Acquia Optimize

Purpose of Acquia Optimize

Acquia Optimize, formerly known as Monsido, is a cloud-based tool for website checkups. It checks your agency's website for issues that could make it hard for people to find and use information. These issues include:

• Misspelled words: Typos can make your website seem unprofessional and lower visitors' trust.
• Broken links: Links that don’t work frustrate users. They can stop users from finding the information they need.
• Accessibility errors: Websites should be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. Acquia Optimize helps identify these errors.
• SEO issues: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) improves your website's ranking in search results. Acquia Optimize can identify areas for improvement.

Fixing these issues will help make your website more user-friendly and trustworthy.

When to use Acquia Optimize

Acquia Optimize is a valuable tool for any government agency with a website. It's especially helpful for:

• Agencies with large websites: Keeping track of every page and link can be difficult. Acquia Optimize helps automate this process.
• Agencies that want to improve user experience: A well-maintained website is easier to navigate. This leads to a better experience for all visitors.
• Agencies that want to save staff time: It automates tasks like finding broken links. This lets staff focus on other important work.

Benefits of using Acquia Optimize

Using Acquia Optimize offers several benefits for your agency:

• Improved user experience: By fixing website issues, you make it easier for people to find information and interact with your agency online.
• Increased trust: A well-maintained website portrays a professional image and builds trust with users.
• Saved staff time: Acquia Optimize automates tasks, such as finding broken links. This frees up staff for more important work.
• Better search engine ranking: Fixing SEO issues helps your website rank higher. This makes it easier for people to find your agency online.

Services included by Acquia Optimize

Acquia Optimize provides several features to help you maintain your website:

• Weekly Reports: Get regular reports on broken links, spelling errors, and other issues.
• On-Demand Scanning: Scan your website whenever needed to identify any new issues.
• Analytics Dashboards: See which pages are not getting many visitors, helping you prioritize website updates.
• Accessibility Checks: Identify accessibility issues that may prevent people with disabilities from using your website.
• Website Health Monitoring: Continuously monitor your website for any problems.
• Reading Level Analysis: Understand the complexity of your website content and ensure it's easily understood by a wide audience.
• Policy Creation Tools: Develop guidelines for consistent website content by tracking outdated information or terminology.
• Easy Integration with Drupal: If your website uses Drupal, Acquia Optimize integrates seamlessly for easier management of website changes.

New Accessibility Checks

• Is a cognitive function test required for authentication?
  Cognitive function test means remembering a password, solving a CAPTCHA or puzzle, or transcribing a one‑time code. If you're not using any type of test, you can ignore this warning. 
• Are all focusable elements at least partially visible when focused?
  This means that all focusable elements like buttons, form fields, links, and list items must remain partially visible in the user’s view when they are focused. The criterion does not require full visibility for WCAG 2.2 AA.
  
  Keyboard‑only users and those using assistive technology rely on the focus indicator to know where they are on a page. If a focused element is completely hidden, they cannot see where they are or what they can do next, which can make the site feel unresponsive. Unless you have buttons or dropdowns on a webpage that can hide other content, you can ignore this warning.
• Does functionality requiring dragging movements have a proper alternative?
  All functionality that uses a dragging movement for operation can be achieved by a single pointer without dragging, unless dragging is essential or the functionality is determined by the user agent and not modified by the author.
  
  A single pointer means one point of contact at a time (mouse, finger, stylus) - the alternative must not require press‑hold‑move‑release. This is separate from keyboard accessibility. Drupal does not have this feature available for website visitors. You can ignore this warning. 
• Are p elements used as headers?
  This means you may have created a paragraph header and used bold instead of assigning it as an H2 or H3 heading. You can view the pages listed as needing review and fix the problem or decide it's not a problem. You can then mark that warning as Mark as fixed or Ignore.
• Is the keyboard focus visible at all times?
  All interactive elements must display a visible indicator, such as a border or background color change, when they receive keyboard focus. This ensures that focused elements are easily distinguishable from surrounding content. You can ignore this warning.

• Do links on top of images have minimum contrast?​
  This check ensures that when link text is over an image, background gradient, or backdrop filter, it remains in sufficient contrast with the background. You can ignore this warning.

• Does text on top of images have minimum contrast?​
  This accessibility check states that website owners must provide sufficient contrast between text and the background when the text is positioned over images, gradient background color, or a backdrop filter. You can ignore this warning.

• Are interactive elements big enough to target easily?​
  When pointer targets such as buttons or links are too small, they become difficult to accurately activate with devices like a mouse, stylus, or touch input. This can lead to frequent errors, such as selection of the wrong element or difficulty to activate the intended control. You can ignore this warning.

Ignored warnings can be restored or unignored at any time.