Changes Made in This Site
The first change that I made was adding on the HTML doctype and basic Dublin Core metadata to each webpage in the site. The next thing I did was visit the W3C HTML Validator. I had some errors found in the HTML mostly regarding broken tags. The validator also marked some of my links as incorrect because they had a "&" sign. I could not change the "&" sign or else the links would break, so I did not change the links. As an example, you can see the validator's results for the first page of the site (module 6-1): HTML Validation This resource was very useful because it pointed out some broken tags, that I would not have seen otherwise. I also had some warnings shown on the validator, mostly regarding the metadata. By using the basic Dublin Core metadata, I was able to resolve these issues.
Next, I moved on to validate my CSS using the W3C CSS Validator. Every page in my site uses the same CSS page, so it was vital for the CSS code to be validated. I had a total of 4 errors, and they all had to do with incorrect positioning of the brackets in my code and spelling errors. Here is the link to see the CSS errors: W3C CSS Validator Results
To test my accessibility I used WAVE, which is a web accessibility evaluation tool. WAVE pointed out to me that I had no language specified in my code, which I fixed when I put in the metadata. WAVE also detected an error about a link that contains no text. I went back to make sure all the links were intact, and they were. I also obtained a free trial to Sauce Labs to check my accessibility across different browsers. After running the tests, my website looks good on all of the different browsers.
Some more miscellaneous changes that I made include changing my title from "Module 5" to "Web Authoring Basics" for findability and descriptiveness. I also fixed a broken link connecting to the HOMEPAGE from the STRATEGIES page. And, I added in many keywords in the metadata to increase findability of my site.
