Quick reference for identifying known system flags you can safely dismiss.
List of Issue Types
Page does not start with a level 1 heading
The Issue: Siteimprove flags the global navigation menu because it contains a hidden <h2 class="visually-hidden">Main Nav</&h2> tag that sits in the code right before your page's actual H1 title.
How to Fix:
Why you can ignore it: This tag is deliberately placed in the site template to help screen-reader users navigate the main menu efficiently. Because it is a global theme element, content editors cannot modify it in the Drupal editor. The Web Team is tracking this layout behavior globally, so you can safely dismiss this flag whenever it appears in your page reports.
Button Missing a Text Alternative
This issue typically highlights icon-based buttons (like a menu toggle or a close icon) that lack a hidden text label (such as an aria-label attribute) for screen reader users, leaving the button's function unannounced.
How to Fix:
- No Action Required: If Siteimprove flags the header Search Close [X] button on your site for this issue, you can safely ignore the flag. This component is built directly into the site's global header template. The Web Team is aware of this flag and manages the code updates centrally to ensure the appropriate hidden text alternatives are globally applied.
Interactive element does not meet minimum or enhanced size
Interactive items like buttons or links are flagged for being too small or packed too closely together.
- All Occurrences in the header (e.g. Logo Lockup)
- a (Rice icon)
- Rice University
- Name of your Department
- button (share)
- button (search)
- button (menu button)
- All occurrences in the 'Breadcrumb' menu
How to Fix:
How to Fix: No Action Required (Template Issue): This is a global system template error managed centrally by the Web Team. You do not need to take any action inside Drupal; you can safely ignore or "delist" this item on your department's Siteimprove dashboard.
Color contrast does not meet requirement
Colors that do not hit color contrast visibility ratios.
- Occurrences:
- Accordion with blue background #00b0ff
- Site alert banner with green background #389346
- Text color: #afd4ee (light blue)
- Text color: #a4c055 (light green)
How to Fix:
No Action Required (Template Issue): This is a global system template error managed centrally by the Web Team. You do not need to take any action inside Drupal; you can safely ignore this item on your department's Siteimprove dashboard.
Line height is below minimum value
How to Fix:
No Action Required (Template Issue): This is a global system template error managed centrally by the Web Team. You do not need to take any action inside Drupal; you can safely ignore or "delist" this item on your department's Siteimprove dashboard.
Broken links - /ckeditor-accordion-container
Accordion content is a design feature used to group and hide large amounts of text, allowing users to expand or collapse sections as needed. Some accordions are currently being flagged in Siteimprove as "broken links," even though they function perfectly fine for your site visitors.
They will appear in your Siteimprove dashboard with the following specific error pattern: https://[your-website-domain].rice.edu/ckeditoraccordion-container - 404: Not Found
How to Fix:
No Action Required (Template Issue): This is a global system template error managed centrally by the Web Team. You do not need to take any action inside Drupal; you can safely ignore this item on your department's Siteimprove dashboard.
These automated flags are a false positive. They happen because the system's code uses link tags <a> instead of standard buttons to open the menus. Siteimprove's crawler tries to follow these links literally, resulting in an error even though the page functions perfectly for visitors.