Our Latest Blogs
Digital Accessibility is a fascinating, complex subject that can seem to be quite scary but actually, the principles of it are quite logical and straightforward.
The biggest challenge we find is getting people started on their digital accessibility journey.
We love sharing our experiences and our thoughts through this blog.
Whether it is looking at accessible web design, an accessibility audit or any other aspect of digital accessibility, we hope that you find them interesting and engaging.
Understanding Website Accessibility, the easy way
A simple way of explaining a complex issue Website accessibility, although a complex subject, is of fundamental importance because it...
The Access by Audit website is now launched!
After our press release last week, announcing the launch of Access by Audit, we have been putting the...
Understanding Website Accessibility
I was delighted to have a conversation last week with Jill Willson from The Equality Practice. Jill is as passionate...
An inclusive approach
I had a wonderful conversation with a lady who runs an organisation that is focused on inclusivity, particularly with...
Would you drive a Tesla with only 3rd Party Insurance?
Of course you wouldn’t! However, I am finding websites that do actually have an accessibility statement (most of them...
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
May 20th 2021 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! For the last 15 years, we at Access by Design, have been...
Let’s talk about the C Word
The C Word. A word that could be offensive to some of your visitors when they come to your website....
Website Accessibility – ignorance is no longer an excuse!
There is just so much misinformation and misunderstanding about website accessibility, where your legal responsibilities lie, what it actually...
All that glitters is not gold… that is why websites need an accessibility audit!
I have just finished a website accessibility audit for a publicly-funded organisation in the UK. Their website had been...
I am afraid that will cost extra…
I took a call yesterday from a Town Council. They had just had their website rebuilt and...
Grants towards a website upgrade if your business is in the Chichester area
Hot off the presses today: From the Economic Development Team 26 March 2021 Enabling Grant Scheme We are really pleased to announce that...
Drop your Cookie Banner or risk prosecution!
Really? Come on Clive, that’s a bit extreme isn’t it? Well, read on and judge for yourself…. Cookie banners break Accessibility...
Google is laughing at you…
…and it’s not sending anyone to your website! It is just SO annoying, isn’t it? You have spent ages building...
If you have a Cookie Banner on your website, you should read this!
Do you know what a Cookie Banner is? You see them on most websites. They usually appear at the top...
Are you in the top 1% for what you do?
In surveys, the majority of men consider themselves to be above-average intelligence and above-average drivers. Statistically, that is of...
7 seconds is all you get!
Grab their attention in those crucial first few seconds! Current analysis suggests that someone visiting your website for the first...
15 minutes that could transform your business!
I had a Zoom call earlier this week with a chap I had met through networking. He had taken...
What an Accessibility Audit REALLY is!
If you are in Local Government, the Fire Service, the Heritage and Conservation sectors or, in fact any...
What you see is NOT what you get!
Standards are important When it comes to websites, there are 2 sets of coding standards that should be followed: ....
The truth about Templates and your Website!
If you are talking websites, what does a Template actually do? Well, if you didn’t have one, your website...
The problem with choosing a website provider...
... is like buying a car! I know nothing about cars, I can’t even change the oil on...
Just do it properly!
If you cannot write code yourself but you still want to build websites, what do you do? You buy...
Which would you rather spend £2,500 on?
Let us assume you are a Parish or Town Council. You have to spend £2,500 on one of the...
Yesterday's presentation and exciting news!
I really enjoyed giving my 60 min presentation yesterday on Your Website and Google in 2020, thank you so...