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Description

'How to do things' from planning a happy weekend to more serious items. Text-based or video instructional website covering a wide range of topics. Items are provided by members and can be shared across sites.

Accessibility Testing Results

The site is very user friendly and is easy to navigate. It has easy to follow categories and although some alt tags and labels are missing most of the site can be viewed in text only mode. That is unless the Flash How to videos are used or uploaded images. Some browsers do not allow for keyboard access to the player. Most text can be zoomed and contrast levels are good.

#	Test	Score	Summary
1	Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible		No labels are available to help the screen reader user register on the site. There is no alternative captcha. Sign in has some labels.
2	Image ALT Attributes		Very few of the loaded images have alternative text.
3	Link Target Definitions		All links, including images which would otherwise be ambiguous, have titles to uniquely identify them.
4	Frame Titles and Layout		No frames or iframes, which can be disorientating for screen-readers, are used in the design.
5	Removal of Stylesheet		The page is still understandable and functional when it is viewed as a linear document, with no styles.
6	Audio/Video Features		The site links to videos and text explanations about how to do things. There are no specific ways of adding captions or subtitles. Text descriptions are available.
7	Video/animations - audio descriptions		The site links to videos and text explanations about how to do things. There are no specific ways of adding audio descriptions. Text descriptions are available.
8	Appropriate use of Tables		Tables are not used for the design of this website.
9	Tab Orderings Correct and Logical		Tab order is in a logical and consistent top-to-bottom or left-to-right format.
10	Page Functionality with Keyboard		The website is fully accessible without the use of a mouse.
11	Accessibility of Text Editors		Text editor is not accessible with the screenreader or keyboard.
12	Appropriate Feedback with Forms		The product provides suitable feedback when the user performs an action.
13	Contrast and Colour Check		Most heading elements and some buttons have technically invalid contrast, according to the WAI, but they are very borderline cases (3.9:1).
14	Page Integrity when Zooming		The website maintains the layout and usability of all critical areas perfectly when zoomed.
15	Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability		The majority of text on the site is size ten, which is readable but may be uncomfortable for some.

Disability-Tailored Results

The following table shows how well the product performs for people with disabilities, as listed in the Disabilities section.

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