handle Accessibility Issues by Page

Frequently asked questions