COPPA?
If your site is aimed at children under the age of 13 AND you collect any data from them you must have a procedure in effect that will notify and obtain parental approval to collect and keep that information.
Compliance Issues
All of our web site designs will not only fit your needs but be accessible to all your viewers. Our sites comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and, if applicable, with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act).
Why should you be concerned about § 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973? Or the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
While §508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is only mandated to apply to U.S. Government websites those governmental agencies are required to purchase only from those companies who provide accessible products unless there is no available alternative to provide the same service or product. What this means is that if your site and products do not meet the accessibility guideline of §508 those agencies (and entities that receive funding from those agencies) will first look for a supplier that does comply.
Here at WiserWays we feel that it is good business to meet all Level 1 Priority Accessibility requirements and wherever possible to meet Level 2 and Level 3 requirement whether or not you do business with the government or anyone who receives funding from the government. The requirement of Level 1 of §508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are really nothing more than good design principals.
What makes a site compliant?
"alt" tags: Including "alt" tags on all images, have you been to a site where you saw a description of an image before it loaded and where the link for that picture works even before the picture loads? What you saw was the "alt" tag, a description of the image for those who are either visually impaired or who have images turned off to speed the loading of pages over a slow connection. I'm sure you've seen what happens without an "alt" tag. If for some reason the picture doesn't load you get a box with a red x in it and no way of knowing what you are missing. If that image is part of the site navigation, then you have no links. Including the "alt" tag means every visitor can use your site.
text based navigation: This doesn't mean that your site can't use that nice rollover navigation, collapsing menu or other interactive navigation. It means that if a visitor doesn't have javascript enabled (perhaps for security reasons) or is using a browser that doesn't support javascript that the links will still work. Depending on the type of navigation or link this can be accomplished either with links that only use javascript or css for an enhanced display OR by providing a text based alternative such as a site map linked to all pages of the site.