SortSite 1.0 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 1.0.

Changed rules

Errors

• Page has script error (ErrScriptError)
• Link returns HTTP error (ErrHttpError)
• Link times out (ErrHttpTimeout)
• SSL certificate has expired or is invalid (ErrHttpInvalidSSL)
• Link target not found in DNS (ErrHttpDnsNotFound)
• Link URL is invalid (ErrInvalidUrl)
• CSS served with wrong MIME type (ErrCssMimeType)
• Target web server is unreachable (ErrHttpCannotConnect)
• Link not found (ErrBrokenLink)
• Link target ID not found (ErrMissingAnchor)
• Document uses text/xhtml MIME type (ErrHttpTextXhtmlMimeType)
• Page has placeholder text (ErrPlaceholderText)

Accessibility

• Applet with no fallback content (AccHtmlAppletNoFallback)
• Image map has no accessible name (AccHtmlAreaNoAlt)
• Image has no accessible name (AccHtmlImgNoAlt)
• alt is image file name (AccHtmlImgAltFilename)
• Graphic button has no accessible name (AccHtmlInputImageNoAlt)
• Object with no fallback content (AccHtmlObjectNoFallback)
• ASCII art used for text alternative (AccHtmlImgAltAsciiArt)
• Image accessible name uses placeholder (AccHtmlImgAltPlaceholder)
• CSS depends on default colors (AccHtmlUnsetTextOrBackgroundColor)
• Text contrast below minimum (AccHtmlContrastMinimum)
• CSS absolute units and zoom disabled (AccHtmlNoTextResize)
• Headings should not contain headings (AccHtmlNestedHeading)
• Mark up lists and list items properly (AccHtmlBulletListMarkup)
• Language change without lang attribute (AccPhraseLangMissing)
• Missing page language (AccPageLangMissing)
• Data table without th headers (AccHtmlTableNoHeaders)
• Complex header associations need headers attribute (AccHtmlTableComplexHeaders)
• Layout table contains data table markup (AccHtmlLayoutTableStructuralMarkup)
• Layout table contains summary or caption (AccHtmlLayoutTableCaptionSummary)
• CSS position: causes meaningless sequence (AccCssMeaninglessSequence)
• Frame src contains an image instead of HTML (AccHtmlFrameIsNonText)
• Scrolling marquee element (AccHtmlMarquee)
• Flashing blink element (AccHtmlBlink)
• Animated image longer than 5 seconds (AccImgLongAnimation)
• Timed meta tag page refresh (AccHtmlMetaRefresh)
• Timed meta tag page redirect (AccHtmlMetaRedirect)
• Server-side image maps are inaccessible (AccHtmlImgIsmap)
• mouseup handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseupNoKeyboard)
• mouseover handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseoverNoKeyboard)
• mouseout handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseoutNoKeyboard)
• mousedown handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMousedownNoKeyboard)
• click handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptClickWithoutKeypress)
• dblclick handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptDblclickNoKeyboard)
• select change event blocks keyboard navigation (AccHtmlSelectChangeEvent)
• Link target opens new window without warning (AccHtmlLinkTargetNew)
• Frame has no accessible name (AccHtmlFrameTitleMissing)
• Frame title is frame file name (AccHtmlFrameTitleFilename)
• Frame title must describe function (AccHtmlFrameTitleNotDescriptive)
• Page with no headings (AccPageNoHeadings)
• fieldset without legend (AccHtmlFieldsetNoLegend)
• label is blank (AccHtmlLabelBlank)
• HTML link has no accessible name (AccHtmlLinkTextBlank)
• Ambiguous link text (AccHtmlLinkTextAmbiguous)
• Document title missing (AccPageNoTitle)
• Document title is blank (AccPageBlankTitle)
• Document title is placeholder (AccDocTitlePlaceholder)
• Provide multiple ways to reach page (AccPageMultipleWays)
• Page is hard to read (AccAdvancedReadingLevel)

Compatibility

• Non-standard image format (BugUncommonImgFormat)
• Page without doctype triggers quirks mode (BugQuirksNoDocType)
• document.all is a legacy Microsoft extension (BugIeAll)
• innerHTML does not work in XHTML pages (BugXhtmlInnerHtml)
• img with event and image map has partial support (BugIeImgEvents)
• page-break-inside: property has partial support (BugCssPageBreakInside)
• Element.outerText property has partial support (BugScriptOuterText)
• window.opener.closed does not work correctly (BugWindowOpenerClosed)
• bordercolor, bordercolordark and bordercolorlight are unsupported (BugNonStdBorderColor)

Search

• Pages need a title element (SeoNoTitle)
• Keyword stuffed alt text (SeoStuffedAltTag)
• Provide an HTML site map (SeoSiteMap)
• Provide an XML sitemap (SeoSitemapOrg)
• JavaScript redirects may be penalized (SeoJavaScriptRedirects)
• frameset links may not be indexed (SeoFrames)
• No meta description tag (SeoMetaDescription)
• Page has noindex meta tag (SeoMetaNoIndex)
• Page has nofollow meta tag (SeoMetaNoFollow)
• Page has multiple title elements (SeoMultipleTitleTags)
• Page has multiple meta description tags (SeoMultipleDescriptionTags)
• Use dashes instead of underscores in URLs (SeoDashesVsUnderscores)
• Sneaky redirect scripts are penalized (SeoSneakyJavascript)
• Invisible text may be penalized (SeoHiddenTextColor)
• Search engines cannot access logins (SeoLogins)
• Page title is not unique (SeoDupeTitle)
• Keywords in the title rank better (SeoKeywordTitle)
• Keyword must appear somewhere on your site (SeoKeywordText)
• Keywords in img alt rank for image search (SeoKeywordImgAlt)
• Keywords in img src rank for image search (SeoKeywordImgSrc)
• Keywords in URL rank better (SeoKeywordUrl)
• Keyword too many clicks from home page (SeoKeywordTooDeep)
• Do not use link farms (SeoSpamLinkFarm)
• Keywords in meta description get more clicks (SeoKeywordMetaDescription)
• Keywords in link text rank better (SeoKeywordLinkText)
• Text in graphics cannot be indexed (SeoGraphicOnlyPage)

