How to use Web Governance Accessibility - Limited Access
Note
These steps explain the process in the new navigation. If you are not subscribed to the Web Governance Limited Access program, these steps may differ from your view. Contact support to join the Limited Access program. All customers will automatically receive the update after the general rollout.
Introduction
Acquia Web Governance Accessibility checks are done by the scan. There are two types of accessibility checks:
Automated: This category contains failed checks as determined by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.
Assisted: 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.
This document provides instructions on how to find and repair accessibility issues with Web Governance Accessibility.
Navigation
From the domain overview, select the domain you want to work with.
Select Accessibility (an icon of a human with outstretched arms) on the domain menu bar.
For information about navigational options within Accessibility, visit Accessibility navigation.
Locate accessibility issues
You can locate issues in several ways. Choose the view that is best for your method of working.
Summary page: This is the Accessibility dashboard. Use the links provided to navigate to the list of all failing checks for the domain.
Issues by type: Select this option from the left menu. This view displays failing checks arranged by type of issue.
Issues by page: Select this option from the left menu. This view displays failing checks arranged by the website page they occur on.
Fast track: Select this option from the left menu. This view displays failing checks in the HTML code for the domain.
PDFs: Select this option from the left menu. This view lists the PDF files that the scan found on your site and provides information about remediation. If you include links to external PDFs on your domain, you can view the accessibility status of those.
This section provides instructions on how to view and handle failling accessibilty checks by type of check.
Fix automated checks
This category contains the failed checks found by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.
From the left menu, select Issues by type.
Select the Automated checks tab.
Click on a failing automated check.
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.
To view the issue on the page, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
After the issue is fixed, use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. 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 error is fixed on all pages of the domain. 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.
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.
Ignore on all pages: 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 for all pages of the domain.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that you have sufficiently fixed the issues.
Use the Ignore options only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
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.
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.
To view the issue on the page with the Web Governance Browser Extension, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
Use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. This issue will not be flagged again for this page by subsequent scans.
Mark as fixed on all pages: Use this option when the error is fixed on all pages of the domain. This issue will not be flagged again for pages on this domain on subsequent scans.
Ignore on this page: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This tells the scanner to ignore the check on this page.
Ignore on all pages: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This tells the scanner to ignore the check on all pages of the domain.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that you have sufficiently fixed the issues.
Note
Use the Ignore options only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
Issues by page
This section provides instructions on how to view and handle failing accessibility checks by page.
Fix automated checks
This category contains the failed checks found by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.
From the left menu, select Issues by page.
Select the Automated checks tab.
Click on a failing automated check.
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.
To view the issue on the page, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
After the issue is fixed, use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. 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.
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.
Open in extension: Select this option to view the issue in the Web Governance Browser Extension.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that you have sufficiently fixed the issues.
Note
Use the Ignore options only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
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.
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.
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.
To view the issue on the page with the Web Governance Browser Extension, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
Use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. This issue will not be flagged again for this page by subsequent scans.
Ignore on this page: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This tells the scanner to ignore the check on this page.
Open in extension: Select this option to view the issue in the Web Governance Browser Extension.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that the issues are not flagged by the scan.
Note
Use the Ignore option only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
Fast track
This feature lets you view failing accessibility checks by code, with the option to handle them individually or in bulk.
The compliance score for the accessibility checks is calculated by using 100 (a perfect score) minus the number of errors found. This is then divided by the total number of accessibility checks.
For example: If the compliance for individual accessibility checks is calculated by the:
total number of pages minus pages with issues
for the:
check total number of pages multiplied by 100
The system calculates the number of pages that fail the check as opposed to the total number of pages, regardless of the number of issues.
Accessibility reports
The available reports for Web Governance Accessibility are:
Accessibility Summary report
Accessibility Checks report
Pages with Accessibility Issues report
Classic Accessibility report
Accessibility Guidelines report
PDF Review report
Click Schedule this report (a calendar icon) on the same row as the report to receive the report as an email attachment. Multiple selection is allowed.
Click Open report (an eye icon) to get the newest report.
Click Report administration (a gear icon) to add other users to receive the report.
How to use Web Governance Accessibility - Limited Access
Note
These steps explain the process in the new navigation. If you are not subscribed to the Web Governance Limited Access program, these steps may differ from your view. Contact support to join the Limited Access program. All customers will automatically receive the update after the general rollout.
