Page by Page Summary of Web Site Accessibility issues for americasrevival.com

Analysis Conducted September 1, 2008

Updated 09/02/08

Introduction

Below is a high level summary of the most common accessibility issues found on the pages that were analyzed for the web site in question. These are not all the issues on the site or even on each page presented below. They are the most common issues and should help to establish a good overview of what needs to be done to eliminate these accessibility issues for People with Disabilities and older Americans. The analysis of each page is below along with the Internet address of the page.

Page by Page Summary

Accessibility issues on Home Page http://www.americasrevival.com/

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Linked Images are missing Alt Tags or have inappropriate Alt Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the destination of the linked image.
Form Fields are missing labels. This can confuse users of Assistive Technology.
Image Map Area Missing Alt Text
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.
Device Dependant JavaScript is present, which may force the user to use a mouse and keep the page from being keyboard accessible. This needs to be tested with Assistive Technology
PDF file is present with no link to PDF reader.
Multimedia presentations appear to be missing captions or transcripts.

Accessibility issues on the Contribute Page https://www.americasrevival.com/donate.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Linked Images are missing Alt Tags or have inappropriate Alt Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the destination of the linked image.
Form Fields are missing labels. This can confuse users of Assistive Technology.
Image Map Area Missing Alt Text
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.
Device Dependant JavaScript may be present, which may force the user to use a mouse and keep the page from being keyboard accessible. This needs to be tested with Assistive Technology
Layout tables are miscoded as data tables this could cause confusion with Assistive Technology.

Accessibility issues on the Issues Page http://www.americasrevival.com/issues.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images are missing Alt Attribute Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the the meaning or purpose of the image.
Linked Images are missing Alt Attribute Tags or have inappropriate Alt Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the destination of the linked image.
Image Map Area Missing Alt Text
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.
Problematic Link Text “Click Here” is not usable by many users of Assistive Technology.

Accessibility issues on Media Page http://www.americasrevival.com/video.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images are missing Alt Attribute Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the meaning or purpose of the image.
Linked Images are missing Alt Tags or have inappropriate Alt Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the destination of the linked image.
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.
Image Map Area Missing Alt Text
Audio and Video files present and transcripts do appear for some audio files, but captions do not appear to be present.

Accessibility issues on Calendar Page http://discuss.americasrevival.com/calendar.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images missing Alt Text.
Form Fields are missing labels. This can confuse users of Assistive Technology.
Device Dependant JavaScript is present, which may force the user to use a mouse and keep the page from being keyboard accessible. This needs to be tested with Assistive Technology.

Accessibility issues on Blog Page http://www.americasrevival.com/discuss/blog.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images missing Alt Text.
Device Dependant JavaScript is present, which may force the user to use a mouse and keep the page from being keyboard accessible. This needs to be tested with Assistive Technology.
Layout tables are miscoded as data tables this could cause confusion with Assistive Technology.

Accessibility issues on About Alan Keyes Page http://www.americasrevival.com/bio.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images missing Alt Text
Linked Images are missing Alt Tags or have inappropriate Alt Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the destination of the linked image.
Image Map Areas Missing Alt Text
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.
Accessibility issues on the Join Us Page http://www.americasrevival.com/pledge.php
No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images missing Alt Text
Linked Images are missing Alt Tags or have inappropriate Alt Tags. Users of Assistive Technology will not be able to determine the destination of the linked image.
Image Map Areas Missing Alt Text
Form Fields are missing labels. This can confuse users of Assistive Technology.
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.

Accessibility issues on Order Gear Page http://www.americasrevival.com/gear.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images missing Alt Text
Image Map Areas Missing Alt Text
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.

Accessibility issues on Contact Page http://www.americasrevival.com/contact.php

No Skip Navigation link is present which allows the user of Assistive Technology to skip over the repetitive navigation links to the first significant content on the page.
Images missing Alt Text
Image Map Areas Missing Alt Text
Pop up Windows present, this should be tested with Assistive Technology.