Publishing your page is a little different in the new site. 

Final Check

FinalCheck screenFinal Check is the screen that pops up when you push the green Publish button. In the past you could then just push publish again and your page would be live. Now, when you push publish, Final Check will look at three different things:

  1. Spelling
    If there is a word that is spelled correctly but the system doesn't recognize, please add it to the dictionary.

  2. Links
    This will make sure that three is a page where you are linking.

  3. Accessibility
    This will look for any accessibility violations. Known Problems are the ones we are most concerned with.

Running these will help ensure that our pages are compliant. If there is a Known accessibility issue, the page will not publish. Please look at the error and see if you can fix it. If you can't the WebTeam will be happy to help you fix it.

Ensuring Accessibility

There are some simple steps that you can take to help ensure that your pages are Accessible.

Links should be descriptive

Avoid using "Click Here" or "More Info" as your link text. Instead make sure that the link text appropriately represents what is linked to.

Example:

Bad

Click here for a great list of articles about accessibility that will help you create an accessible web page.

Good

WebAim has created a great list of articles about accessibility that will help you create an accessible web page.

Use Headings to organize page content

Create a flow of information that makes sense to the user and separate different sections with headers.

Images should always have alt tags

Please describe what is in your image. Avoid using images with text in them.

Tables are for tabular data

Please do not use tables as a way to layout your information. Tables should be used for tabular data and should have the appropriate headers. 

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