Standards

• Nested a element (W3cNestedA)
• Nested button element (W3cNestedButton)
• Nested label element (W3cNestedLabel)
• Nested form element (W3cNestedForm)
• Nested image map (W3cButtonImageMap)
• a name attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprAnchorName)
• applet name attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprAppletName)
• img name attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprImgName)
• applet element is deprecated (W3cDeprApplet)
• basefont element is deprecated (W3cDeprBasefont)
• center element is deprecated (W3cDeprCenter)
• dir element is deprecated (W3cDeprDir)
• font element is deprecated (W3cDeprFont)
• isindex element is deprecated (W3cDeprIsindex)
• s element is deprecated (W3cDeprS)
• strike element is deprecated (W3cDeprStrike)
• iframe align attribute (W3cDeprIFrameAlign)
• img align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprImgAlign)
• input align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprInputAlign)
• object align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprObjectAlign)
• legend align attribute is deprecated (W3cLegendAlign)
• table align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprTableAlign)
• hr align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprHrAlign)
• div align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprDivAlign)
• h1 align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprH1Align)
• h2 align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprH2Align)
• h3 align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprH3Align)
• h4 align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprH4Align)
• h5 align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprH5Align)
• h6 align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprH6Align)
• p align attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprPAlign)
• body alink attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprBodyAlink)
• body background attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprBodyBackground)
• img border attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprImgBorder)
• object border attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprObjectBorder)
• br clear attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprBrClear)
• compact attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprCompact)
• td height attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprTdHeight)
• th height attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprThHeight)
• img hspace attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprImgHspace)
• object hspace attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprObjectHspace)
• script language attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprScriptLanguage)
• body link attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprBodyLink)
• hr noshade attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprHrNoshade)
• td nowrap attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprTdNowrap)
• th nowrap attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprThNowrap)
• hr size attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprHrSize)
• body text attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprBodyText)
• li type attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprLiType)
• ul type attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprUlType)
• html version attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprHtmlVersion)
• body vlink attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprBodyVlink)
• img vspace attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprImgVspace)
• object vspace attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprObjectVSpace)
• td width attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprTdWidth)
• th width attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprThWidth)
• pre width attribute is deprecated (W3cDeprPreWidth)
• listing element is obsolete (W3cDeprListing)
• plaintext element is obsolete (W3cDeprPlaintext)
• xmp element is obsolete (W3cDeprXml)
• HTML document contains XML declaration (W3cHtml4DocHasXmlPi)
• Unknown entity name (W3cHtmlValEntity)
• Reference to missing ID (W3cHtmlRefNonExistentId)
• HTML validation error (W3cHtmlError)
• CSS validation error (W3cCssError)
• Invalid DOCTYPE (W3cHtmlBadDocType)
• Unknown HTML attribute (W3cHtml108-BaseRule)
• Unclosed HTML element (W3cHtml70-BaseRule)
• Unexpected HTML element (W3cHtml73-BaseRule)
• Unknown HTML element (W3cHtml76-BaseRule)
• Unknown DOCTYPE (W3cHtml323-BaseRule)
• Unexpected character (W3cHtml404-BaseRule)
• No DOCTYPE (W3cHtml435)

Usability

• Do not display unsolicited popups (UseGov2.1)
• Minimize page download time (UseGov2.6)
• Don’t use platform specific technologies (UseGov4.3b)
• Avoid active ‘home’ links on the home page (UseGov5.6.2)
• Provide navigational options (UseGov7.1)
• Add a table of contents to long pages (UseGov7.3)
• Use site maps (UseGov7.10)
• Provide page titles (UseGov9.2.1)
• Provide unique page titles (UseGov9.2.2)
• Use meaningful link labels (UseGov10.1)
• Avoid underlined text (UseGov10.4)
• Use appropriate link text lengths (UseGov10.11)
• Use bold text sparingly (UseGov11.5)
• Use familiar fonts (UseGov11.7)
• Use at least a 12-point font (UseGov11.8)
• Use italic text sparingly (UseGov11.10)
• Start numbered lists at one (UseGov12.7)
• Capitalize the first letter in lists (UseGov12.9)
• Label pushbuttons clearly (UseGov13.2)
• Allow users to see their entered data (UseGov13.8)
• Use radio buttons for mutually exclusive options (UseGov13.9)
• Use familiar widgets (UseGov13.10)
• Partition long data items (UseGov13.12)
• Use a single data entry method (UseGov13.13)
• Provide default values (UseGov13.18.2)
• Use open lists rather than dropdowns (UseGov13.21)
• Never use a lone radio button (UseGov13.23.1)
• Use simple background images (UseGov14.1)
• Limit the number of words and sentences (UseGov15.7)
• Provide a search option (UseGov17.4)
• Don’t use URLs longer than 78 characters (UseUrlTooLong)
• Page has a low Flesch Reading Ease Score (UseFRES)