Introduction
Acquia Web Governance Accessibility checks are done by the scan. There are two types of accessibility checks:
Automated: This category contains failed checks as determined by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.
Assisted: 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.
This document provides instructions on how to find and repair accessibility issues with Web Governance Accessibility.
Navigation
From the domain overview, select the domain you want to work with.
Select Accessibility (an icon of a human with outstretched arms) on the domain menu bar.
For information about navigational options within Accessibility, visit Accessibility navigation.
Locate accessibility issues
You can locate issues in several ways. Choose the view that is best for your method of working.
Summary page: This is the Accessibility dashboard. Use the links provided to navigate to the list of all failing checks for the domain.
Issues by type: Select this option from the left menu. This view displays failing checks arranged by type of issue.
Issues by page: Select this option from the left menu. This view displays failing checks arranged by the website page they occur on.
Fast track: Select this option from the left menu. This view displays failing checks in the HTML code for the domain.
PDFs: Select this option from the left menu. This view lists the PDF files that the scan found on your site and provides information about remediation. If you include links to external PDFs on your domain, you can view the accessibility status of those.
This section provides instructions on how to view and handle failling accessibilty checks by type of check.
Fix automated checks
This category contains the failed checks found by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.
From the left menu, select Issues by type.
Select the Automated checks tab.
Click on a failing automated check.
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.
To view the issue on the page, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
After the issue is fixed, use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. 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 error is fixed on all pages of the domain. 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.
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.
Ignore on all pages: 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 for all pages of the domain.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that you have sufficiently fixed the issues.
Use the Ignore options only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
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.
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.
To view the issue on the page with the Web Governance Browser Extension, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
Use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. This issue will not be flagged again for this page by subsequent scans.
Mark as fixed on all pages: Use this option when the error is fixed on all pages of the domain. This issue will not be flagged again for pages on this domain on subsequent scans.
Ignore on this page: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This tells the scanner to ignore the check on this page.
Ignore on all pages: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This tells the scanner to ignore the check on all pages of the domain.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that you have sufficiently fixed the issues.
Note
Use the Ignore options only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
Issues by page
This section provides instructions on how to view and handle failing accessibility checks by page.
Fix automated checks
This category contains the failed checks found by the scan. Issues of this type are confirmed errors that must be fixed.
From the left menu, select Issues by page.
Select the Automated checks tab.
Click on a failing automated check.
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.
To view the issue on the page, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
After the issue is fixed, use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. 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.
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.
Open in extension: Select this option to view the issue in the Web Governance Browser Extension.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that you have sufficiently fixed the issues.
Note
Use the Ignore options only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
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.
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.
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.
To view the issue on the page with the Web Governance Browser Extension, select Extension on the same row as an issue.
Use the kebab menu on the same row as the issue and select one of the following options:
Mark as fixed on this page: Use this option when the error is fixed. This issue will not be flagged again for this page by subsequent scans.
Ignore on this page: Use this option when you are sure that the check is incorrectly flagged or cannot be fixed. This tells the scanner to ignore the check on this page.
Open in extension: Select this option to view the issue in the Web Governance Browser Extension.
Start a new scan and repeat the steps above to verify that the issues are not flagged by the scan.
Note
Use the Ignore option only if you are sure that the marked issue is not an error or if it cannot be fixed. Your compliance score adjusts accordingly. Evaluate the issue thoroughly before you instruct the scan to ignore it.
Fast track
This feature lets you view failing accessibility checks by code, with the option to handle them individually or in bulk.
The compliance score for the accessibility checks is calculated by using 100 (a perfect score) minus the number of errors found. This is then divided by the total number of accessibility checks.
For example: If the compliance for individual accessibility checks is calculated by the:
total number of pages minus pages with issues
for the:
check total number of pages multiplied by 100
The system calculates the number of pages that fail the check as opposed to the total number of pages, regardless of the number of issues.
Accessibility reports
The available reports for Web Governance Accessibility are:
Accessibility Summary report
Accessibility Checks report
Pages with Accessibility Issues report
Classic Accessibility report
Accessibility Guidelines report
PDF Review report
Click Schedule this report (a calendar icon) on the same row as the report to receive the report as an email attachment. Multiple selection is allowed.
Click Open report (an eye icon) to get the newest report.
Click Report administration (a gear icon) to add other users to receive the report.
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