What are the basics of WCAG?

WCAG, or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, provide a framework for making web content more accessible. They cover essential criteria like text alternatives, adaptability, and navigability to ensure inclusivity.

These guidelines are crucial for creating content that can be perceived, understood, and interacted with by all users, including those with disabilities. WCAG is structured around four main principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. Each principle is further broken down into specific guidelines and success criteria. For instance, providing text alternatives for non-text content helps users with visual impairments. Adaptability ensures that content can be presented in different ways without losing information or structure. Navigability focuses on helping users find content and determine where they are within a website. By adhering to WCAG, web developers can create more accessible and user-friendly websites.