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Do the ads on my site need to follow accessibility guidelines?

Do ads that show on sites need to follow accessibility guidelines? I am a bit concerned if they do as I don't really have control over what ads are showing. Off the top of my head, I am most concerned about the really obnoxious flashy...

  • ads
  • flashes
  • third party

Can I specify the language of specific parts of my page?

As an example, let's suppose I want to write the following. 'The french word bonjour means hello in english.' My sites language is english, but I would like screen readers to know that 'bonjour' is written in french. Is that something I should even bother...

  • building content
  • translations

How do I change the order the elements on my page are given focus?

When I tab through the elements on my site with the keyboard everything is almost perfect except for a couple case where it looks like the order is messed up. How can I change the order the elements on my page are given focus when...

  • best practices
  • html
  • keyboard
  • page structure

How do I navigate a website with my keyboard?

I've been reading about how I need to make sure my site can be navigated with a keyboard. Honestly, I'm not even sure where to start because I don't know what button I would hit on my keyboard. How do I navigate a website with...

  • keyboard

Are animated gifs okay to have?

If I have a gif on a site that loops continuously. Is that okay or does it violated the 'can't have repeating flashing stuff' rule?

  • flashes
  • gif
  • images

Is there a form element meant to provide instruction?

I know how to add labels to form inputs to 'label' what they are. I am wondering if there is something similar for describing what a field is in more details? I want to there to be little text under a text field but don't...

  • best practices
  • form
  • html

How to fix incorrect youtube cc and transcript?

I've posted a video on youtube with lots of speaking, and some of the captions that are automatically generated by youtube aren't correct. How can I change them?

  • audio
  • captions
  • translations
  • video
  • youtube

What is Time-based media?

I see that one of the web accessibility guidelines is 'Time-based Media'. What is that?

  • flashes
  • images
  • video
  • youtube