Make Your Website More Accessible

Proper page structure, headings, text alternatives for images, understandable navigation, labeled forms, keyboard operation, and readable content all contribute to making a website easier for more people to use.

Accessibility work also involves testing important tasks: finding information, submitting a form, making a purchase, or accessing documents and media.

An accessibility platform may provide additional functionality. It should complement improvements and testing rather than replace them.

SiteWaves works with UserWay as one option for adding visitor-facing accessibility controls to an existing website.

UserWay offers different products and services. Features available through a widget, automated tools, monitoring, or professional services should be evaluated separately. Check the current product details rather than assuming every feature is included in one plan.

We can help review the options, handle technical integration, and check how the selected tools interact with your website. Any remaining barriers still need to be identified and addressed.

The goal is to improve how people use your website. A product subscription or an installed widget is not a substitute for evaluating that experience.

There isn't one answer that applies to every website. A local business, nonprofit, professional organization, e-commerce site, and public-facing institution can have different functionality and accessibility needs.

If you're a SiteWaves client, ask us. We can look at your existing website, discuss known issues, and help plan the next steps.

Those steps may include development work, content improvements, additional testing, specialist evaluation, or an optional accessibility platform. Buying software is not a required starting point.

Yes. For SiteWaves clients, we can handle the technical integration and check that the selected widget loads and its controls respond on your website.

We can also check for visible conflicts with your navigation, forms, and other page elements. These installation checks are separate from a full accessibility evaluation.

Before purchasing, talk to us about the product, subscription terms, and installation work involved. We can help you choose an approach that fits your website.

If you prefer to manage the service yourself, you can explore UserWay's current options directly.

Evaluate the website's actual content and functionality. WCAG, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, provides a framework for identifying and addressing accessibility barriers.

Automated checks can help find some issues. Manual evaluation is also needed, including keyboard use, assistive-technology checks, and review of forms, navigation, media, and important user tasks.

Installing software or receiving a vendor-generated report does not, by itself, establish WCAG conformance or ADA compliance. No widget should be presented as a guarantee against legal claims.

SiteWaves can help with practical website improvements and coordinate additional accessibility expertise when the project calls for it. The scope of any review or remediation work should be agreed upon before work begins.

Questions about your organization's specific legal obligations should be discussed with qualified legal counsel.

Websites change after launch. New pages are added, content is edited, and forms, documents, software, and third-party services change over time.

These changes can introduce new accessibility barriers. Periodic checks and a way for visitors to report problems help you identify what needs attention.

Accessibility work can be planned alongside security, performance, backups, search visibility, and software updates. Specific testing, repairs, and monitoring should be included in an agreed scope of work.