Making a Shopify website ADA compliant can be tricky. Learn what you have to do to ensure that your store is complying with web accessibility standards ..read more

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a set of civil rights laws that protect those with disabilities from discrimination. These laws don't just apply to brick-and-mortar stores, but also to websites and mobile apps. That's why it's so important for e-commerce businesses to ensure their websites are ADA compliant ..read more

Web accessibility starts in the HTML of your website. Using the proper tags, elements, and information is important to providing an accessible experience ..read more

Many companies choose not to have an accessibility statement. Many others don't feel like they have enough information about accessibility. Here we'll try to help you write a good accessibility statement by giving an example of how to do it, why we should do it, and how to get the most out of this tool ..read more

You may know about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and understand its ramifications for physical places of public accommodation. But what happens if your website is not ADA compliant? A court might conclude that because your website isn't designed to be accessible, it is in violation of the law and must be brought into compliance ..read more

You’ve heard that adding an Accessibility App to your Shopify website will make it accessible. You’ve been told it will take care of the legal requirements for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and that once you do this, you’ll have nothing else to worry about ..read more

We're used to testing our software for functionality. For example, if you have a button that opens a pop-up window, it would be good to test whether the button works and whether clicking it opens the window. You can create thousands of these types of tests for your application, and run them all at once to check for defects. Automated accessibility testing follows a similar approach ..read more

Why is it vital for you to implement web accessibility for your website? It can mean the difference between losing customers and gaining new ones. According to a study conducted by Nielsen Norman Group (NN Group), “half of all online users have difficulty completing tasks on websites because of problems with content or functionality.” This means that half of your visitors won’t be able to complete their transactions if they cannot use your website properly due to its lack of accessibility ..read more

The WAVE Web Accessibility Toolbar measures luminance contrast for a page and provides an accessibility score based on that measurement. It also shows a visual representation of the results with a traffic light system (red, yellow, green) that indicates how well the page meets WCAG 2.0 guidelines for sufficient contrast ..read more

ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. It is a set of attributes that can be added to HTML elements to make the web more accessible. In this article, we will explain how to use aria-label and its benefits ..read more