Willow Creek Crafts

Accessibility Statement for Willow Creek Crafts

Willow Creek Crafts is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for everyone. We are continually improving the user experience for all visitors and applying the relevant accessibility standards to ensure we provide equal access to all users, including people with disabilities.

Our Commitment to Accessibility

We strive to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities. Conformance with these guidelines helps make the web more user-friendly for everyone.

Measures to Support Accessibility

Willow Creek Crafts takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of our website:

  • Integrating accessibility considerations throughout our design and development processes.
  • Regularly reviewing our website against accessibility guidelines and best practices using both automated and manual testing methods.
  • Providing alternative text for images and other non-text content.
  • Ensuring sufficient color contrast between text and background.
  • Using clear and simple language.
  • Making our website navigable using keyboard-only input.
  • Providing captions and transcripts for video and audio content where applicable.
  • Implementing a responsive design to ensure compatibility with various screen sizes and devices.

Specific Accessibility Features Implemented

The following accessibility features have been implemented on the Willow Creek Crafts website:

  • Semantic HTML: We use semantic HTML elements to structure our content, providing clear meaning to screen readers and other assistive technologies.
  • ARIA Attributes: We utilize ARIA attributes to enhance the accessibility of dynamic content and interactive elements.
  • Keyboard Navigation: Our website can be navigated using the keyboard, allowing users who cannot use a mouse to access all content and functionality.
  • Alternative Text: All images include descriptive alternative text, ensuring that users who cannot see the images can understand their purpose.
  • Color Contrast: We have ensured sufficient color contrast between text and background colors to make our content readable for users with low vision.
  • Resizable Text: Users can easily increase or decrease the text size in their browsers to suit their needs.
  • Consistent Navigation: Our website features a consistent navigation structure, making it easy for users to find the information they need.
  • Forms Accessibility: All forms are designed with accessibility in mind, including proper labels and error handling.

Areas for Improvement and Ongoing Efforts

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility, some limitations may exist. We are actively working to address these issues and improve the overall accessibility of our website. Some areas we are currently focusing on include:

  • Reviewing and updating all video content to include captions and transcripts.
  • Improving the accessibility of complex interactive elements.
  • Conducting regular accessibility audits to identify and address any new issues.

Conformance Status

The Willow Creek Crafts website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. "Partially conformant" means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Willow Creek Crafts website. Please let us know if you encounter any accessibility barriers while using our site.

You can contact us at:

  • Email: accessibility@veranoleaf.com
  • Phone: +1 828-582-5397
  • Address: 29 Ravenscroft Dr Suite 203, Asheville, NC 28801, United States

We try to respond to feedback within 5 business days.

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of Willow Creek Crafts relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance to the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Willow Creek Crafts, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

  1. Third-party content: Some of our content is provided by third-party vendors. We are working with these vendors to ensure their content is accessible. If you experience any accessibility issues with third-party content, please let us know, and we will contact the vendor to address the issue.

Assessment Approach

Willow Creek Crafts assessed the accessibility of Willow Creek Crafts by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation: The website was self-evaluated by the developers and accessibility team of Willow Creek Crafts.
  • External evaluation: The website was evaluated by an external accessibility consultant, Accessible Web Solutions, located in Asheville, NC.

Formal complaints

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days, and to propose a solution within 10 business days.

Accessibility table

Accessibility Compliance Details
Feature Status Details
Semantic HTML Compliant Uses semantic elements for structure and meaning.
ARIA Attributes Partially Compliant Used to enhance dynamic content, but some areas may require improvement.
Keyboard Navigation Compliant Fully navigable using keyboard-only input.
Alternative Text Compliant All images have descriptive alternative text.
Color Contrast Compliant Sufficient color contrast ratio for readability.
Text Resizing Compliant Users can resize text without loss of content or functionality.
Consistent Navigation Compliant Consistent navigation structure across the website.
Forms Accessibility Compliant Forms are designed with accessibility in mind, including labels and error handling.

Date of Statement

This statement was created on November 7, 2024, and will be reviewed and updated regularly.