Our Commitment to Web Accessibility
At Ellis Ranch, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible website experience for all users, including individuals who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative input devices to navigate the web.
Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility
Our website follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 as our guiding standard for accessibility. These guidelines cover a wide range of recommendations to make content more usable and accessible to people of all abilities. As we add new content and features to our website, we continuously test for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance.
We use tools such as the Accessibility Checker Plugin to regularly monitor our site’s accessibility. Testing includes evaluating color contrast, heading structure, keyboard-only navigation, and more to ensure we meet or exceed accessibility standards.
Accessibility Features on Our Website
The features we’ve implemented to improve the accessibility of our website include:
- 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 readability.
- Fonts were chosen to be easy to read across devices and at all sizes.
- Empty tags have been removed for cleaner code and better accessibility.
- Removed empty paragraph tags to streamline the site’s code.
- Added transcripts for videos to ensure all multimedia content is accessible.
- Adding missing alternative text to images.
What We’re Working On
We are actively working on improving the accessibility of the following areas:
- Cleaning up duplicate alternative text for images.
Third-party Content
While we strive to ensure that our own content is fully accessible, please note that we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third-party websites or content that we may link to from our site.
Accessibility Support Contact
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of our website. If you are using assistive technologies and encounter any difficulties, please contact us using our contact form. We’ll do our best to resolve any issues and improve your browsing experience.