5.1. Site Navigation
In this section:
- 5.1.1. Page Metadata
- 5.1.2. Orientation
5.1.1. Page Metadata
The following WCAG 2.0 success criteria relate to page metadata:
- 2.4.2 Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose. (Level A)
- 4.1.1 In content implemented using markup languages, elements have complete start and end tags, elements are nested according to their specifications, elements do not contain duplicate attributes, and any IDs are unique, except where the specifications allow these features. (Level A)
| Issue Description | Recommended Action |
|---|---|
| All pages - all the pages have the same ambigious page title "..::CityLights:::::::.....................". Note: this specific title using a combination of punctuation characters may be distracting for screen reader users. |
Change the HTML title element (<title>) to reflect the true title of the pages. For example "CityLights Home Page" or "CityLights: Welcome". Sufficient techniques:
G88:Providing descriptive titles for Web pages AND associating a title with a Web page using one of the following techniques:
H25: Providing a title using the title element (HTML)
|
| All pages - all the pages are missing the document type definition in the HTML code. | Add the document type definition using the !DOCTYPE element. Sufficient techniques:
G134: Validating Web pages;
G192: Fully conforming to specifications |
5.1.2. Orientation
The following WCAG 2.0 success criteria relate to orientation:
- 2.4.5 More than one way is available to locate a Web page within a set of Web pages except where the Web Page is the result of, or a step in, a process. (Level AA)
- 3.2.3 Navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple Web pages within a set of Web pages occur in the same relative order each time they are repeated, unless a change is initiated by the user. (Level AA)
| Issue Description | Recommended Action |
|---|---|
| All pages - a navigation bar and a drop-down navigation menu exist but both these are not accessible (see other sections of this report for more detail on the accessibility issues). | Make the navigation bar and the drop-down menu accessible to provide information about the layout and to provide navigation mechanisms. Note: if the Web site grows and not all the pages are directily available from these navigation mechanisms then additional means such as a site map or a table of contents may need to be provided. Sufficient techniques for navigation (accessibility covered elsewhere in this report): G125: Providing links to navigate to related Web pages G64: Providing a Table of Contents G63: Providing a site map G161: Providing a search function to help users find content G126: Providing a list of links to all other Web pages G185: Linking to all of the pages on the site from the home page |