Your e-Business Quality Partner eValid™ -- The Web Quality Suite
Browser-Based Client-Side Functional Testing and Validation Page Timing/Tuning Transaction Monitoring. WebSite Spidering & Analysis and Realistic Server Loading.
© Copyright 2000-2011 by Software Research, Inc.

eValid -- Power User Tips & Tricks
Prior   |   Catalog   |   eValid Home   |   Search   |   Next

Become an eValid Power User!
eValid Power User's Tips and Tricks can help you use eValid to get better results, quicker, and easier. Each Tips and Tricks item addresss one or two issues that will help you to increase your effectiveness with eValid.

> Using Regular Expression Search for WebSite ADA Conformance
  Checking

  Using Regular Expression searches to find specific strings in a
  page is a very powerful feature integrated into the eValid Site
  Analysis Engine.

  As an example, we will use eValid's Regular Expression Search to
  help webmasters find and fix pages in a specific site which may
  not conform to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
  initiative that requires all images on a website to have an
  Alternate Text Tag (ALT=).

  To do this, we will search for pages that DO NOT contain the
  "ALT=" tag within the "< IMG >" tags.

  Follow these simple steps to create the Regular Expression Search:

  (1) Launch eValid.

  (2) Navigate to the site you wish to conduct the search on.

  (3) Open the eValid Preferences by Clicking on "eValid > Settings
      > Site Analysis Preferences" or simply by pressing the short-
      cut "Ctrl + F3"

  (4) Click on "Define Filters" to launch the eValid Site Analysis
      Filter Preferences.

  (5) Select the "Pages Matching Search Criteria" option.

  (6) Enter the string as shown below (please be careful to enter it
      _exactly_ as it is shown; regular expressions need to be be
      very precisely expressed):

              "<(I|i)(M|m)(G|g) [^<]*alt=.*>"

  (7) Select the "Complete HTML" option.

  (8) Select the "Regular Expression" option.

  (9) Select the "Invert Logic (NOT)" option.

  (10) Click on "Ok" to save the settings.

  (11) Run the Site Analysis.

  eValid should now create a report which displays all the pages
  which DO NOT contain the "Alt=" tag within the HTML.

> For more information on web site conformance regulations, please
    visit these pages:

  < http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Web >

  < http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#Conformance >

  < http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm >