Access & Actions: Improve E-commerce Accessibility (29th May 2024)
Welcome to Access & Actions, the 5-minute read to make the action-taking easier, with resources in one place.
The focus this month is the world of e-commerce. This is designed so you can dip in and out over time with real-life case studies to inspire and actionable suggestions to implement.
Got A Minute?
Something quick.
Scribely has released their 2024 E-Commerce Content Accessibility Report!
It might take a little longer than a minute to read and absorb, but you can get access in a minute, and the valuable insights gained about the current landscape around accessibility and e-commerce, will be well worth your time.
The findings show just how far the e-commerce industry has to go in terms of including disabled consumers!
If you’re a brand prioritising accessibility in 2024, you’ll be way ahead of your competition when disabled people choose your shop over inaccessible shops, now and in the future, when they return trusting they can navigate your website and access your products.
3 Things For Coffee Break Musings
For the small pockets of time in between the bustle.
Think your website is accessible? Know your alt text from your SEO? Try Scribely’s new free alt text checker.
Just drop your website url in and they will do the work for you. A seriously great tool for supporting you with your content, to show visually to leadership in real-time, who still need to get that buy-in.
Start with my blog to get to grips with the WCAG Law in a UK context. The WCAG Law (not actually a law) is an international standard, worked into the laws and regulations of many different countries.
As an e-commerce business with accessibility as a key goal and commitment, learning about and understanding this standard is essential!
Install Silktide’s free advanced accessibility toolbar Chrome extension!
Silktide will help you elevate the accessibility of your e-commerce website, offering straightforward, step-by-step guidance to fix accessibility issues, whilst testing your web pages for over 200 website accessibility checks against WCAG standards including 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2.
You’ll be able to see highlighted accessibility concerns directly on the webpage, check colour contrast of any on-page elements and listen to your website with a screen reader simulator.
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June’s focus will be the world of banking, so I look forward to seeing you back here then!
Speak soon,
Rachael x
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