Change alt texts for images on citizen engagement page #3089
Labels
Complexity: Medium
epic
Feature: Accessibility
Issues that would broaden website accessibility
P-Feature: Citizen Engagement
https://www.hackforla.org/citizen-engagement
role: dev leads
Tasks for technical leads
role: front end
Tasks for front end developers
size: 1pt
Can be done in 4-6 hours
Milestone
Dependency
Overview
We need to ensure that alt text for images adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). For this epic, we will write the issues to change the alt text for the images on citizen engagement page and the issues will be added as Action Items below.
Details
Designers and PMs identified that some alt texts in the Citizen Engagement page should be changed because they are either inaccurate or too long. Ideally, alt text should be descriptive but short and succinct. According to the WCAG page, an accompanying alt text should be short. Additionally, the Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) recommends for alt text to be no more than 100 characters.
Action Items
Resources/Instructions
Sample issue #3088
Overview
We need to ensure that alt text for images adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). For this issue, we will change the alt text for the hero image on citizen engagement page.
Details
Designers and PMs identified that some alt texts in the Citizen Engagement page should be changed because they are either inaccurate or too long. Ideally, alt text should be descriptive but short and succinct. According to the WCAG page, an accompanying alt text should be short. Additionally, the Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) recommends for alt text to be no more than 100 characters.
Action Items
pages/citizen-engagement.html
, change line 25 for the alt text:from
to
Resources/Instructions
File and code links you will need to work on this issue
pages/citizen-engagement.html
website/pages/citizen-engagement.html
Line 25 in b834424
Information about WCAG
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