SortSite 5.2 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 5.2.

Changed rules

Errors

• Link returns HTTP error (ErrHttpError)
• Link returns 403 HTTP status code (ErrHttpForbidden)
• Page has placeholder text (ErrPlaceholderText)
• Page not HTML (ErrCrawlExpectedHtml)

Accessibility

• Text contrast below minimum (AccHtmlContrastMinimum)
• CSS absolute units and zoom disabled (AccHtmlNoTextResize)
• Scrolling marquee element (AccHtmlMarquee)
• Flashing blink element (AccHtmlBlink)
• Ambiguous link text (AccHtmlLinkTextAmbiguous)
• Same link text goes to different pages (AccHtmlLinkTextReused)
• Provide multiple ways to reach page (AccPageMultipleWays)
• HTML form control has no accessible name (AccHtmlControlLabelMissing)
• CSS content: not available to all users (AccWcag2-F87-1)
• table cannot have ancestor caption (W3cHtml5AssertNested-caption-table)
• a cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-a)
• a cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-a)
• button cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-button)
• button cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-button)
• details cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-details)
• details cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-details)
• embed cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-embed)
• embed cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-embed)
• iframe cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-iframe)
• iframe cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-iframe)
• label cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-label)
• label cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-label)
• select cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-select)
• select cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-select)
• textarea cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-textarea)
• textarea cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-textarea)
• role=option must be owned by role=listbox (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-option)
• role=menuitem must be owned by role=menu or menubar (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-menuitem)
• role=menuitemcheckbox must be owned by role=menu or menubar (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-menuitemcheckbox)
• role=menuitemradio must be owned by role=menu or menubar or group (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-menuitemradio)
• role=tab must be owned by role=tablist (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-tab)
• role=treeitem must be owned by role=tree or group (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-treeitem)
• role=listitem must be owned by role=list (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-listitem)
• role=gridcell must be owned by role=row (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-gridcell)
• role=columnheader must be owned by role=row (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-columnheader)
• role=rowheader must be owned by role=row (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-rowheader)
• Broken aria-activedescendant ID reference (W3cHtml5AriaActiveDescendant)

Compatibility

• datalist element has partial support (BugHtmlDatalist)
• details element has partial support (BugHtmlDetails)
• Scoped stylesheets unsupported (BugHtmlStyleScoped)
• summary element has partial support (BugHtmlSummary)
• box-shadow: property has partial support (BugCssBoxShadow)
• Non-standard image format (BugUncommonImgFormat)
• Flash no longer supported (BugAdobeFlash)
• text-shadow: property has partial support (BugCssTextShadow)
• keygen element has very limited support (BugNonStdKeygen)
• ruby element has partial support (BugHtmlRuby)

Standards

• progress cannot have ancestor progress (W3cHtml5AssertNested-progress-progress)
• meter cannot have ancestor meter (W3cHtml5AssertNested-meter-meter)
• section cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-section)
• nav cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-nav)
• article cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-article)
• header cannot have ancestor header (W3cHtml5AssertNested-header-header)
• header cannot have ancestor footer (W3cHtml5AssertNested-footer-header)
• header cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-header)
• footer cannot have ancestor header (W3cHtml5AssertNested-header-footer)
• footer cannot have ancestor footer (W3cHtml5AssertNested-footer-footer)
• header cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-header)
• footer cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-footer)
• article cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-article)
• nav cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-nav)
• section cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-section)
• h1 cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-h1)
• h2 cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-h2)
• h3 cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-h3)
• h4 cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-h4)
• h5 cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-h5)
• h6 cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-h6)
• hgroup cannot have ancestor dt (W3cHtml5AssertNested-dt-hgroup)
• header cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-header)
• footer cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-footer)
• article cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-article)
• nav cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-nav)
• section cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-section)
• h1 cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-h1)
• h2 cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-h2)
• h3 cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-h3)
• h4 cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-h4)
• h5 cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-h5)
• h6 cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-h6)
• hgroup cannot have ancestor th (W3cHtml5AssertNested-th-hgroup)
• footer cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-footer)
• h1 cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-h1)
• h2 cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-h2)
• h3 cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-h3)
• h4 cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-h4)
• h5 cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-h5)
• h6 cannot have ancestor address (W3cHtml5AssertNested-address-h6)
• table cannot have ancestor caption (W3cHtml5AssertNested-caption-table)
• a cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-a)
• a cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-a)
• button cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-button)
• button cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-button)
• details cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-details)
• details cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-details)
• embed cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-embed)
• embed cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-embed)
• iframe cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-iframe)
• iframe cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-iframe)
• label cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-label)
• label cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-label)
• select cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-select)
• select cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-select)
• textarea cannot have ancestor a (W3cHtml5AssertNested-a-textarea)
• textarea cannot have ancestor button (W3cHtml5AssertNested-button-textarea)
• role=option must be owned by role=listbox (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-option)
• role=menuitem must be owned by role=menu or menubar (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-menuitem)
• role=menuitemcheckbox must be owned by role=menu or menubar (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-menuitemcheckbox)
• role=menuitemradio must be owned by role=menu or menubar or group (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-menuitemradio)
• role=tab must be owned by role=tablist (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-tab)
• role=treeitem must be owned by role=tree or group (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-treeitem)
• role=listitem must be owned by role=list (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-listitem)
• role=gridcell must be owned by role=row (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-gridcell)
• role=columnheader must be owned by role=row (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-columnheader)
• role=rowheader must be owned by role=row (W3cHtml5AriaRequiredParentRoles-rowheader)
• Page has multiple main elements (W3cHtml5AssertMultipleMains)
• itemid can only be used on elements with itemscope and itemtype (W3cHtml5MicrodataItemid)
• itemref can only be used on elements with itemscope (W3cHtml5MicrodataItemref)
• itemtype can only be used on elements with itemscope (W3cHtml5MicrodataItemtype)
• Broken aria-activedescendant ID reference (W3cHtml5AriaActiveDescendant)

Usability

• Don’t use platform specific technologies (UseGov4.3b)
• Add a table of contents to long pages (UseGov7.3)
• Provide page titles (UseGov9.2.1)
• Provide unique page titles (UseGov9.2.2)
• Provide descriptive page titles (UseGov9.2.3)
• Use italic text sparingly (UseGov11.10)