Legal Compliance

"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."

- Sir Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

All businesses should operate an accessible website, not only so they are complying with their Disability Discrimination Act obligations, but to also demonstrate its social awareness. Not only does Defacto provide the output for an accessible website (accessible templates) it also provides an accessible platform for your employees to maintain the website too.

An accessible website also enables your website to be seen and read by search engines, fundamental for your business’ search engine optimisation strategy.

Why Defacto will help you stay compliant

Defacto can help your business meet their obligations under Part 2 of the Disability Discrimination Act, by only producing valid XHTML, Defacto provides an essential foundation for an accessible website.

Including functionality that helps you to maintain an accessible website, Defacto ensures that your website editors are equipped to maintain your website’s accessibility, with tools such as:

• Alternative text editor – website editors are prompted to add alternative text to an image before uploading to a page;
• Link management tool – when pages are removed from your website, Defacto will automatically update links for you;
• Customised WYSIWYG editor – the look and feel of your website will be dictated from your accessible templates, therefore, website editors can only create content that will be accessible and in line with your brand.