Ally 1.45 | Release to production 9 June 2020
Broken link checking
The Ally for Websites accessibility checklist has been expanded to include a new check for broken links (404 errors). Broken links are an important and frequent website accessibility issue, and Ally for Websites now reports on this as part of the accessibility report. Broken links also contribute to the accessibility score for a web page, and this contribution is dependent on the number of broken links on the page. Ally reports on broken links on the website itself as well as any external links that are broken, and all links are rechecked automatically as part of the automated weekly crawl.
The overall website accessibility score for most institutions will drop compared to previous months because of the introduction of this new accessibility check.
As part of a future Ally release, we are also planning to bring this new check to the Ally for LMS and Ally for WCM integrations.