Recommendations for new content
Website content (text, links, images, attachments, videos etc.) must be fully accessible.
Below are simplified rules to help users when providing us with new content; please refer to the WCAG 2.1 guidelines for complete rules.
Images
- Images must have a meaningful text alternative (description)
- Images that incude text as part of the image must have a suitable text alternative, with the exception of logos
- Infographics and charts must have a link to a full description of the content
Links
- Links must use some text that is meaningful out of contex: users of screen readers must be able to understand the link without reading the surrounding text. Avoid 'click here' and 'read more'.
- Links must not typed out in full (starting with http or www), but instead be embedded within text.
Documents
Word documents and PDFs must be fully accessible
- Documents must have a title and hierarchical headings
- Heading styles must not be used to highlight information
- Bold text should be used a little as possible, and should not be used as a substitute for headings
- Images must follow the rules stated above
- Tables must include a header row
- Links must use text that is meaningful out of context (see above), and not typed out in full
Video and audio
- Videos and audio must have transcript and captions
- Video or animation must not have content that flashes more than three times a second
Web pages
Web pages must follow all rules stated above
Structure
- Web pages must have a title and hierarchical headings
- Heading styles must not be used to highlight information
- Bold text should be used a little as possible, and should not be used as a substitute for headings
Images
- Images must have a meaningful text alternative (description)
- Images that incude text as part of the image must have a suitable text alternative, with the exception of logos
- Infographics and charts must have a link to a full description of the content
Tables
- Tables must include a header row
Links
- Links must use text that is meaningful out of context (see above)
- Links must not typed out in ful, but instead be embedded within text