SortSite 4.2 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 4.2.

Changed rules

Errors

• Link to file:// address (ErrFileLink)
• Link URL is empty string (ErrEmptyLink)
• Page has spelling errors (ErrSpellingError)

Accessibility

• Data table without th headers (AccHtmlTableNoHeaders)
• Layout table contains data table markup (AccHtmlLayoutTableStructuralMarkup)
• Layout table contains summary or caption (AccHtmlLayoutTableCaptionSummary)
• CSS position: causes meaningless sequence (AccCssMeaninglessSequence)
• click handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptClickWithoutKeypress)
• PDF not tagged (AccWcag2-1.3.1-1)
• CSS outline or border hides focus indicator (AccWcag2-F78-1)

Compatibility

• Non-standard image format (BugUncommonImgFormat)
• Flash no longer supported (BugAdobeFlash)
• ondblclick event not supported on mobile (BugSafariMobileMouseEvents)
• input type=file has partial support (BugSafariMobileInputFile)
• Page without doctype triggers quirks mode (BugQuirksNoDocType)
• visibility: collapse on table columns has partial support (BugCssColVisibility)
• bgsound element is unsupported (BugNonStdBgsound)
• blink element is unsupported (BugNonStdBlink)
• comment element is unsupported (BugNonStdComment)
• ilayer element is unsupported (BugNonStdILayer)
• layer element is unsupported (BugNonStdLayer)
• xml element is unsupported (BugNonStdXml)
• div src attribute is unsupported (BugNonStdDivSrc)
• img dynsrc attribute is unsupported (BugNonStdImgDynsrc)
• img controls attribute is unsupported (BugNonStdImgControls)
• img loop attribute is unsupported (BugNonStdImgLoop)
• img start attribute is unsupported (BugNonStdImgStart)
• bordercolor, bordercolordark and bordercolorlight are unsupported (BugNonStdBorderColor)
• bgproperties attribute is unsupported (BugNonStdBodyBgproperties)
• topmargin attribute has partial support (BugNonStdBodyTopmargin)
• leftmargin attribute has partial support (BugNonStdBodyLeftmargin)
• bottommargin attribute has partial support (BugNonStdBodyBottommargin)
• rightmargin attribute has partial support (BugNonStdBodyRightmargin)
• view-source: URL scheme has partial support (BugViewSourceProtocol)

Search

• Document head errors affect indexing (SeoHtmlValidation)
• Don’t use rel=nofollow on internal links (SeoGoogleNoFollow)
• Meta description same as the page title (SeoBingMetaDescriptionIsTitle)

Usability

• Use at least a 12-point font (UseGov11.8)