SortSite 5.36 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 5.36.

Changed rules

Errors

• CSS served with wrong MIME type (ErrCssMimeType)
• Missing image map (ErrMissingImageMap)
• Page has placeholder text (ErrPlaceholderText)
• Wrong MIME type (ErrHttpMimeType)

Accessibility

• Image map has no accessible name (AccHtmlAreaNoAlt)
• ARIA image has no accessible name (AccAriaImgNoName)
• Image has no accessible name (AccHtmlImgNoAlt)
• alt is image file name (AccHtmlImgAltFilename)
• Graphic button has no accessible name (AccHtmlInputImageNoAlt)
• Image accessible name uses placeholder (AccHtmlImgAltPlaceholder)
• Screen orientation locked (AccCssTransformOrientationLock)
• Interaction animation cannot be disabled (AccCssTransitionInteraction)
• Text contrast below minimum (AccHtmlContrastMinimum)
• Control has poor contrast (AccHtmlControlContrast)
• Headings should not contain headings (AccHtmlNestedHeading)
• HTML heading is blank (AccHtmlHeadingEmpty)
• Scrolling marquee element (AccHtmlMarquee)
• Flashing blink element (AccHtmlBlink)
• Autoplay video longer than 5 seconds (AccHtmlVideoAutoplay)
• Timed meta tag page refresh (AccHtmlMetaRefresh)
• Timed meta tag page redirect (AccHtmlMetaRedirect)
• Zoom disabled by meta viewport (AccHtmlMetaViewportNoZoom)
• Link target opens new window without warning (AccHtmlLinkTargetNew)
• Frame has no accessible name (AccHtmlFrameTitleMissing)
• HTML link has no accessible name (AccHtmlLinkTextBlank)
• Same link text goes to different pages (AccHtmlLinkTextReused)
• Document title missing (AccPageNoTitle)
• Document title is blank (AccPageBlankTitle)
• Provide multiple ways to reach page (AccPageMultipleWays)
• Page is hard to read (AccAdvancedReadingLevel)
• PDF security blocks accessibility (AccPdfDocSecurity)
• Use h1-h6 instead of heading-like styles (AccWcag2-F2-1)
• Use strong instead of CSS font-weight (AccWcag2-F2-3)
• Spaces used to simulate table layout (AccWcag2-F33-1)
• SVG has no accessible name (AccHtmlSvgElementNoName)
• fieldset with no interactive elements (AccWcag2-F43-4)
• Timed HTTP page redirect (AccHttpRedirect)
• Timed HTTP page refresh (AccHttpRefresh)
• ARIA control has no label (AccAriaControlLabelMissing)
• ARIA button is blank (AccAriaButtonBlank)
• HTML button has no accessible name (AccHtmlButtonBlank)
• Unexpected JavaScript popup (AccHtmlUnwantedPopup)
• Hidden element is focusable (AccAriaHiddenFocusableContent)

Compatibility

• is attribute has partial support (BugHtmlCustomBuiltInElement)
• datalist element has partial support (BugHtmlDatalist)
• dialog element has partial support (BugHtmlDialog)
• sandbox blocks JavaScript windows (BugHtmlIframeSandboxModals)
• srcdoc attribute has partial support (BugHtmlIframeSrcdoc)
• input type=date has partial support (BugHtmlInputDate)
• Insecure password field (BugHtmlInputPasswordInsecure)
• input type=time has partial support (BugHtmlInputTime)
• MathML has partial support (BugHtmlMath)
• meta http-equiv=Set-Cookie no longer supported (BugHtmlMetaSetCookie)
• Script modules have partial support (BugHtmlScriptModule)
• summary element has partial support (BugHtmlSummary)
• track element has partial support (BugHtmlTrack)
• all: property has partial support (BugCssAll)
• backdrop-filter: property has partial support (BugCssBackdropFilter)
• border-block- and border-inline- properties have partial support (BugCssBorderFlowRelative)
• clip-path: property has partial support (BugCssClipPath)
• hsl() colors with 4 values have partial support (BugCssColorHslFourValue)
• hsla() colors with 3 values have partial support (BugCssColorHslaThreeValue)
• rgb() colors with 4 values have partial support (BugCssColorRgbFourValue)
• rgba() colors with 3 values have partial support (BugCssColorRgbaThreeValue)
• margin-block- and margin-inline- properties have partial support (BugCssMarginFlowRelative)
• calc() in media queries has partial support (BugCssMediaQueryCalc)
• padding-block- and padding-inline- properties have partial support (BugCssPaddingFlowRelative)
• :any-link selector has partial support (BugCssSelectorAnyLink)
• :focus-within selector has partial support (BugCssSelectorFocusWithin)
• :visited selector has partial support (BugCssSelectorVisited)
• shape-outside: property has partial support (BugCssShapeOutside)
• q unit has partial support (BugCssUnitQ)
• x unit has partial support (BugCssUnitX)
• visibility: collapse on table columns has partial support (BugCssColVisibility)
• opacity: percentage values have partial support (BugCssOpacityPercentage)
• text-decoration-color: property has partial support (BugCssTextDecorationColor)
• text-decoration-line: property has partial support (BugCssTextDecorationLine)
• text-decoration-style: property has partial support (BugCssTextDecorationStyle)
• transform: property has partial support (BugCssTransform)
• basefont element is not supported (BugMozillaHtmlBasefont)
• bgsound element is unsupported (BugNonStdBgsound)
• comment element is unsupported (BugNonStdComment)
• ruby element has partial support (BugHtmlRuby)
• 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)

Search

• Document head errors affect indexing (SeoHtmlValidation)
• Pages need a title element (SeoNoTitle)
• Pages must not have a blank title (SeoBlankTitle)
• Keyword stuffed alt text (SeoStuffedAltTag)
• Google cannot follow javascript: URLs (SeoJavaScriptLinks)
• JavaScript redirects may be penalized (SeoJavaScriptRedirects)
• frameset links may not be indexed (SeoFrames)
• Don’t use rel=nofollow on internal links (SeoGoogleNoFollow)
• No meta description tag (SeoMetaDescription)
• Meta description same as the page title (SeoBingMetaDescriptionIsTitle)
• Page has noindex meta tag (SeoMetaNoIndex)
• Page has nofollow meta tag (SeoMetaNoFollow)
• Page has multiple title elements (SeoMultipleTitleTags)
• Page has no h1 element (SeoNoH1Tag)
• Page has multiple meta description tags (SeoMultipleDescriptionTags)
• Use dashes instead of underscores in URLs (SeoDashesVsUnderscores)
• Sneaky redirect scripts are penalized (SeoSneakyJavascript)
• Hidden single pixel links may be penalized (SeoSpamSinglePixelLink)
• Invisible text may be penalized (SeoHiddenTextColor)
• Bad neighborhood keyword found (SeoSpamBadNeighbourhoodKeywords)
• Page title is not unique (SeoDupeTitle)
• Keywords in the title rank better (SeoKeywordTitle)
• Keywords at start of title rank better (SeoKeywordTitleStart)
• 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

• for must refer to a non-hidden form control (W3cHtml5Assert6)

Usability

• Minimize page download time (UseGov2.6)
• Provide page titles (UseGov9.2.1)