Balbooa Help Center: Accessibility Compliance (1/1)

5 months 4 weeks ago #1

Paul Gomirato Posts: 613	With the increasing legal requirement to make sites WCAG 2.0 Level AA globally (in Canada effective Jan. 1, 20121) - can you please look at providing alt description fields for carousel, sliders and for the default image for APP posts and any other plugin that requires image alt description? Thank you.
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5 months 4 weeks ago #2

Vyacheslav Posts: 16531	Hello, Thank you for contacting us Unfortunately, this is not possible, because this is not a image, this is a background image. Best Regards, Vyacheslav, Balbooa Support Team
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5 months 4 weeks ago #3

Paul Gomirato Posts: 613	Thank you. I understand this is the case for sliders, etc. but what about the main image used in a APP post? This is added from the side bar with no ability to add alt description - this image would be considered a standalone, primary image on a page.
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5 months 4 weeks ago #4

Vyacheslav Posts: 16531	The intro-post image is also made with background-image. Best Regards, Vyacheslav, Balbooa Support Team
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5 months 4 weeks ago #5

Paul Gomirato Posts: 613	I guess this is because there is the option to place the heading over top? I am curious why (in the effort to move to compliancy) background images cannot have an alt description? Is there technical reason or just that it has not beed important enough to do so?
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5 months 4 weeks ago #6

Vyacheslav Posts: 16531	This is the html spec more details here www.w3schools.com/tags/att_img_alt.asp Best Regards, Vyacheslav, Balbooa Support Team
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5 months 4 weeks ago #7

Paul Gomirato
Posts: 613

Yup
That simply says why you need it.

I am asking why we wouldn't include a field for at least the APP main image - so screen readers can read the description for what would typically be used as the "main image" of a post?

I realize you are saying background images "don't require" the tag - but with increasing pressure and fines for sites not in compliance - why would developers not focus on adding this option as we move forward into a compliancy-required future?

5 months 3 weeks ago #8

Vyacheslav Posts: 16531	Hello, Thank you for contacting us You can check with a validator and there will be no errors. Because only the <img> tag should have an alt Best Regards, Vyacheslav, Balbooa Support Team
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