{"id":20811,"date":"2024-12-16T11:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?page_id=20811"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:31:10","slug":"accessibility-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/accessibility-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility best practices &#8211; pattern template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Accessibility best practices\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#accessibility\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Accessibility\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#reason\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Reason\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#best-practice\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Best practice\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        4.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#example-of-poor-practice\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Example of poor practice\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#additional-benefits\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Additional benefits\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#usability\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Usability\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#seo\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        SEO\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.3\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#marketing\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Marketing\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        6.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#what-wcag-says\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        What WCAG says\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"accessibility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"reason\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reason<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"best-practice\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"example-of-poor-practice\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example of poor practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"additional-benefits\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"usability\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Usability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"seo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">SEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"marketing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Marketing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-wcag-says\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What WCAG says<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/app.pope.tech\/result-documentation\">learn more about errors and alerts<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From WCAG:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Copy and paste excerpt from WCAG here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/link-purpose-in-context.html#intent\">Learn more about WCAG says about this issue<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility Reason Best practice Example of poor practice Additional benefits Usability SEO Marketing What WCAG says (Be sure to learn more about errors 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