Chloe Typert-Morrison

Publishing

There are two different ways that publishing can work with this prototype. The first is to make accessibility mandatory. In this version, the Publish button will not be able to be used until all accessibility errors are fixed. Once the scanner detects no more errors, the Publish button will change from grey to blue, and the icon will change from being crossed out to a check mark. This option allows a CMS platform to promote that all websites published using their software pass a compliance scan.The second option would still enforce the guidelines as much as possible. However, content creators will have the option to acknowledge that they are publishing a website with accessibility errors and publish anyways. The system will prompt the person to schedule an email reminder to return and fix the errors to ensure that people do not abuse this to continue making inaccessible websites. If they do not return within the maximum allotted time of 30 days, the website will be unpublished until they return.This option allows content creators to publish their websites if they are on a time crunch while acting as a deterrent to keeping the inaccessible content published for long periods.CMS platforms that use this version will not be able to claim that all of their websites meet accessibility compliance. However, people can adapt to creating accessible content over a longer period of time.