SortSite 5.9 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 5.9.

Changed rules

Accessibility

• Applet with no fallback content (AccHtmlAppletNoFallback)
• Image has no accessible name (AccHtmlImgNoAlt)
• alt is image file name (AccHtmlImgAltFilename)
• Object with no fallback content (AccHtmlObjectNoFallback)
• ASCII art used for text alternative (AccHtmlImgAltAsciiArt)
• Image accessible name uses placeholder (AccHtmlImgAltPlaceholder)
• button image must have alt (AccButtonImgNoAccName)
• CSS depends on default colors (AccHtmlUnsetTextOrBackgroundColor)
• HTML heading is blank (AccHtmlHeadingEmpty)
• Language change without lang attribute (AccPhraseLangMissing)
• Animated image longer than 5 seconds (AccImgLongAnimation)
• Server-side image maps are inaccessible (AccHtmlImgIsmap)
• Link target opens new window without warning (AccHtmlLinkTargetNew)
• HTML link has no accessible name (AccHtmlLinkTextBlank)
• Same link text goes to different pages (AccHtmlLinkTextReused)
• Don’t use large flashing images (AccWcag2-2.3.1-1)
• Don’t use any flashing images (AccWcag2-2.3.2-1)
• Use h1-h6 instead of heading-like images (AccWcag2-F2-2)
• Alt text does not convey color information (AccWcag2-F13-1)
• Decorative image missing null alt attribute (AccHtmlImgDecorativeAltMissing)
• Spacer image has descriptive alt (AccHtmlImgDecorativeAltNonNull)
• CSS outline or border hides focus indicator (AccWcag2-F78-1)

Compatibility

• Audio format with limited browser support (BugHtmlAudioCodec)
• Video format with limited browser support (BugHtmlVideoCodec)

Standards

• Unsupported SVG version (W3cHtml5SvgVersions)

Usability

• Avoid active ‘home’ links on the home page (UseGov5.6.2)
• Use appropriate link text lengths (UseGov10.11)
• img width and height attributes don’t match the image size (UseImgWidthHeightScaled)