Make Your Website Accessible (and Avoid Lawsuits)
Lawsuits targeting business websites over ADA violations are on the rise.
The Unofficial Shopify Podcast · Ilana Davis, Kurt Elster
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Show Notes
In this episode, we learn what it means to have an accessible website, why you should care, and how you can benefit.
You'll hear the answers to:
- What does an accessible website mean?
- Is that the same thing as the ADA?
- What can merchants get out of having an accessible website?
- Doesn’t Shopify take care of web accessibility for me?
Ilana Davis works with Shopify merchants to remove friction from the buying process. By keeping web accessibility top of mind, she’s able to create effective websites that attract more visitors, provide better SEO, and increase conversion rates.
In order of discussion:
- axe - Web Accessibility Testing Extension for Google Chrome
- Shopify Accessibility for themes
- Does my website have to be compliant with ADA?
- IlanaDavis.com
- Tw:@ilanadavishr
- IG:@ilanadavis
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