How do I make my website more accessible?

If you have your own website with accompanying hosting then it is nice that the website is accessible to everyone.This also applies to people who are visually impaired, especially if you have your own webshop or business.

After all, you will have more visitors and customers if your website is accessible to everyone.We are going to give you tips in this blog post on how to make your website more accessible for limited users.

Titles

If you have a lot of text on your website then it is important that everything is easy to read.For people who have trouble reading it is therefore important that they can clearly distinguish the title of the text.

A tip for this is not to use headlines in news articles or blog posts.This makes it more difficult for people who use a screen reader to distinguish the headers from the text that goes with the article.

It is important that you only use headers for titles in the article.For paragraph titles you can use smaller text, this makes it easy for people with poor eyesight to read your texts.

Forms

Forms too can be optimized for poorly sighted people.Think for example about the placement of the labels.

It is advisable to have them all close together so they are easy to see and you don't have to search a lot.Also, it is common for websites to use the * sign for required fields.

This is because it is commonly used by websites to show that it is mandatory to fill it in.If a field is not filled in correctly then it is also advisable to place a red border around it.

This also makes it easier for ordinary users to see where exactly it goes wrong.Most users will quickly see where it goes wrong and fill it in.

Predictable layout

With many websites, you can pretty much guess where exactly everything is, especially with websites that are hosted on WordPress.This is due to the fact that WordPress websites often have a standard template that meets the standards.

So keep in mind to put your website's content in predictable places.This makes it a lot easier for regular but also visually impaired users to navigate your website.

What can really help is a search function, so users can find everything a lot faster.

If you have further questions on this subject you can always check if there is a chat employee present.If there is no one on the chat, you can always create a ticket to our helpdesk.