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Basics of accessibility

Basics of accessibility

- One of the best things you can do for your website, both for your traffic and sales goals and for the ease of use of your customers, is to ensure that your website is accessible. True web accessibility means that the site is reachable, attainable, available, understandable, and usable to as many people as humanly possible. This doesn't just mean people with disabilities, but people with specific preferences, people with poor internet connection, people who are using certain devices, people of all circumstances. There are many courses out there about web accessibility, but getting the basics down and observing best practices can go a long way. I'll go through my store and show you some changes that make the store more accessible. First, elements should be easy to read and to interact with. Right now, the text on my site is pretty small, and it might be hard to read for someone with poor vision or on a small screen. So…

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