Section 3.18

Small Business IIA 2.6 conforms to The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) level 1 developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). At the administration section of your SBIIA 2.6 you will find the below Quick Start Guide you need to follow to facilitate the development of an accessible website*

SBIIA 2.6 Accessibility Features:

1. Equivalent text links are provided for every image link in the navigation bar
2. Our PCM allows you to include alternate (ALT) image text
3. Images that are not inserted via the PCM have an ALT text filed available
4. Our SBIIA 2.6 sites remain readable when rendered without style sheets (CSS)
5. SBIIA 2.6 data tables are rendered using the header cells (TH) required by W3C
6. SBIIA 2.6 is a frame-free solution, which also benefits Search Engine Optimization
   
   

Site Administrators, follow these Guidelines when Editing Content:

1. Make sure that you fill the Title field to include alternate text when inserting images using the PCM.
2. When using animation, such as Flash©. Include an audio description together with the animation, or a text description of the animation within the site's content.
3. Make sure that the audio description of the animation is synchronized with the animation content.
4. Don't refer to site content using only a color reference. For example, when asking for input from users, do not write "Please select an item from those listed in green." Instead, ensure that information is available through other style effects and through context. You may write "Please select an item from list A."
5. Use clear and simple language to write your site's content:

• Strive for clear and accurate headings and link descriptions. This includes using link phrases that are terse and that make sense when read out of context or as part of a series of links (Some users browse by jumping from link to link and listening only to link text.) Use informative headings so that users can scan a page quickly for information rather than reading it in detail.
• State the topic of the sentence or paragraph at the beginning of the sentence or paragraph (this is called "front-loading"). This will help both people who are skimming visually, but also people who use speech synthesizers. "Skimming" with speech currently means that the user jumps from heading to heading, or paragraph to paragraph and listens to just enough words to determine whether the current chunk of information (heading, paragraph, link, etc.) interests them. If the main idea of the paragraph is in the middle or at the end, speech users may have to listen to most of the document before finding what they want. Depending on what the user is looking for and how much they know about the topic, search features may also help users locate content more quickly.
• Limit each paragraph to one main idea.
• Avoid slang, jargon, and specialized meanings of familiar words, unless defined within your document.
• Favor words that are commonly used. For example, use "begin" rather than "commence" or use "try" rather than "endeavor."
• Use active rather than passive verbs.
• Avoid complex sentence structures

6. When drawing tables, use content editor “view source” functionality to input header cell (TH) tags.

* Accessibility compliance in SBIIA 2.6 is limited to the original functionality of the product. Any modification to the content that does not adhere to W3C guidelines may affect the compliance of the site. This guide is merely informative and does not imply any responsibility from WSI or its affiliates in the composition of the site content.