SITE ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATIONS & UPDATES
We're committed to making our website accessible to all users, including individuals with disabilities. To support this commitment, we conduct monthly accessibility checks using automated evaluation tools from WebAIM (WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools) and AccessibilityChecker.org, and perform manual testing using the NVDA screen reader, keyboard navigation, a colorblind simulator, and screen magnification. These efforts help us identify and address accessibility issues in alignment with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). We document our testing and updates to track our progress over time. While we strive to ensure accessibility, we acknowledge that some issues may still arise and welcome feedback to improve further.
5/16/2025
AccessibilityChecker evaluation of new blog post, passed, no issues detected. Ran new full site scan, no new issues indicated, audit score 95%, passed.
5/4/2025
AccessibilityChecker evaluation of new blog post, passed, no issues detected. WAVE check showed 1 error for missing form label on search bar, but no search bar is visible on page (turned off in WIX display settings). No updates seem needed at this time.
4/26/2025
TEST SUMMARY: Updated automated domain audit score 95%, 17 active issues to improve. Of these issues, all 17 appear to be built into WIX presets that cannot be modified directly by users. Our next step is to see if we can create a custom page or find someone who is familiar with the dev tools who can fix them. We will be working toward these goals next.
Itemized test results:
AccessibilityChecker automated test on HOME PAGE: 4 Critical Issues: 1 x aria command element didn't have accessible name (cart icon); 3 x images with identical alt text and text. Resolved by replacing WIX premade cart icon with a custom button that includes discernable text and relevant visual icon (download symbol to purchase digital download products); To fix alt text issue: premade WIX gallery uses alt text as title, so replaced with new gallery that allows for title, description, and alt text to be different. After resolved, new audit score 95% on AccessibilityChecker, passed. WAVE test HOME PAGE passed.
Manual tests on HOME PAGE: Checked keyboard navigation works with new cart button, new trends gallery, and all interactive elements on page: passed.
Checked NVDA navigation: this passed, but the switch between focus and browse mode is confusing in the new trends gallery and hard to use with keyboard nav controls. This will need to be improved very soon to be more user friendly.
Checked visual and structural accessibility, contrast passed, headings passed, alt text passed, landmark navigation passed.
AccessibilityChecker automated test on VENDOR SPOTLIGHT & BLOG MAIN pages: No issues found, audit score 95% / WAVE test no new issues (same 'small text' alert x 3 for WIX's embedded assistive navigation text, this is consistent with previous tests)
AccessibilityChecker automated test on BLOG PAGE Wedding Canes: audit score 71%, 1 x page container landmark doesn't have unique label; main landmark mislabeled, main landmark not at top level, link missing discernable text, 10 x <iframe> elements missing accessible name. Could not resolve landmark issues, WIX accessibility code not working; need to find coding fix. Added title to <iframe> elements, resolved; updated link text, resolved. Updated audit score: 95%
AccessibilityChecker automated test on CART PAGE: audit score 89%, 3 x same landmark issues as blog page (I think this is built into the repeater function), 1 x heading semantics issue. Wix empty cart heading structure jumps from <h1> to <h3>, cannot add <h2> or edit. Attempted to add new <h2>, but couldn't adjust layers within cart container. Couldn't resolve at this time, may need to create custom cart.
CONTACT PAGE: audit score 95%, pass. 1 x landmark doesn't have unique label (two contact forms using same label); Resolved by replacing anonymous contact form with premade WIX feedback form (different label).
4/24/2025
WAVE test on 2 product pages: 5 alerts: 2 heading alerts, 1 x redundant link, 2 x possible list alerts. Resolved by updating headings, updated link, updated list from standard formatting to WIX markup options.
4/22/2025
Nav test using colorblind simulator on all pages. VENDOR CONTACT PAGE: Keyboard nav & NVDA test on vendor contact form; Updates made. WAVE alert: fieldset missing legend; this can't be fixed on WIX so we added an H2 description to the form container to show field group relationship, changed form name (read by screen readers), ensured all fields clearly labeled, to align with WCAG Labels or Instructions & Error Identification / Error Suggestion. / SPOTLIGHT PAGE: No errors detected. / BLOG PAGE: 1 error, resolved by removing search bar until fix can be created; 1 heading alert, updated heading.
4/21/2025
HOME PAGE WAVE test: No errors detected; no contrast errors. 5 alerts: 1 X Possible heading, 3 X Very small text, 1 X Underlined text. NVDA test successful.
UPDATES: No updates needed. 'Possible heading' flag is site name in banner; 'small text' flag is hidden text/ WIX feature that can't be removed; 'underlined text' flag is contact hyperlink.