Island Dunes is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.
Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility
We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content useable. As we add new pages and functionality to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.
Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our website is performed by our team members using industry-standard tools such as the Accessibility Checker WordPress Plugin, color contrast analyzers, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.
Accessibility Features On Our Website
The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:
- Forms are associated with labels for ease of use.
- Images are described with appropriate alternative text.
- Links open in the same tab, avoiding unexpected navigational shifts.
- Proper heading structure is used to maintain logical order.
- Skip navigation links are included to aid keyboard navigation.
- Colors were selected for strong contrast, ensuring good readability.
- Fonts were chosen to be easy to read across devices and at all sizes.
- Empty links, headings and tags have been removed for cleaner code and better accessibility.
- Removed empty paragraph tags to streamline the site’s code.
Where We’re Improving
In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:
- Accessibility issues surrounding our rental booking script, including modified tab order, insufficient color contrast and missing form labels
- Accessibility issues surrounding Google Reviews, including ARIA hidden, improper use of link and ambiguous anchor text
This is part of our broader effort to make everyone’s website experience is a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.
Accessibility Support Contact
We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email us or give us a call at (361) 749-4923. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.