SortSite 3.5 Changes
A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 3.5.
Changed rules
Errors
- Link returns HTTP error (ErrHttpError)
- Link requires username and password (ErrHttpUnauthorized)
Accessibility
- Applet with no fallback content (AccHtmlAppletNoFallback)
- Image has no accessible name (AccHtmlImgNoAlt)
- Object with no fallback content (AccHtmlObjectNoFallback)
- ASCII art used for text alternative (AccHtmlImgAltAsciiArt)
- CSS depends on default colors (AccHtmlUnsetTextOrBackgroundColor)
- Text contrast below minimum (AccHtmlContrastMinimum)
- CSS absolute units and zoom disabled (AccHtmlNoTextResize)
- Language change without
lang
attribute (AccPhraseLangMissing) - Layout table contains data table markup (AccHtmlLayoutTableStructuralMarkup)
- Layout table contains summary or caption (AccHtmlLayoutTableCaptionSummary)
- CSS
position:
causes meaningless sequence (AccCssMeaninglessSequence) - Scrolling
marquee
element (AccHtmlMarquee) - Timed meta tag page redirect (AccHtmlMetaRedirect)
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)- JavaScript opens new window without warning (AccHtmlLinkScriptNewWindow)
- Page with no headings (AccPageNoHeadings)
fieldset
withoutlegend
(AccHtmlFieldsetNoLegend)label
is blank (AccHtmlLabelBlank)- Ambiguous link text (AccHtmlLinkTextAmbiguous)
- Document title missing (AccPageNoTitle)
- Document title is placeholder (AccDocTitlePlaceholder)
- Provide multiple ways to reach page (AccPageMultipleWays)
- Page is hard to read (AccAdvancedReadingLevel)
- Word has spaces between each letter (AccWcag2-F32-1)
- Spaces used to simulate table layout (AccWcag2-F33-1)
- Spacer image has descriptive
alt
(AccHtmlImgDecorativeAltNonNull) - Popup appears when control value changes (AccWcag2-F60-1)
- Timed JavaScript page refresh (AccWcag2-F61-1)
- CSS outline or border hides focus indicator (AccWcag2-F78-1)
- Unexpected JavaScript popup (AccHtmlUnwantedPopup)
Search
- Don’t use
rel=nofollow
on internal links (SeoGoogleNoFollow)
Standards
- Unknown CSS property (W3cCssUnknownProperty)
Usability
- Use familiar fonts (UseGov11.7)
- Limit the number of words and sentences (UseGov15.7)
- Page has a low Flesch Reading Ease Score (UseFRES)
- Page has a high reading age (UseGunningFog)