toussaintphillips / enhancing-website-accessibility

This user story aims to enhance website accessibility by implementing semantic HTML elements, ensuring a logical structure, and adding alt attributes for images. It focuses on improving navigation and understanding for users with diverse abilities.

Enhancing Website Accessibility

User Story

As a web developer striving for accessibility compliance, the goal of this user story is to ensure that the website meets established standards. The improvements focus on providing a more accessible experience for users with diverse abilities, enhancing navigation, and understanding of the content.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Semantic HTML Elements:

   • Identify non-semantic HTML elements in the code.
   • Replace non-semantic elements with appropriate semantic equivalents.
   • Verify that the structure of the page remains logical after implementing semantic HTML.

2. Logical Structure of HTML Elements:

   • Review the HTML structure to identify dependencies on styling or positioning.
   • Adjust HTML elements to maintain a logical structure regardless of styling.
   • Test the website to ensure that the content is comprehensible without styling.

3. Alt Attributes for Images and Icons:

   • Identify image and icon elements without alt attributes.
   • Add meaningful alt attributes to describe the content or purpose of each visual element.
   • Verify that assistive technologies provide relevant information based on alt attributes.

4. Sequential Order of Heading Attributes:

   • Review the heading structure in the HTML code.
   • Adjust heading attributes to follow a logical sequence (h1, h2, h3, etc.).

5. Concise and Descriptive Title Element:

   • Examine the current title element for conciseness and relevance.
   • Modify the title to provide a clear representation of the web page's main content or purpose.
   • Confirm that the updated title enhances the overall understanding of the web page.

Implementation Instructions

1. Semantic HTML Elements:

   • Navigate to the relevant files in the codebase.
   • Identify and replace non-semantic elements with semantic equivalents (e.g., use <nav> for navigation).

2. Logical Structure of HTML Elements:

   • Examine the HTML structure and identify elements dependent on styling.
   • Adjust HTML elements to maintain a logical structure (e.g., use appropriate tags for content sections).

3. Alt Attributes for Images and Icons:

   • Locate image and icon elements in the code.
   • Add descriptive alt attributes to each visual element.

4. Sequential Order of Heading Attributes:

   • Review the heading structure in HTML files.
   • Adjust heading attributes to follow a logical sequence (h1, h2, h3, etc.).

5. Concise and Descriptive Title Element:

   • Locate the title element in the HTML head.
   • Examine and modify the title for clarity and conciseness.

Additional Information

• Developers should refer to the latest web accessibility standards, such as WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), for guidance during implementation.
• Test the website after each modification to ensure that accessibility improvements are effective.