Test any web pages for accessibility and code errors:

Yes, you can do a quick check yourself to see if a website page fails certain standards by following the links to the on-line tools on this page. You can check:

  • pages on this site
  • any pages from other sites, including other website design companies!
  • your existing website
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Our professional designs include these elements:

Accessibility – now a legal requirement.
Future-proof because of validated code.
SEO - Optimised for search engines and surfers.
Built in security to form a defense against the armies of internet hacking robots which continually seek for an opening.
The mobile market - Choice of one site being mobile friendly, or specialist separate site.
Content Management System - Non technical people able to update website with a robust but easy CMS.

What you need to do first, open the validators:

Each of the following web addresses are independent on-line checking and validating tools.

Copy each address and paste it into a separate open browser window and keep this page open so you can follow the instructions:

[1] Test for valid code:

We need to test to see whether the html code is free of errors.

Remember, if you want your website to perform well in Google, Yahoo, etc, then the code has to be correct and has to be validated to W3C standards.

We now use the latest html5 but unfortunately the W3C Validator gives an error because it does not support external namespaces, so no modern HTML5 page will validate! See external link validate.
It's a limitation of the W3C validator.

Certain accessibility aids (ie voice readers) require the code to be valid.

Also many mobile phones demand it to be error free for them to operate.

Address to copy: http://validator.w3.org/

[2] Test Accessibility:

We need to test our chosen website against Accessibility Guidelines.

The test is free and is the Functional Accessibility Evaluator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Remember, legally you must have a website that doesn’t discriminate against disabilities.

Address to copy: http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/

When we test a site for Accessibility, we use a number of different automated tests as well as manual tests, so this is just the tip of the ice berg – you will be amazed at the number of sites that fail even this!

[3] Choose a webpage to check:

You can copy:

  • one of your page addresses (look in the address bar of your web browser) or, 
  • choose one of our pages or, 
  • choose a different company by searching for professional web design companies in a local information business site and click through to their website and then copy their page address.
[4] Now let’s test those pages!

Paste that copied page address into the required box on the Validator form and press the ‘Check’ button.

Then paste the same address into the Functional Accessibility Evaluator and press the ‘Evaluate’ button.

You can check as many pages as you like.

The Accessibility Evaluator won’t guarantee that the page you are testing is not discriminating against disabilities, but if the page fails you can be reasonably sure that the page is badly designed and built, and will discriminate against disabilities!

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