Accessibility

Using Site Builder, whatever you use it with.

Last updated 4 September 2026

This is a tool sold to people who run small businesses, and plenty of them do not use a mouse, or a large screen, or their eyes. Where the app falls short of that, we would rather say so than claim otherwise.

What we aim at

WCAG 2.2 at level AA. That is the standard US federal guidance points at and the one most people mean by "accessible".

Where the app stands

• Every control reaches by keyboard, in the order it appears, and shows a visible focus ring in brass rather than relying on the browser's faint default.
• Text meets the 4.5:1 contrast minimum against its background. This was measured, not assumed, and one colour was lightened in September 2026 because it did not pass.
• Dialogs say what they are to a screen reader, and the stage rail reports which step you are on.
• Nothing depends on colour alone. The readiness list marks what is missing with words as well as a dot.
• Motion respects prefers-reduced-motion. Turn it on in your system settings and the landing animation and the button pulses stop.
• The layout works down to a 320 pixel screen and reflows rather than scrolling sideways.

Where it does not, yet

• The section reorder list is drag and drop. It can be reached and read by keyboard, but reordering by keyboard alone is not implemented, and the workaround is to turn sections on and off instead.
• The live preview is your own site rendered in a frame. How accessible it is depends on the words and photos you put in it, which is your side of the bargain, and the app checks some of it but not all.
• The colour picker is the browser's own, and how usable that is depends on the browser rather than on us.

What the sites you build are like

Every site the app produces is built to the same standard: real headings in order, labels on every form field, a visible focus ring, contrast checked against the accent colour you chose, and alternative text on photos you upload. If you write alternative text badly, or not at all, that is the one part the app cannot do for you, and it will say so before you publish.

If something does not work

Email business@groveandholtweb.com and say what you were using and what happened. This is a one-person studio, so you will get a person rather than a ticket number, and an accessibility fault goes to the front of the queue ahead of new features. If we cannot fix it quickly we will tell you honestly how long it will take.